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Mind your head!

28 Friday Dec 2018

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San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

A very explicit warning at the entrance to a parking garage in downtown San Francisco.

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Can’t stay still

27 Thursday Dec 2018

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

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Can’t be still

From earlier this month: A close-up view of a sculpture called “Shaking Man” at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco.

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Can you see me?

26 Wednesday Dec 2018

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

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San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Here is an unexpected capture, taken as I was trying for a streetscape photo from inside the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco earlier this month.

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Deck the Ferry Building’s halls

23 Sunday Dec 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Christmas, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, San Francisco, urban

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San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

San Francisco’s Ferry Building was looking particularly festive when I visited there earlier this month.

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Eight-pointed star

22 Saturday Dec 2018

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

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A lovely ornament hangs from a Christmas Tree at The Core shopping centre in downtown Calgary.

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Frosty’s domain

21 Friday Dec 2018

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

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Frosty the Snowman chills out on the branches of a shopping mall Christmas tree in Calgary’s central business district.

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Succulent little Christmas

19 Wednesday Dec 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Christmas, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, San Francisco, Travel, urban

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San Francisco, California

Always green … but not quite an evergreen! This succulent and Christmas tree combo was spotted in San Francisco’s Union Square last week.

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Gourd old-fashioned competition!

18 Tuesday Dec 2018

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San Francisco, California

Go big or go home, they say. Spotted this giant pumpkin outside a restaurant at San Francisco’s ferry building last week.

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Hazy by the bay

17 Monday Dec 2018

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San Francisco, California

Waiting for the last of the morning fog/haze to clear up, while looking across San Francisco Bay by the Bay Bridge last week.

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Biblio-botany

16 Sunday Dec 2018

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

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Bath, England, United Kingdon

This giant plant-based book was spotted at the Parade Gardens in Bath, England, in May 2018.

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