paper cranes with room 12 . . . 2015

Every year I visit room 12 at the school where I work and teach a class of 4th graders how to fold origami cranes.  I look forward to this every year . . . I love 4th graders!  This year's class did such a great job. I only wish I could post pictures of their faces . . . their smiles are the best!  As I promised them . . . pictures of all of their paper cranes!

"I will write peace on your wings

and you will fly all over the world."

~ Sadaku Sasaki

#598

dropped @ Henry Madden Library - Fresno State - Fresno, CA on 4/27/15

"There can be no joy in living 

without joy in work."

~  St. Thomas Aquinas

#597

dropped @ Henry Madden Library (3rd floor) - Fresno State - Fresno, CA on 4/27/15

I wonder if clouds ever look down on us and say . . . "Hey look . . . that one is shaped like an idiot."

#596

dropped @ I Love Sushi - Clovis, CA on 4/11/15

"Dream your dreams with open eyes

and make them come true."
~ T.E. Lawrence

#595

dropped @ I Love Sushi - Clovis, CA on 4/11/15

"Nothing happens unless first a dream."

~ Carl Sandburg

#594

dropped @ Bourbon and Tap - Tower District - Fresno, CA on 4/11/15

"What is now proved was once imagined."

~ William Blake

#593

dropped @ Michelangelo's - Clovis, CA on 4/1015

"He that can have patience can have what he will."

~ Benjamin Franklin

#592

dropped @ Henry Madden Library - Fresno State - Fresno, CA on 4/1/15

Tis the most tender part of love, 

each other to forgive.

~ John Sheffield

#591

dropped @ Henry Madden Library - Fresno State - Fresno, CA on 4/1/15

Laugh as much as you breathe - 

Love as much as you live.

Paper Crane . . . a little larger than usual

#590

dropped @ CHS - tennis courts - Clovis, CA on 2/20/15

Today is a whole day for you to do good.

#589

dropped @ Elephant Lounge - Clovis, CA on 3/28/15

"True life is lived when tiny changes occur."  

~ Leo Tolstoy

#588

dropped @ Office Max - Clovis, CA on 3/25/15

"Be not afraid of life,

believe that life is worth living 

and your belief will create the fact."

~ Henry James

#587

dropped @ C Care - Fresno, CA on 3/23/15

"I believe that every person is born with talent."

~ Maya Angelou

#586

dropped @ Copper River Country Club - Fresno, CA on 3/21/15

"Above all, be true to yourself, 

and if you cannot put your heart in it, 

take yourself out of it."

~ Gail Devers

#585

dropped @ Neighbors - Clovis, CA on 3/15/15

"The day will be what you make it, 

so rise, like the sun and burn." 

 ~ William C. Hannah

#584

dropped @ CHS - tennis courts - Clovis, CA on 3/12/15

"Nothing good ever comes of violence."

~ Martin Luther

#583

dropped @ More Than Pizza - Clovis, CA on 3/7/15

"Give a little love to a child, 

and you get a great deal back."

~ John Rustin

#582

dropped @ Fresno State - Fresno, CA on 3/7/15

"Everything starts as somebody's daydream."

~ Larry Niven

#581

dropped @ Michelangelo's - Clovis, CA on 2/24/15

"Promise a lot and give even more."

~ Anthony J. D'angelo

#580

dropped @ Eureka Burger - Fresno, CA on 2/16/15

"Sometimes you gotta create

what you want to be a part of."

~ Geri Weitzman

#579

dropped @ Henry Madden Library - Fresno State - Fresno, CA on 2/16/15

"Never miss a chance to shut up."

~ Will Rogers

#578

dropped @ Clovis High School - Clovis, CA on 2/11/15

"Give all to love, obey thy heart."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

#577

dropped at Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Clovis, CA on 2/2/15

"The only real mistake 

is the one from which we learn nothing."

~ John Powell

#576

dropped @ Michelangelo's - Clovis, CA on 1/21/15

"A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something."

~ Frank Capra

#575

dropped @ Michelangelo's - Clovis, CA on 1/14/15

"Be more splendid.  Be more extraordinary.  Use every moment to fill yourself up."  ~ Oprah Winfrey

#574

dropped @ Bev Mo - Clovis, CA on 1/10/15

"There are moments in life where it gets so hectic that time becomes a blur.  Keep calm and never give up."

~ John Cena

#573

dropped @ tennis courts - Clovis, High Schook - Clovis, CA on 1/8/15

May the best of your past be the worst of your future.

#572

dropped @ tennis courts - Clovis High School - Clovis, CA on 1/8/15

"No experience is ever wasted.  Everything has meaning."

~ Oprah Winfrey