Cranes 980, 981, 982

tree reflection paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a post office brochure.

Cranes 978, 979

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.

Cranes 975, 976, 977

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.

Cranes 972, 973, 974

citrine paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a magazine junk mailer insert and posed at the Citrine Bistro in Redwood City, CA.

Cranes 970, 971

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.

Cranes 968, 969

hippo paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a credit card notice and posed on a stuffed toy hippo.

Cranes 965, 966, 967

fresh taco paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a Baja Fresh brochure and posed while waiting for my fish tacos.

Cranes 962, 963, 964

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.

Cranes 960, 961

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. :)

Cranes 958, 959

christmas toy paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a grocery list and posed in front of an odd but cute christmas toy.

Cranes 955, 956, 957

wiper blade paper cranes

Folded with white paper and the word "wipers" written on them and posed on boxes of new bosch wiper blades.

Cranes 953, 954

grocery delivery truck paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a starbucks brochure and posed next to a safeway delivery truck.

Cranes 950, 951, 952

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.

Cranes 947, 948, 949

lamp paper cranes

Folded with green pieces of note paper and posed on the living room lamp.

Cranes 945, 946

south city kaiser paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a grocery list and posed at the waiting room in kaiser, south south san francisco.

Cranes 943, 944

jump rope paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a cost plus coupon mailer and posed next to my jump rope.

Cranes 941, 942

mailbox paper cranes

Folded with pieces from an Amtrak schedule and posed on a mailbox at the intersection of San Carlos and Elm Street.

Cranes 938, 939, 940

orange paper cranes

Folded with green note paper.

Cranes 936, 937

starbucks wifi paper cranes

Folded with receipt pieces and posed on my laptop while logging into the wifi at Starbucks.

Cranes 934, 935

kaiser paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a magazine insert while waiting for my blood tests. Posed outside the lab building.

Cranes 931, 932, 933

vicks paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a magazine mailer letter and posed next a pretty good congestion remedy.

Cranes 928, 929, 930

abandoned shopping cart paper cranes

Folded with pieces from green and white note paper with several lists jotted down on them.

Cranes 926, 927

garage sign paper cranes

Folded with pieces of green note paper.

Cranes 923, 924, 925

exercise ball paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a subscription junk mailers.

Cranes 921, 922

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.

Cranes 919, 920

safeway fuel paper cranes

Folded with pieces of white paper and notes written on them. Posed while fueling up at Safeway.

Cranes 917, 918

john steinbeck paper cranes

Folded with pieces of green note paper and posed in front of the John Steinbeck Center, Salinas, California.

Cranes 914, 915, 916

fisherman's wharf paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a Starbucks brochure for ice cream. Posed at Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey, California.

Cranes 911, 912, 913

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.

Cranes 908, 909, 910

puppy paper cranes

Folded with lined note paper and posed in front of stella the puppy.

Cranes 905, 906, 907

cupid's span paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a credit card junk mailer. Posed near the sculpture "Cupid's Span" by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen along the Embarcadero near Folsom St., San Francisco.

Cranes 902, 903, 904

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.

Cranes 900, 901

dashboard paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a grocery list.

Cranes 898, 899

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.

Cranes 895, 896, 897

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.

Cranes 892, 893, 894

candle light paper cranes

Folded with white paper and the word "thursday" written on them. Posed by a candle light dinner.

Cranes 889, 890, 891

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.

Cranes 886, 887, 888

ups paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a cost plus world market mailer and posed next to a UPS truck.

Cranes 883, 884, 885

clock paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a citicard agreement notice.

Cranes 881, 882

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.

Cranes 879, 880

art box paper cranes

Folded with pieces from my sketchbook and posed on an electrical box on University Ave. in Palo Alto, CA.

Cranes 876, 877, 878

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.

Cranes 873, 874, 875

kleenex paper cranes

Folded with note paper and a piece from a magazine subscription letter and posed on a box of kleenex tissue.

Cranes 870, 871, 872

de young paper cranes

Folded with white paper and the words "golden gate park" written on them. Posed in the de Young Museum Tower overlooking the California Academy of Sciences building, all within Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.

Cranes 867, 868, 869

slipper paper cranes

Folded with pieces of lined steno note paper and a piece of green note paper. Posed on my indoor slippers.

Cranes 864, 865, 866

autumn color paper cranes

Folded with magazine subscription cards and posed in a local park.

