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Memorial Park Library

29 Thursday Aug 2019

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

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Memorial Park Library

The flowerbeds outside Memorial Park Library provide some colour to offset a drab sky earlier this month.

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Central Memorial Park

13 Tuesday Aug 2019

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

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Central Memorial Park

From a wander the other evening: a view of the flowers and the fountain at Central Memorial Park in Calgary, with a couple of war memorials in the background and the glass and steel Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre behind it all.

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Chief

17 Saturday Nov 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, art, Calgary, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A statue of Chief Sitting Eagle at 6 St. and 7 Ave. S.W. in downtown Calgary.

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Rembrandt’s army

04 Friday Dec 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Amsterdam, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel

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Rembrandt's army

It seems the statue of Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn made himself a few friends since the last time I walked through this square in Amsterdam. This was how Rembrandt’s army looked on a soggy evening back in September.

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Where buffalo once roamed …

30 Thursday Jul 2015

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

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Animal instinct

… now they’re only found in such pieces of art as painting and statues, including this one behind the old Court of Appeals building in downtown Calgary.

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For a little good luck

17 Wednesday Sep 2014

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

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For good luck

This is the smallest statue in Stockholm, found in Gamla Stan. At only 15 cm tall, I can believe it! Also, not long after I snapped this shot, a hobo came by and snapped up all the cash …

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