Departure Day

It's a cold day today but still above freezing. The snow still lingers, melting so slowly. Lunch today was at Sun Sui Wah Seafood restaurant in Richmond for Dim Sum. This is a new restaurant to us. The food is good. After lunch we stop at the Mall for a while before heading home to sort out and weigh Daves cases.

This strange jade sculpture doninates The departures lounge at Vancouver International airport.

"The Spirit of Haida Gwaii, The Jade Canoe, by Bill Reid, provides the focal point to the entrance of the International Terminal. The bronze sculpture features legendary Haida creatures paddling a boat that "goes on, forever anchored in the same place

The Spirit of Haida Gwaii features Raven and Eagle, the two principal Haida lineages that are coequal and represent two halves of a whole. The sculpture encompasses mythical creatures, animals, men and women, who together symbolize not just one culture but the entire family of living beings. The canoe is filled to overflowing with creatures that bite and claw one another as they doggedly paddle along the same place." from the web site

Dave has gone through security to catch his plane back to London. I'm staying here with Nancy for another month. When we leave the airport it's noticable colder and raining. By the time I retire to bed it's snowing once more!