#258

dropped @ DiCiccos - Clovis, CA on 12/28/12

"God is subtle, but he is not malicious"  ~ Albert Einstein

#257

dropped @ Michael's - Clovis, CA on 12/16/12

"You can turn a painful situation around through laughter.  If you can find humor in anything, you can survive it.  ~ Bill Cosby

 

#255 moved -

I received a picture of crane #255 in a different place.  That's all I know . . . not who found it and not where it is.  But it has been found.  If you find one of my cranes - please let me know and send a picture. 

 

#256

dropped @ Old Town Clovis - Clovis, CA on 12/15/12

"Too many people miss the silver lining because they are expecting gold."  ~ Maurice Setter

#255

dropped @ Henry Madden Library - Fresno State - Fresno, CA on 12/14/12

Sometimes you just have to trust your intuition.

#254

dropped @ Henry Madden Library - Fresno State - Fresno, CA on 12/14/12

Every no and then - bite off more than you can chew.

#253

dropped @ SaveMart - Clovis, CA - 12/9/12

"Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must."

     ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goeth

#252

dropped @ SaveMart - Clovis, CA on 12/9/12

"You can't cross the sea by merely standing and staring."

                                                     ~ Rabindranath Togore

#251

dropped @ More Than Pizza - Clovis CA on 12/9/12

"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. 

 It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul." 

                                                                        ~ Judy Garland

#250

dropped at Professional Development Bldg. - Clovis Unified - Clovis, CA on 11/27/12

"Love is the flower you've got to let grow."  ~ John Lennon

 

#249

dropped @ Clovis High Tennis Courts - Clovis, CA on 11/24/12

Sometimes the best way to figure out who you are is to get to that place where you don't have to be anything else.

Happy Thanksgiving

I have been neglecting my crane project . . . but it is not forgotten.  I have let life get in the way a little bit.  I have more cranes folded and ready to go.  For today . . . Hang onto those you love and care about - and be thankful for what you have in your life.  Make the people you love your priority . . . Everyday! 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

#248

dropped @ Powell's Candy Store - Clovis, CA on 11/9/12

Be optimistic, be courageous, be unsinkable, be strong enough.

Crane Project sends a message of peace . . .

I love hearing about other origami crane projects . . . check this one out.

 

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120922/NEWS01/309210042

#247

dropped @ Michael's - Clovis, CA on 10/22/12

"Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some."

                                                                ~ Robert Fulghum

#242 found - Thanks Michelle!

Crane # 242 was found! I heard from the person that found it at Lagunitas Brewing Co. in Petaluma this past weekend.  It now sits on her desk at work.  I love hearing from people who find one of my cranes.  I love that there are people out there that take the time to notice something so simple.  This person wrote me that the crane sits on her desk . . . "inspiring curiosity and joy."  That makes my day!

To anyone out there following this blog or even reading for the first time . . . Take time to notice the little things! 

 

"I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind."  ~ Leo Buscaglia

#246

dropped in San Jose, CA on 9/30/12

He who is wrapped up in himself makes a very small package.

#245

dropped @ Lagunitas Brewing Co. - Petaluma, CA on 9/30/12

"Happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends on what you think."  ~ Dale Carnegie

#244

dropped @ Lagunitas Brewing Co. - Petaluma, CA on 9/30/12

"Associate with people who are likely to improve you."

                                                                          ~ Seneca

 

#243

dropped @ Lagunita Brewing Co. - Petaluma, CA on 9/30/12

"If life wer predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor."  ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

#242

dropped @ Lagunitas Brewing Co. - Petaluma, CA on 9/30/12

"How you think when you lose - determines how long it will be until you win."  ~ Gilbert Keith Chesterton

#241

 

dropped @ Lucchesi Park - tennis courts - Petaluma, CA on 9/30/12

"To find yourself - think for yourself."  ~ Socrates

#240

dropped @ Dempsey's Brewery - Petaluma, CA on 9/29/12

"My favorite thing is to go where I've never been."

                                                           ~ Diane Arbers

#239

dropped @ Petaluma Market - Petaluma, CA on 9/29/12

"Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well."

                                                         ~ Phillip Dormer Stanhope

#238

dropped @ store in Petaluma, CA on 9/29/12

"The way you help the world is you start with your own family."