Cranes 862, 863

cable car paper cranes

Folded with pieces from an old pasta pomodoro menu and posed on powell street in san francisco.

Cranes 859, 860, 861

ramen noodle house paper cranes

Folded with junk mail pieces from national geographic and popular science magazines and posed in Himawari-Tei, a japanese ramen noodle house, san mateo, ca.

Cranes 857, 858

blanket paper cranes

Folded with a local car wash brochure and posed on our sofa blanket.

Cranes 854, 855, 856

stepping paper cranes

Folded with green note paper.

Cranes 851, 852, 853

yoshi paper cranes

Folded with another piece from yesterday's PG&E letter and pieces from our grocery list.

Cranes 848, 849, 850

breezeway paper cranes

Folded with a junk mailer piece from Chase Bank and pieces from a PG&E letter saying I am getting a refund on my next energy bill. Posed next to the Hillsdale breezeway while having dinner at CPK.

Cranes 845, 846, 847

comcast paper cranes

Folded with a junk mailer from comcast and posed on a cable box.

Cranes 843, 844

smiley prize paper cranes

Folded with white note paper and the word "november" written on them. Posed on a prize my wife received while we went on a scavenger hunt in downtown San Francisco last night (Halloween).

Cranes 841, 842

jetsons paper cranes

Folded with pieces from junk mail inserts and posed with the Jetsons.

Cranes 838, 839, 840

parked dog paper cranes

Folded with pieces from junk mail inserts and posed next to a dog waiting in a parked car for her owner.

Cranes 836, 837

tennis paper cranes

Folded with lined steno note paper.

Cranes 834, 835

mirror paper cranes

Folded with lined steno note paper.

Cranes 831, 832, 833

autumn leaves paper cranes

Folded with green and red note paper.

Cranes 828, 829, 830

indoor tree paper cranes

Folded with green note paper and white piece of paper with the word "tree" written on it.

Cranes 826, 827

indoor water fall paper cranes

Folded with magazine subscription inserts and posed on an indoor water fall.

Cranes 824, 825

sketchbook paper cranes

Folded with white paper and the word "Saturday" written on them. Posed on my sketchbook outside the Starbucks on Laurel Ave in San Carlos.

Cranes 822, 823

paper mache paper cranes

Folded with pieces of lined steno note paper and posed on the first layers of a paper mache mold.

Cranes 819, 820, 821

shag rug paper cranes

Folded with pieces of lined steno note paper and posed on our bathroom shag rug.

Cranes 817, 818

planter paper cranes

Folded with pieces of lined steno note paper and posed in a tree planter box outside our place.

Cranes 814, 815, 816

upgrade paper cranes

Folded with pieces of green note paper and a lined steno sheet. Posed while upgrading from tiger to the new OS, snow leopard.

Cranes 811, 812, 813

luggage paper cranes

Folded with pieces from an investment junk mailer and a piece of white paper with an address for Fed Ex in San Jose, CA written on it. Posed on a piece of luggage right before storing it in our closet.

Cranes 809, 810

sfo paper cranes

Folded with pieces from an ING Direct junk mailer and posed in the international terminal of san francisco international airport (SFO).

Cranes 807, 808

water fountain paper cranes

Folded with pieces of marketing junk mail and posed near a water fountain in San Carlos, CA.

Cranes 804, 805, 806

hillsdale paper cranes

Folded with pieces of colored, lined steno note paper and posed inside Hillsdale Mall in San Mateo, CA.

Cranes 802, 803

apple paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a magazine subscription card.

Cranes 799, 800, 801

shoe storage bench paper cranes

Folded with junk mail inserts from bose and omaha steaks and posed in one several of the slots of our new shoe storage bench.

Cranes 796, 797, 798

umbrella paper cranes

Folded with green note paper and posed inside my huge umbrella. Today was the first big storm of the season.

Cranes 793, 794, 795

indigenous people's day paper cranes

Folded with white paper and the words "indigenous people's day" marking today's holiday.

Cranes 791, 792

earbud headphone case paper cranes

Folded with white steno paper and posed on a window sill next to my earbud headphone case.

Cranes 788, 789, 790

street faire paper cranes

Folded with white paper and the words "street faire" written on them. Posed while the vendors were setting up for the San Carlos Art & Wine Faire. Photo taken with a Canon EOS T1i

Cranes 785, 786, 787

bamboo base paper cranes

Folded with white paper with sketches on them. Posed at the base of a bamboo tree and taken with a Canon EOS T1i

Cranes 782, 783, 784

portable heater paper cranes

Folded with white paper containing scratch notes and posed on a small, portable heater in our home office.

