• Home
  • About this blog

Ricky Leong

~ Random Musings

Ricky Leong

Tag Archives: Edmonton

Birdie in the window

04 Sunday Jun 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, art, Canada, Edmonton, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

8-bit, alberta, art, canada, Edmonton, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

I find eight-bit-style images created from Post-It notes inexplicably alluring. Spotted this specimen in the window of an office building in Edmonton last week.

Share this:

  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Doorway

03 Saturday Jun 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Canada, Edmonton, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

alberta, canada, Edmonton, history, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

All that’s left of the old Alberta College building in Edmonton.

Share this:

  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Edmonton’s neon nirvana

02 Friday Jun 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Canada, Edmonton, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

alberta, canada, Edmonton, history, neon, neon signs, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

Neon Sign Museum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

104 Street in Edmonton is home to the Neon Sign Museum, featuring restored neon signs representative of what was once seen in Alberta’s capital region.

Neon Sign Museum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Neon Sign Museum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Share this:

  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Gimme a break!

01 Thursday Jun 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Canada, Edmonton, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

alberta, canada, coffee, Edmonton, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

What would most of us do without coffee? (I would bet we wouldn’t do very much.) This sign greets customers outside a java joint in Edmonton.

Share this:

  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Canada, anagram

31 Wednesday May 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Edmonton, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

alberta, art, canada, Edmonton, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, typography, urban

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Rolled up to Edmonton this past weekend for a quick visit with a friend. While out on a photowalk, I found this crew working on a “Canada 150” sign outside city hall. It looks as if they have all the pieces to unscramble Edmonton’s biggest anagram.

Share this:

  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Rocking and rolling

22 Monday Apr 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in Canada, fun, music, photography, trains, Travel

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

alberta, b.c., canada, Edmonton, Jasper, Manitoba, music, Ontario, rail, railroad, railway, Sask, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sudbury, Toronto, tourism, train, trains, transcontinental, vancouver, Via Rail, Winnipeg

Running Red Lights on Via Rail: Rock and rolling

If you’re on Via Rail’s western transcontinental train, “The Canadian”, keep your eyes — and ears — open for two members of Toronto-based band Running Red Lights, who will be performing aboard the train that leaves Vancouver on Tuesday, April 26, 2013.
I had the pleasure of enjoying Scarlett Flynn and Kevin Howley’s music as I travelled westbound with them through much of last week.
Check out their website to learn more about the whole band and to see blog entries recounting their epic cross-country journey.
They’re also all over social media:
Facebook — http://www.facebook.com/RunningRedLights
Twitter — http://twitter.com/rrlmusic
YouTube — http://www.youtube.com/user/rrlmusic

Top photo: Kevin and Scarlett performing in the second Skyline car aboard Via Rail’s “The Canadian”.
Below: A little boy listens intently as Scarlett and Kevin perform a quick gig at Winnipeg Union Station.
Bottom: Scarlett and Kevin entertain the crowd at Jasper train station.

Running Red Lights in Winnipeg: Capturing his undivided attention

Running Red Lights in Jasper, Alberta: Mountain melodies

Share this:

  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...
Newer posts →

Greetings

Welcome to rickyleong.com and thanks for stopping by. Pictured in the header above is Calgary’s skyline seen from McHugh Bluff.

About me


Journalist by trade, photographer for fun. I help make newspapers and related multi-platform content at Postmedia in Calgary. Opinions expressed here are my own.

More of my sites

  • View Ricky Leong's profile on LinkedIn
  • My personal Twitter feed
  • Photos on Flickr
  • Videos on YouTube
  • Photos on RailPictures.net
  • My columns at calgarysun.com

Enter your e-mail address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,180 other subscribers

RSS feed

Previous posts

Notes from the news desk …

My Tweets

From my personal Twitter feed …

My Tweets

Image licensing

Most of my photos are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Creative Commons License
If you require an image for commercial or other purposes not covered by the CC licence, or if you are in doubt as to how this licence applies, please feel free to contact me: rleong101(at)gmail.com

People to visit

  • Antijenic Drift
  • Jeremy Brooks
  • John Macleod
  • Larra Skye
  • New York Street Photography
  • Panorama Martin Levesque
  • Raoul Pop
  • Steve Faguy
  • Steve Yelvington
  • Stuck in Customs
  • Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection
  • Todd Klassy

Worth your time

  • Canadian Public Transit Discussion Board
  • Creative Commons
  • Excess Copyright
  • FAIL blog
  • Lens Heroes
  • On the Media
  • Photography Is Not a Crime
  • Ryerson Review of Journalism
  • Today’s Front Pages
  • Untapped Cities
  • World of Radio

Create a website or blog at WordPress.com

  • Follow Following
    • Ricky Leong
    • Join 1,180 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Ricky Leong
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
%d bloggers like this: