#281

dropped @ Target - Clovis, CA on 1/31/12

"Tell me what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious live."  ~ Mary Oliver

#280

dropped @ Target - Clovis, CA on 1/31/13

"When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.  ~ Instructions for Life.

Sandy Hook Memorial Project

Students and teachers from Montery park folded 2000 cranes in memory of the students killed and Sandy Hook Elementary School.  Read the rest of the story here -Sandy Hook Memorial Project

#279

dropped @ Sequoia Brewing - Fresno, CA on 1/26/13

Dance to the tune that is played.  ~ Spanish Proverb

#278

dropped @ Target - Clovis, CA on 1/26/13

"The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.  ~ Meister Eckhart

#277 and a special crane from Texas

dropped at Dallas Farmer's Market - Dallas, Texas on 1/20/13

Respect for self, Respect for others, Responsibility for all your actions  ~ Instructions for Life

I have always dropped all of my cranes for this project myself - but this crane went to Dallas, Texas and was left by someone I met online who also has a paper crane project.  366 cranes  Check out her project on facebook.  She also sent one of her cranes to me to place for her.

dropped @ The Peace Garden - Fresno State - Fresno, CA on 1/21/13

#276

dropped @ More Than Pizza - Clovis, CA on 1/18/13

" . . . the true secret of happiness lies in the taking a genuine interest in all the details of life . . . "  ~ William Morris

#275

dropped @ Red Wave Inn - Fresno, CA on 1/11/13
"Who is strong?  He that can conquer his bad habits."

                                                                 ~ Benjamin Franklin

274

dropped @ Henry Madden Library - Fresno State - Fresno, CA on 1/1/13

It's not your beliefs that make you a better person -

it's your behavior.

#273

dropped @ Henry Madden Library - Fresno State - Fresno, CA on1/11/13

Believe in love at first sight.  ~ Instructions for Life

#272

dropped @ Henry Madden Library - Fresno State - Fresno, CA on 1/11/13

"Kindness in words creates confidence, kindness in thinking creates profoundness, kindness is giving creates love."  ~ Lao Tzo

#271

dropped @ Walgreen's - Clovis, CA on 1/8/13

"One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats."

                                                                                  ~ Iris Murdoch

#270

dropped @ Woman's Breast Center - Fresno, CA on 1/7/13

"Reject your sense of injury, and the injury itself disappears."

                                                                         ~ Marcus Aurelius

another 1000 crane project

Check out this blog . . . another 1000 crane project!



Project Peace and Grace

#269

dropped @ Old Town Sacramento - Sacramento, CA on 1/1/13

"The most effective way to do it, is to do it."  ~ Amelia Earhart

#268

dropped @ Old Town Sacramento - Sacramento, CA on 1/1/13

"Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is

the truth."  ~ Mahatma Gandhi

#267

dropped @ La Terrazza - Old Town Sacramento - Sacramento, CA on 1/1/13

""Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."  ~ Leo Tolstoy

 

#266

dropped @ Evangeline's Old Town Sacramento - Sacramento, CA on 1/1/13

Remember that great love and great achievements involve

great risk.  ~ Instructions for Life

#265

dropped @ Old Town Sacramento - Sacramento, CA on 1/1/13

"Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness."  ~ Leo Tolstoy

#264

dropped @ Old Town Sacramento - Sacramento, CA on 1/1/13

Read more books and watch less TV.  ~ Instructions for Life

#263

dropped @ candy shop - Old Town Sacramento - Sacramento, CA on 1/1/13

"Life begets life.  Energy creates energy.  it is by spending oneself that one becomes rich."  ~ Sarah Bernhardt

#262

dropped @ Old Town Sacramento - Sacramento, CA on 1/1/13

When you have a problem, make a choice . . . you'll feel better.

#261

dropped @ Raley's - Chico, CA on 12/31/12

Some people choose to live by complaining, other people

choose to live.

#260

dropped @ Park - downtown Chico, CA on 12/31/12

It is not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.  ~ Paul Bryant

#259

dropped @ House of Rice - Chico, CA on 12/31/12

"People change and forget to tell each other."  ~ Lillian Hellman

#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