Cranes 779, 780, 781

taiwanese chicken paper cranes

Folded with a piece of blue steno paper and pieces of green note paper. Posed with two stuffed chicken dolls: a wedding present from my wife's taiwanese relatives.

Cranes 776, 777, 778

gym locker paper cranes

Folded with blue steno paper and posed in my gym locker.

Cranes 773, 774, 775

city hall lawn paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a red flier handout and posed near the front lawn of the San Carlos City Hall. This is not a new spot, I was just trying to catch a black squirrel in the frame but he wasn't cooperating with me today.

Cranes 770, 771, 772

peet's coffee paper cranes

Folded with white paper and the word "sunday" written on them. Posed in Pete's coffee shop, San Mateo, CA.

Cranes 767, 768, 769

volunteer paper cranes

Folded with white paper and the word "volunteer" written on them. Posed in the elementary school gym where my wife is a teacher. We were going to assist the local community group paint and do gardening, but ended up sorting office papers.

Cranes 764, 765, 766

civic sign paper cranes

Folded with green note paper.

Cranes 762, 763

sore throat paper cranes

Folded with yellow steno note paper and posed with some cough drops. Thanks to the change in temperature the past several days, I'm feeling a bit under the weather.

Cranes 759, 760, 761

mulch paper cranes

Folded with green note paper and posed on a bed of mulch.

Cranes 756, 757, 758

chilly paper cranes

Folded with white paper and the words "chilly" written on them. Today is the first chilly day of the season... and I love it!

Cranes 754, 755

robot geek paper cranes

Folded with two popular mechanics magazine subscription cards and posed with a couple of my robots... in a library. Geeky? I'd admit it. :)

Cranes 752, 753

coffee drive thru paper cranes

Folded with pieces from an printed email and posed while getting my morning coffee fix via the drive thru.

Cranes 749, 750, 751

bike rack paper cranes

Folded with white note paper and the word "Saturday" written on them. Posed near the bike racks in front of the San Carlos Library.

Cranes 746, 747, 748

park bench paper cranes

Folded with yellow steno paper sheets.

Cranes 743, 744, 745

sketchbook pro 2010 paper cranes

Folded with white note paper and the words "sketchbook pro" written on them. Posed with the new software that just arrived in the mail today. All I'm waiting for is the Apple Tablet release in 2010. Till then, I get to play with the Wacom and traditional pen, pencil and paper.

Cranes 741, 742

train station paper cranes

Folded with green note paper.

Cranes 739, 740

dell paper cranes

Folded with red note paper.

Cranes 736, 737, 738

cooler paper cranes

Folded with local coupons and posed on top of a cooler... on such a hot day.

Cranes 733, 734, 735

sunny sunday paper cranes

Folded with white note paper and the words "sunny" written on them. Posed in the Costco (Foster City, CA) tire service area. It's gonna be sunny and super hot the next several days. Not looking forward to it.

Cranes 730, 731, 732

hanger paper cranes

Folded with recently expired coupons and posed on soon to be recycled metal wire hangers.

Cranes 727, 728, 729

chestnut entrance paper cranes

Folded with white paper and the letters "tgif" written on them. Posed at the chestnut st. entrance of the library plaza in san carlos, ca

Cranes 724, 725, 726

pond paper cranes

Folded with green note paper and posed on the side of a pond and water fountain.

Cranes 721, 722, 723

stone paper cranes

Folded with lined steno pad pieces and green note paper. Posed on a bed of stones.

Cranes 718, 719, 720

ash scraps paper cranes

Folded with a comcast mailer and posed in front of pieces from a diseased ash tree.

Cranes 715, 716, 717

mediterranean fusion paper cranes

Folded with pieces from junk mail inserts for citibank, life alert and aaa insurance and posed in a local mediterranean restaurant.

Cranes 712, 713, 714

vienna metro station paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a receipt and a steno note paper and posed on a usa today newspaper vending machine box outside of the vienna metro station entrance in fairfax, va.

Cranes 709, 710, 711

blessed sacrament paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a church bulletin newsletter and posed in the reception area of the blessed sacrament near chevy chase, northwest washington dc.

Cranes 706, 707, 708

washington post paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a washington post subscription insert and posed off of lee highway in fairfax, va.

