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Now *that’s* a tie clip!

04 Wednesday Apr 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in fun, photography, random

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Utilitarian

Office colleague walks in wearing a paper clip where you’d least expect to see one …

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Table for one

03 Tuesday Apr 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, iPhone, photography, random, urban

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Table for one

That’s what a wooden restaurant table looks like to the Hipstamatic app for iPhone.

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Street-side pixels

02 Monday Apr 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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alberta, calgary, canada, iPhoneography, photography, photos, photowalk, random, urban

Pixels

Seen in Calgary, yesterday.

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Old-fashioned inbox

01 Sunday Apr 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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Old-fashioned inbox

Kicking it old-school. Seen in Calgary in March.

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Maple leaf forever

30 Friday Mar 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalking, urban

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Maple Leaf forever

A bit of national pride on display in the window at the local hardware store. And yes, my neighborhood has an old-school local hardware store!

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Glowing tower

29 Thursday Mar 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Canada, photography, Travel, urban

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canada, Ontario, photography, photos, photowalk, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

Glowing

Now here’s an oldie, although I doubt if anything’s changed since I was there last. One of Toronto’s numerous skyscrapers, as seen in December 2007.

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Speedy train

27 Tuesday Mar 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalking, trains, transit, urban

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alberta, calgary, canada, LRT, night, photography, photos, photowalk, rail, railroad, railway, random, train, trains, transit, urban

Car 2070

These Siemens-made U2-class LRVs have been plying the tracks of Calgary’s light-rail system since it opened In 1981. This photo was taken in January.

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Unlikely purchase

24 Saturday Mar 2012

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Spot the error in this receipt from a purchase I made last week.

Spot the error ...

I laughed all the way back to my car!

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The middle of town

23 Friday Mar 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, urban

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Centre Street

Another from my Calgary Tower series, taken last month.

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Waiting to cross

22 Thursday Mar 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, architecture, Calgary, design, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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alberta, architecture, bridge, Calatrava, calgary, canada, design, iPhone, iPhoneography, night, photography, photos, photowalk, random, Santiago Calatrava, urban

Waiting to cross

Calatrava pedestrian bridge, Calgary, on March 21, 2012, just days shy of its grand opening.

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

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