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Helpful advice

10 Tuesday Dec 2019

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Helpful advice, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Words of wisdom from a Calgary watering hole.

Held together

05 Thursday Dec 2019

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Held together, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This is the shelter hanging over the 3rd Street S.W. CTrain station in downtown Calgary, as seen from one of the Plus 15 walkways running alongside it.

Feast

04 Wednesday Dec 2019

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Feast, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A sign outside a restaurant on 16th Avenue N.W. in Calgary promises loads of tasty things.

Big Daddy

03 Tuesday Dec 2019

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Big Daddy, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

One of the pieces of public art placed along the sidewalk on 3rd Street S.W. in downtown Calgary.

Return to the fish shack

02 Monday Dec 2019

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Return to the Fish Shack, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

We’re back to the exterior of Rodney’s in Calgary’s Beltline neighbourhood for another recent snapshot of their colourful secondary entrances. Last time, it was a side door along 4th Street S.W. This time, it’s a door leading the back alley.

Radial light patterns

01 Sunday Dec 2019

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Radial light pattern, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The light from nearby traffic signals creates a cool visual effect as it reflects from the shutters of a store on Kensington Road N.W. in Calgary.

Spanning the eras

30 Saturday Nov 2019

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Spanning the eras, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary’s former Fire Station No. 1, foreground left, and the North-West Travellers Building, foreground right, are dwarfed by their much bigger neighbours The Bow and Telus Sky, as seen a few weeks ago.

On guard

29 Friday Nov 2019

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On guard, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This lion stands at attention outside one of the little shopping malls in Calgary’s Chinatown.

Eight seconds to glory

28 Thursday Nov 2019

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Eight Seconds to Glory, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A rodeo event that’s definitely set in stone! The sculpture called Eight Seconds to Glory by Shane R.L. Sutherland, along 3rd Street S.W. in downtown Calgary, depicts a bull rider hanging onto his animal. (It looks as if he’ll lose his cowboy hat, however.)

Blue hour: Lovely at twilight

27 Wednesday Nov 2019

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Lovely at twilight, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A view through one of the arches outside the Hudson’s Bay department store in downtown Calgary, from a few weeks ago.