Cranes 703, 704, 705

chinatown dc paper cranes

Folded with lined note paper and posed in the Gallery Place walkway in Chinatown, Washington D.C.

Cranes 700, 701, 702

wedding flower paper cranes

Folded with green note paper and posed atop flowers from the wedding we attended over the weekend.

Cranes 698, 699

park picnic table paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a steno note pad.

Cranes 695, 696, 697

labor day paper cranes

Folded with white note paper and the words "labor day" written on them. Posed at a narrow walkway a few blocks away.

Cranes 692, 693, 694

pho paper cranes

Folded with another set of three hilton stationary pieces and posed with the "next morning" cure, a big bowl of pho at Pho Hoa in Pleasanton, CA.

Cranes 689, 690, 691

hilton paper cranes

Folded with perfectly square hilton stationary while staying in pleasanton, ca.

Cranes 686, 687, 688

parking garage paper cranes

Folded with green paper and pieces from a steno pad.

Cranes 683, 684, 685

ernie paper cranes

Folded with recently expired local coupons and posed next to my buddy, ernie.

Cranes 680, 681, 682

banana paper cranes

Folded with green note paper and posed on a bunch of bananas.

Cranes 677, 678, 679

fedex paper cranes

Folded with white note paper and the name "fedex" written on them. Posed right after I picked up an envelope from the local branch in Menlo Park. Didn't realize the moon was in frame when I shot this tonight.

Cranes 674, 675, 676

airport extreme paper cranes

Folded with pieces of green note paper and posed on an apple airport extreme router.

Cranes 671, 672, 673

rose paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a Sports Illustrated subscription card insert and set inside a yellow rose. The yellow rose is huge, but the cranes are also really tiny.

Cranes 668, 669, 670

indoor ledge paper cranes

Folded with white paper and the words "100 degrees" written on them. It's been super hot the past couple of days.

Cranes 665, 666, 667

grassy slope paper cranes

Folded with green note paper. Posed while on my coffee break, a cute kid was running up and down this grassy slope.

Cranes 663, 664

ceiling tile paper cranes

Folded with yellow lined steno note paper.

Cranes 660, 661, 662

window screen paper cranes

Folded with green note paper and a piece of a yellow lined steno sheet. Posed in front of a window screen.

Cranes 657, 658, 659

classroom paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a day of the week note pad. Posed while helping my wife set up her fourth grade class. School starts on Thursday.

Cranes 654, 655, 656

giant kiss paper cranes

Folded with recently expired local coupons. Posed atop a giant hershey's chocolate kiss.

Cranes 651, 652, 653

rodin garden paper cranes

Folded with white note paper and the words "sunny sunday" written on them. Posed in the Rodin Sculpture Garden on the Cantor Arts Center grounds, Stanford University campus.

Cranes 648, 649, 650

green sketchbook paper cranes

Folded with expired local coupons and posed on my green sketchbook. In addition to folding paper cranes daily, I am also trying to sketch just as much.

Cranes 645, 646, 647

cubed paper cranes

Folded with green note paper and posed with a bunch of "cubes". First photo taken with new cell phone camera LG VX11000 enV Touch.

Cranes 642, 643, 644

cell phone paper cranes

Folded with white note paper and the words "new phone" written on the them. Posed on my new (left, just arrived today) and old (right, two year verizon plan was up) cell phones. Apparently I can take better photos with the new one. We'll see sooner than later :)

Cranes 640, 641

hydrant paper cranes

Folded with ad inserts from the latest Macy's catalog.

Cranes 637, 638, 639

porsche paper cranes

Folded with lined steno note paper.

Cranes 634, 635, 636

dumbbell paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a local coupon book and a magazine reorder letter.

Cranes 631, 632, 633

three card poker paper cranes

Folded with a new set of MGM Grand Hotel note paper and posed on the poker table for "good luck".

Cranes 628, 629, 630

vegas' fake paris paper cranes

Folded with MGM Grand Hotel note paper and posed on the ledge of a Bellagio walkway in Las Vegas, NV.

Cranes 625, 626, 627

FDIC Chase paper cranes

Folded with green note paper.

Cranes 622, 623, 624

giant pen paper cranes

Folded with recently expired local coupons and posed next to a giant pen from Atlanta.

Cranes 620, 621

anniversary paper cranes

Folded with yellow steno paper and posed next to our wedding bands. Today is our third year anniversary.

