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1000 paper cranes
Folded with white note paper and the numbers "999" and "1000" written on them. Posed in front of a 2010 calendar with a "Year of the Tiger" illustration while in a San Francisco Chinese bookstore.
I accomplished my goal of folding paper cranes each day in 2009. I'm hoping 2010 will be wonderful year.
Take care, be safe and remember to appreciate each and every day. You never know when it could be your last.
2009 ornament paper cranes
Folded with white note paper and the words "2 days" written on them. Posed behind our 2009 Christmas ornament. Just 2 days and 2 cranes left for 2009.
boba fett ship paper cranes
Folded with white note paper and the year "2009" written on them. Posed on another toy I acquired recently: Boba Fett's ship "Slave I".
pez paper cranes
Folded with green note paper and posed next to pez bert and ernie.
car jack paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a starbucks nutritional guide and posed on my brother-in-law's car jack.
fisherman's wharf paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a christmas notepad and posed overlooking the boats at Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey, California.
christmas movie paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a post office brochure (same source as yesterday, new cranes though) and posed while refilling my bucket-o-popcorn before our Christmas movie, Avatar 3d.
tree reflection paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a post office brochure.
pizza paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a magazine subscription insert and posed while picking up the best NY thin crust pizza here in the Bay Area California: Speederia Pizzaria, San Carlos.
maple st. paper cranes
Folded with pieces of green notepaper and posed on the planter ledge outside the Kaiser Cypress Building pharmacy off Maple St. in Redwood City, CA.
citrine paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a magazine junk mailer insert and posed at the Citrine Bistro in Redwood City, CA.
metro center paper cranes
Folded with white note paper and the word "sunday" written on them. Posed in the Metro Center plaza area in Foster City, CA.
hippo paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a credit card notice and posed on a stuffed toy hippo.
fresh taco paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a Baja Fresh brochure and posed while waiting for my fish tacos.
macarthur park paper cranes
Folded with green note paper and posed on a covered grand piano at MacArthur Park, Palo Alto during our office Christmas lunch.
planner paper cranes
Folded with white paper and the words "15 days" written on them to signify just 15 more days till I reach 1000 paper cranes. Posed atop my planner booklets for the current year and next. 2010 should be a very, very good year. :)
christmas toy paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a grocery list and posed in front of an odd but cute christmas toy.
wiper blade paper cranes
Folded with white paper and the word "wipers" written on them and posed on boxes of new bosch wiper blades.
grocery delivery truck paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a starbucks brochure and posed next to a safeway delivery truck.
poinsettia paper cranes
Folded with white paper and the word "saturday" written on them. Posed next to a christmas decoration outside the hillsdale banana republic store.
lamp paper cranes
Folded with green pieces of note paper and posed on the living room lamp.
south city kaiser paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a grocery list and posed at the waiting room in kaiser, south south san francisco.
jump rope paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a cost plus coupon mailer and posed next to my jump rope.
mailbox paper cranes
Folded with pieces from an Amtrak schedule and posed on a mailbox at the intersection of San Carlos and Elm Street.
orange paper cranes
Folded with green note paper.
starbucks wifi paper cranes
Folded with receipt pieces and posed on my laptop while logging into the wifi at Starbucks.
kaiser paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a magazine insert while waiting for my blood tests. Posed outside the lab building.
vicks paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a magazine mailer letter and posed next a pretty good congestion remedy.
abandoned shopping cart paper cranes
Folded with pieces from green and white note paper with several lists jotted down on them.
garage sign paper cranes
Folded with pieces of green note paper.
exercise ball paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a subscription junk mailers.
north face paper cranes
Folded with pieces of white paper and the words "chilly monday" written on them. Posed on some warm north face gear.
safeway fuel paper cranes
Folded with pieces of white paper and notes written on them. Posed while fueling up at Safeway.
john steinbeck paper cranes
Folded with pieces of green note paper and posed in front of the John Steinbeck Center, Salinas, California.
fisherman's wharf paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a Starbucks brochure for ice cream. Posed at Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey, California.
guitar hero paper cranes
Folded with lined steno paper and a piece of white note paper with chinese characters written on them. Posed on a couple of guitar hero guitars.
puppy paper cranes
Folded with lined note paper and posed in front of stella the puppy.
yin and yang paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a blue paper to do list and a piece of white note paper with a transit schedule written on it. Posed by the sculpture "Yin and Yang" by Robert Arneson in the Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco.
dashboard paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a grocery list.
car dealership paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a citibank letter and posed across the street from menlo mazda on el camino real in redwood city, ca.
rainbow paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a magazine subscription letter to renew. Posed inside a utility hydrant on a rainy afternoon in San Carlos, CA with a rainbow in the distance. It's hard to see, but there are three cranes inside that opening. It was the only way to protect them from the wind.
candle light paper cranes
Folded with white paper and the word "thursday" written on them. Posed by a candle light dinner.
redwood city paper cranes
Folded with a piece from a cost plus world market mailer and two pieces of green note paper. Posed in front of the old City Hall at Courthouse Square, Redwood City, CA.
ups paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a cost plus world market mailer and posed next to a UPS truck.
clock paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a citicard agreement notice.
stone planter paper cranes
Folded with pieces from a magazine insert and posed in the front stone planter outside Ikebana Japanese Restaurant in Salinas, CA.
art box paper cranes
Folded with pieces from my sketchbook and posed on an electrical box on University Ave. in Palo Alto, CA.
braille band aid paper cranes
Folded with white paper and the word "friday" written on them. Friday the 13th is typically associated with bad luck. But for a sight impaired person, finding this box could be a nice find... or even lucky.
kleenex paper cranes
Folded with note paper and a piece from a magazine subscription letter and posed on a box of kleenex tissue.