Luck, fortune and longevity

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Luck, fortune and longevity, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This is a portion of a mural, hidden away in a back alley in Calgary’s Chinatown that’s filled with more art like this.

Lean in

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Lean in, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

An interesting arrangement for some chairs outside a store on 4th Street N.W. in Calgary, spotted a few weekends ago.

Things are not as they seem

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Things are not as they seem (1), Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Van Gogh Observes, a sculpture by the late Canadian artist Joe Fafard, is installed outside an art gallery along 4th Street S.W. in Calgary.

From afar, the shadows in the work struck me as being a little odd, so I walked up to it for a closer look. Imagine my surprise when I figured out what was going on!

Things are not as them seem (2), Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Typically Canadian

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Typically Canadian, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This sticker was spotted on a light standard along Macleod Trail in Calgary a few weeks ago.

Musical capsule

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Musical capsule, Calgary, Alberta,Canada

This is one of a two capsule-shaped pieces of public art hanging around Calgary’s city centre that I’ve spotted over the last week or two. Wondering how many more there are lurking around town …

Galaxy immortal

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Galaxy Immortal, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

An interesting term etched into a sidewalk on 16 Avenue North, near Balmoral Junior High School.

When lives intersect

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When lives intersect, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

What a lovely way to mark a happy occasion. This custom street sign was spotted on the patio of a condo building in Calgary. Congratulations to the happy couple!

Blue lights

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Blue lights

A string of decorative lighting along the fence surrounding the patio area outside Peters Drive-In in northeast Calgary.

Lion overlooking the city

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Lion looking over the city

One of the lion sculptures that originally adorned Calgary’s Centre Street Bridge was recently restored and relocated to nearby Rotary Park. Here it is in all its glory, as seen last weekend.

You can find another of these restored lions at the front entrance of the Calgary Municipal Building, the name of the modern portion of the city hall complex.

There are still lions on the Centre Street Bridge today, but they are replicas installed in the early 2000s.

From what I’ve read in the past, it appears all these lions are themselves scale models of the lions at Trafalgar Square in London.

Ferrier

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Ferrier, London, England, U.K.

From the market at Camden Lock in central London, snapped back in 2018.