Cranes 617, 618, 619

kitchen counter paper cranes

Folded with blue steno paper and pieces from an expired local coupon booklet.

Cranes 614, 615, 616

parking garage paper cranes

Folded with white note paper and the word "Monday" written on them.

Cranes 611, 612, 613

remote control paper cranes

Folded with pieces from several Popular Science magazine subscription inserts.

Cranes 608, 609, 610

costco tp paper cranes

Folded with pieces from an IKEA mailer.

Cranes 605, 606, 607

stress ball paper cranes

Folded with lime green postit notes. Posed with two foam rubber stress balls: a purple smiley face and a lemon shaped Jamba Juice promo ball.

Cranes 602, 603, 604

rice god paper cranes

Folded with white note paper and the word "rice" written on them. Posed with a rice god statue I picked up while hiking in the Ifugao rice terraces, Philippines.

Cranes 599, 600, 601

batman and hulk paper cranes

Folded with magazine subscription inserts.

Cranes 597, 598

mystery machine paper cranes

Folded with blue note paper.

Cranes 594, 595, 596

recycling subway paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a local Honda dealership's junk mailer. Posed in the 4th and King train station in San Francisco.

Cranes 591, 592, 593

bamboo paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a Mary Kay catalog left at the local post office. Posed on a small bamboo tree.

Cranes 589, 590

box of paper cranes

Folded with another ING Direct insert. I get a ton of these in the mail. Posed on the lid of my storage box of cranes. After crossing into the 8 month mark and close to 600 cranes, I thought they would fill a bigger box :)

Cranes 586, 587, 588

john coltrane paper cranes

Folded with green note paper and posed on something called an "album sleeve" of John Coltrane's My Favorite Things.

Cranes 584, 585

scale paper cranes

Folded with lined note paper.

Cranes 581, 582, 583

laurel street paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a Translink Commuter Card brochure.

Cranes 578, 579, 580

ftd flower paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a square FTD promotional brochure and posed on a present for my wife's birthday (she loves them, kat!).

Cranes 575, 576, 577

falafel and coffee paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a Macy's mens suit sale flier. Posed from the Blue Front Cafe on Haight Street in San Francisco while snacking on falafels and sipping a large soy latte.

Cranes 572, 573, 574

SoMa paper cranes

Folded with (more) hotel stationary from 888 Howard St with SoMa or South of Market in downtown San Francisco as the backdrop.

Cranes 569, 570, 571

angel island paper cranes

Folded with hotel stationary and posed while hiking the trails on Angel Island State Park.

Cranes 566, 567, 568

pencil cover paper cranes

Folded with green note paper.

Cranes 564, 565

wacom paper cranes

Folded with pages from a wacom instruction booklet (Spanish section).

Cranes 561, 562, 563

hallmark paper cranes

Folded with a flier from the TSA regarding luggage search procedures and a AAA/Hertz car sales insert. Posed in a Hallmark stationary store in Foster City, CA.

Cranes 559, 560

elm street paper cranes

Folded with a square Macy's mailer insert and a piece of blue note paper. Posed on Elm Street in front of City Hall, San Carlos, CA.

Cranes 556, 557, 558

keyboard paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a Chase Bank junk mailer and a leftover instruction booklet.

Cranes 554, 555

table junk paper cranes

Folded with lined note paper.

Cranes 551, 552, 553

101 south paper cranes

Folded with white paper and the word "Saturday" written on them. Posed while on 101 south through Gilroy, CA the "Garlic Capital of the World".

Cranes 548, 549, 550

sunglass paper cranes

Folded with pieces from an instruction pamphlet.

Cranes 546, 547

yan can cook paper cranes

Folded with red note paper and posed during a Martin Yan cooking and book signing appearance this evening in San Carlos, CA.

Cranes 543, 544, 545

mouse paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a local Honda dealership mailer and the word "honda" written on one of the white pieces.

Cranes 540, 541, 542

library coffee cup paper cranes

Folded with white paper with the word "hot" written on them. It was 94 deg. today. Doing work in the library provided a nice respite from the heat. The coffee cup was an interesting surprise.

Cranes 537, 538, 539

sfmuni bench paper cranes

Folded with pieces from an instruction booklet and posed at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA or Muni) Station 4th & King .

Cranes 534, 535, 536

pen and pencil paper cranes

Folded with an Eddie Bauer junk mailer in Pete's Coffee House.

