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Happy new year!

01 Friday Jan 2021

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

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It was a quieter evening than usual on Thursday night at Calgary’s Olympic Plaza, typically home to the city’s new year’s eve celebrations. With the public health emergency still ongoing, there was no big party and no official fireworks display to ring in 2021. Seen here are some of the Christmas lights at Olympic Plaza in the foreground, with Calgary’s Historic City Hall in seasonal colours in the background.

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Merry Christmas

25 Friday Dec 2020

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Merry Christmas

Skaters enjoy the view of a giant Christmas tree and the surrounding cityscape at Olympic Plaza in downtown Calgary, earlier this month. Best wishes of the season to all!

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Candy cane

23 Wednesday Dec 2020

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Candy cane

Alas this one’s just to look at, of course, not for eating.

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String of festive lights

21 Monday Dec 2020

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String of festive lights

Something to brighten the mood in the lead-up to Christmas.

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Ho, ho … oh, oh!

20 Sunday Dec 2020

Posted by Ricky Leong in Christmas, Las Vegas, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Travel

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Oh oh!

Last year, I captured this Christmas display (from behind) in the door of a business in the Downtown Container Park in Las Vegas. Little did I know what kind of “oh, oh” we were all in for in the year to follow.

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Frosty and friends

19 Saturday Dec 2020

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Christmas, Las Vegas, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Travel

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Frosty and friends

From a couple of years ago: Frosty the Snowman (I presume?) hangs out with his pals as part of one of many displays at a winter lights show outside the Rio hotel in Las Vegas.

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Scarecrow Santa

18 Friday Dec 2020

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

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Scarecrow Santa

An excellent repurposing of a fall staple! Spotted in Calgary’s Sunnyside neighbourhood.

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Party at the back

17 Thursday Dec 2020

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Party at the back

I’ve never wandered down the alley behind the businesses on Kensington Crescent N.W. in Calgary. Their back sides are definitely more colourful than their façades!

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Sidewalk adventure

15 Tuesday Dec 2020

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Sidewalk adventure

Came across this wonderfully creative imaginary world painted on a fence in Calgary’s Sunnyside neighbourhood.

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Quiet urban lagoon

14 Monday Dec 2020

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Quiet urban lagoon

The low(ish) morning sun lights up the clouds and the skyscrapers looming over Prince’s Island Park in Calgary, as seen about 10 days ago, when it was feeling a little more like spring than winter.

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