                                                                                  ~ Mother Teresa

#237

dropped @ art gallery/gift shop - Petaluma, CA on 9/29/12

"So many books, so little time."  ~ Frank Zappa

 

#236

dropped @ store - Petaluma, CA on 9/29/12

"Doing things is not the same as getting things done."

                                                                  ~ Jared Silver

 

 

 

#235

dropped @ Petaluma Market - Petaluma, CA on 9/29/12

"Do not call any work menial until you have watched a proud person do it.  ~ Robert Brault

#234

dropped @ Ray's Tavern - Petaluma, CA on 9/29/12

"The impossible is often the untried."  ~ Jim Goodwin

#233

dropped @ Halloween & Vine Art Show - Petaluma, CA on 9/29/12

There may be a thousand little choices in a day - All of them count.

#232

dropped @ Petaluma Market - Petaluma, CA on 9/29/12

Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

                                                          ~ Instructions for Life

#231

dropped @ Three Cooks - Petaluma, CA on 9/29/12

"We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." 

             ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goeth 

 

#230

dropped @ Motel 6 - Petaluma, CA on 9/28/12

Family - where life begins and love never ends.

 

 

quotes and cranes

Getting cranes ready . . . I haven't done this in awhile - but I was running low on cranes with quotes on them.  I am going out of town this weekend . . . so of course will be taking cranes with me.  I have 50 new cranes all folded . . . quoted . . . and ready to be dropped.

Some great quotes on some of these . . . can't wait to see if I get some responses.

 

#229

dropped @ Walgreen's - Clovis, CA on 9/24/12

Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death.

a

Paper Crane Project . . .

Check this out . . . A group of high school students in Hiroshima have sent 1000 paper cranes to every president and prime minister worldwide. In return, they are asking for a message of support for a treaty banning nuclear weapons.

http://www.icanw.org/
http://www.icanw.org/files/PaperCraneProject.pdf

#225 - found and forwarded

I received a wonderful response regarding crane #225 that was dropped at the Henry Madden Library at Fresno State.  It was handed to someone as they were rushing into a meeting by a colleague. 

The quote one #255 read . . . "When you say, 'I love you,' - mean it."  ~ Instructions for Life 

This person told me that the crane made their day, reminded them to breathe, and reminded them that they love so many and they were deeply loved. 

Hearing from this person made my day - thank you! . . . and thank you to the person who found this crane and passed it on.

#228

dropped @ Henry Madden Library - CSUF - Fresno, CA on 9/15/12

The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it.

#227

dropped @ Henry Madden Library - CSUF - Fresno, CA on 9/15/12

"Never to wrong others

takes one a long way towards peace of mind."  ~ Seneca

#226

dropped @ Henry Madden Library - CSUF - Fresno, CA on 9/15/12

"The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child, is the potential for greatness.  ~ Bobby Kennedy

#225

 

dropped @ Henry Madden Library - CSUF - Fresno, CA on 9/15/12

When you say, "I love you,"  mean it.

                                               ~ Instructions for Life

 

#224

dropped @ Henry Madden Library - CSUF - Fresno, CA on 9/15/12

"A true friend is one that know all about you

and likes you anyway."  ~ Christi Mary Warner

#223

dropped @ Henry Madden Library - CSUF - Fresno, CA on 9/15/12

"What we are is God's gift to us.

What we become is our gift to god."  ~ Eleanor Powell

#222

dropped @ Henry Madden Library - CSUF - Fresno, CA on 9/15/12

"The beautiful thing about learning

is nobody can take it away from you."  ~ B.B.King

#221

dropped @ Henry Madden Library - CSUF - Fresno, CA on 9/15/12

"We all have the ability. 

The difference is how we use it."  ~ Stevie Wonder

#220

dropped @ Henry Madden Library - CSUF - Fresno, CA on 9/15/12

"It's time for us to turn to each other,

not on each other."  ~ Jesse Jackson

#219

dropped @ Mercedes Edwards Theater - Clovis, CA on 9/15/12

"A friend is the one who comes in

when the whole world has gone out."  ~ Grace Pulpit

#218

dropped @ Clovis Community Hospital - Clovis, CA on 9/11/12

"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows."

                                                                     ~  Ralph Marston

#217

dropped @ Clovis Community Hospital - Clovis, CA on 9/11/12

"Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there."

                                                                   ~ Bo Jackson