Cranes 531, 532, 533

airport waiting area paper cranes

Folded with and ING Direct mailer and a Macy's catalog insert.

Cranes 528, 529, 530

cell phone paper cranes

Folded with green note paper and held down by my cell phone to prevent being blown away by the wind.

Cranes 526, 527

curved glass reflection paper cranes

Folded with a Bank of America flier describing the dangers of credit card fraud. Posed next to my glass of water while watching American Gangster.

Cranes 523, 524, 525

chair paper cranes

Folded with green and white note paper.

Cranes 520, 521, 522

closeup paper cranes

Folded with red note paper.

Cranes 517, 518, 519

backlit curtain paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a Macy's mattress sale flier and an estate auction postcard.

Cranes 514, 515, 516

caffeinated paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a nutritional facts Starbucks brochure and posed after stuffing my face with a blueberry muffin and grande soy latte. Ah, I love Sundays.

Cranes 511, 512, 513

yumi yogurt paper cranes

Folded with junk mail ads for alhambra water and ADT security systems. Taken in San Mateo south of Hillsdale after we got a (huge!) child size chocolate and vanilla fro-yo.

Cranes 508, 509, 510

shopping cart storage paper cranes

Folded with recently expired local coupons.

Cranes 505, 506, 507

coffee break paper cranes

Folded with green and white paper with notes written on them.

Cranes 502, 503, 504

grassy paper cranes

Folded with white paper and the words "cool and breezy" written on them. It was sunny today with a slight, cool breeze.

Cranes 499, 500, 501

midpoint paper cranes

Folded with green and red notepaper. I have just about reached the midpoint of the year without missing one day. I figure if I can make it this far, the next half should be a breeze :)

Cranes 497, 498

transamerica pyramid paper cranes

Folded with pieces from an instruction booklet written in Chinese characters. Posed while picking up my new contact lenses in downtown San Francisco.

Cranes 495, 496

elementary school paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a Money magazine subscription renewal flier. Posed while assisting my wife take down her classroom posters.

cranes 493, 494

101 traffic paper cranes

Folded with a Macy's ad insert mailer for CLINIQUE. Posed on the dash while stuck in stopped-dead traffic on Highway 101 north near the Broadway exit.

Cranes 491, 492

purple flower petal paper cranes

Folded with white note paper and the word "Friday" written on them.

Cranes 489, 490

tree trunk paper cranes

Folded with pieces of red note paper.

Cranes 487, 488

kitty paper cranes

Folded with pieces of green note paper.

Cranes 485, 486

plant paper cranes

Folded with pieces of an expired coupon.

Cranes 483, 484

pizza paper cranes

Folded with pieces of red note paper.

Cranes 481, 482

car wash paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a library receipt.

Cranes 479, 480

library paper cranes

Folded with pieces from an expired local coupon booklet.

Cranes 477, 478

foster city youth paper cranes

Folded with pieces of yellow paper instruction notes.

Cranes 475, 476

corner window paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a credit card description of services insert.

Cranes 473, 474

security overlook paper cranes

Folded with pieces of an instruction booklet. Back at San Francisco International Airport for an evening pickup.

Cranes 471, 472

kaiser waiting room paper cranes

Folded with pieces of green note paper.

Cranes 469, 470

sfo smarte carte paper cranes

Folded with two web magazine subscription card inserts.

Cranes 467, 468

water fountain paper cranes

Folded with expired coupons and posed near a water fountain display in Palo Alto.

Cranes 465, 466

barnes and noble cafe paper cranes

Folded with pieces of a Bed Bath and Beyond coupon mailer.

Cranes 463, 464

cafe paper cranes

Folded with recently expired coupons and posed while sipping coffee at a Redwood City cafe. We were waiting for the Pixar movie "Up".

Cranes 461, 462

mongolian hotpot paper cranes

Folded with red note paper.

Cranes 458, 459, 460

water fountain paper cranes

Folded with white note paper and the word "cool" written on them. Today was slightly chilly.

Cranes 456, 457

linear wooden bench paper cranes

Folded with pieces of green note pad paper.

Cranes 454, 455

target paper cranes

Folded with junk mail inserts for FTD flowers and Geico Insurance.

Cranes 452, 453

chimes paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a Verizon wireless mailer.

Cranes 449, 450, 451

post office counter paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a Wall Street Journal subscription junk mailer. Placed on the Post Office counter while the worker retrieved the parcel sent by my brother-in-law.

