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December 23, 2008

Inuit Carvings

Filed under: Handicraft, Vancouver — allmycke @ 2:52 pm

I own a few smaller pieces of Inuit Art, but none as big (or expensive) as these. They were displayed at a gallery in Gastown, not too far from the place of Samiches-fame…

kayakers The top one is made from soapstone, wood and I suspect bone (the spear) and the bottom one is one piece of soapstone

walrus

More snow

Filed under: Nature, Vancouver — allmycke @ 4:02 am

This is what the patio looked like yesterday afternoon…

patio

… and a tree outside the Mall today.

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The streets were treacherous today since there is no such thing as snowclearing taking place here. That’s a job the authorities leave for nature to deal with as in “Ah well, it’ll all melt – eventually.”

Finally a picture of three little helpers….

helpersPlease meet Mowgli, Lucky and Bagheera.

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