Cranes 446, 447, 448

comedy club paper cranes

Folded with white pieces of paper and the name "Rex" written on them. This shot was taken of the Cobb's Comedy Club stage before the show started in San Francisco. Filipino-American comedian Rex Navarette was headlining.

Cranes 444, 445

going green paper cranes

Folded with pieces of green note pad paper.

Cranes 441, 442, 443

park bench umbrella paper cranes

Folded with pieces from white note paper and half an advertisement coupon for Claritin. The forecast today was mostly cloudy with a possibility of showers. Oh wells, better safe than sorry.

Cranes 438, 439, 440

costco big tuna paper cranes

Folded with pieces of white paper with home and work notes on them. Yes, those cans of tuna are 4 lbs. each

Cranes 435, 436, 437

historical san carlos paper cranes

Folded with pieces from an Anthropologie catalog cover and posed on top of a historical san carlos, ca book in my dentist's waiting room.

Cranes 432, 433, 434

recycle paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a DMV registration mailer.

Cranes 429, 430, 431

sf giants baseball paper cranes


sf giants vs. sl cardinals, friday evening

Folded with pieces from an sf giants/train brochure. We attended the 7:15pm giants vs. the cardinals game last night but was not sure I'd have time to upload them before midnight. This morning I was downtown and snapped the pic with the cranes a block away from the giants stadium (sbc park) on 2nd street and king.

Cranes 426, 427, 428

commuter train paper cranes

Folded with red and green scratch paper while traveling southbound on the train between Hillsdale and Belmont stations.

cranes 423, 424, 425

thinned plant paper cranes

Folded with more steno note paper and a piece or red scratch paper.

Cranes 420, 421, 422

sunlit stairs paper cranes

Folded with steno note paper.

Cranes 417, 418, 419

corner ledge paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a "how to recycle" insert in my desk calendar.

Cranes 414, 415, 416

book return paper cranes

Folded with a Honda dealership mailer and a Bed Bath and Beyond coupon. The library was closed because of Memorial Day, so I just dumped the books in the slot.

Cranes 412, 413

porcelain doll paper cranes

Folded with subscription card inserts for GQ and Details magazine.

Cranes 409, 410, 411

espresso paper cranes

Folded with white paper and the word "breezy" on them. It's a bit windy outside.

Cranes 406, 407, 408

sidewalk shrub paper cranes

Folded with red scratch paper and posed on a wire fence in front of some blooming shrubs.

Cranes 403, 404, 405

tiled courtyard paper cranes

Folded with note paper from white scratch paper and a yellow steno pad. Posed in the nice courtyard outside my dentist's office.

Cranes 400, 401, 402

pets.com sock puppet paper cranes

Folded with white note paper and the word "hastus" written on them. A couple of IT guys were installing the Hastus application on my machine. They had issues with the Oracle database. I took my break and folded some cranes and posed them (on my desk) on top of the infamous pets.com sock puppet, whose "...high public profile during its brief existence made it one of the more noteworthy failures of the dot-com bubble of the early 2000s. US$300 million of investment capital vanished with the company's failure."

Cranes 397, 398, 399

floral paper cranes

Folded with pieces from the last grocery list.

Cranes 394, 395, 396

hola paper cranes

Folded with pieces from an SFO dining guide brochure and posed while munching on chips and salsa at Hola's in Belmont.

Cranes 391, 392, 393

movie paper cranes

Folded with pieces from a AAA Car Insurance mailer and taken while waiting in line to see Star Trek. :)

Cranes 388, 389, 390

inside paper cranes

Folded with pieces from an Bank of America mailer. In Starbucks again, waiting inside for the parade going down our main street to end.

Cranes 385, 386, 387

illustration shelf paper cranes

Folded with pieces from an AT&T mailer sitting on one of my book shelves. I simple reminder for me to keep sketching.

Cranes 383, 384

flowering bush paper cranes

Folded with steno note paper.

Cranes 380, 381, 382

special election paper cranes

Folded with instructions for voting in the upcoming statewide special election.

Cranes 377, 378, 379

allergy bush paper cranes

Folded with white paper and the words "allergy" written on them.

Cranes 374, 375, 376

fire hydrant paper cranes

Folded with white paper and the words "notes" written on them.

Cranes 372, 373

to do paper cranes

Folded with white paper and the words "to do" written on them. Another Starbucks work session, this time in Salinas, CA.