cranes

The KICKS/HI “Lucky Cranes” 5-Panel isn’t too flashy with its deep greys and subtle black on black cranes.  The Chinese traditionally believe that cranes were messengers of wisdom and the folding of a thousand origami cranes in Japanese culture is supposed to grant someone long life or help cure an illness or injury.  The only [...]

View More Works by This Master Korean Celadon porcelain is renowned the world over for its exquisite inlaid designs, voluminous form, elegantly-curved lines and mysterious color, the color of the sky after a rainstorm during an autumn afternoon. This full-bodied prunus vase possessing an elegant form and the mysterious color of celadon is inlaid with white clouds and lightning patterns, as well as black and white cranes. The floating cloud and freely flying crane designs representing eternity, combined with the color of autumn sky, gives the viewer the sensation of looking at a piece of heaven.

Here is an audio/visual feast for your senses. The pics are courtesy of my cell phone, so please excuse the lack of quality.Mobile post sent by imaginary binky using Utterz. Replies. mp3Mama and Amos at the bay, enjoying the breeze at Off the Hook restaurant.Look out! Pelicans! Look out! Hide your babies!One has a beach afro, the other is contemplative.Amos loves his aunt and the ocean!Sarah loves her sister and shiraz!Hope that satisfies your picture needs for the moment. More to come after today's beach romp.

Find time to realize that there is one person who means so much to you, for you might wake up one morning losing that person who you thought meant nothing to you… There was once this guy who is very much in love with his girl. This romantic guy folded 1,000 pieces of paper cranes [...]

This is more a bit of roadside birding than backyard birding, but we saw something very exciting yesterday and I am wondering if it is at all possible that we actually saw what we think we saw. Driving North, we saw a group of very large birds flying fairly low over the cornfield. I pulled off to get a closer look. There were eight birds flying with their heads outstretched. Their bodies and necks were white, unlike the Sandhill Crane, which is originally what I thought they were (because of the way they were flying). They were flying in circles and at first I thought they were getting ready to land, but they gradually rose and drifted off toward the Northeast, which is the direction the wind was blowing. They had black primary feathers which were very distinct. I also caught a flash of red on the head, similar to the Sandhill Crane. But Sandhill Cranes are not white. These birds definitely were, and they were huge. They reminded me of the storks we have at the zoo just because

Saw this oversized fishing boat at Abang Dian's blog a few days back.© Hardian NaziefUpon closer inspection, I realized it was an enormous barge with 6(!) crawler cranes secured tightly on the deck. To view the actual photo, see the original post here. Hardian says that the cranes are used for tying offshore pipes but I still think their actual purpose is to fish for something really big ;)Anyway, I went to Liebherr's website to look for similar cranes. Why Liebherr? Because I remember seeing the name on some construction machinery - German names like Liebherr stand out from the usual Japanese suppliers of heavy construction machinery in SG like Hitachi and Sumitomo (now merged). Nothing fascinating in the crawler crane and tower crane categories at Liebherr (there's only so much variation for these two types of cranes) so I looked in the mobile crane category and saw this:© LiebherrLTM 1400-7.1 with a maximum lifting capacity of 400 tonnes and a maximum lifting height of

This sweet and darling button front dress ($345 USD) would be great on that next vacation to the islands. Ya-Ya’s fresh take has paired 100% silk with a bold asian inspired print that is to die for. We know that everyone is going to want to put this into their tote bag and slip it [...]

Demoiselle cranes have their own strategy for surviving the extremes of the Mongolian steppe. They escape every winter, and return in spring to re-establish breeding territories. The arrival of a male joining his mate ruffles territorial feathers. During the breeding season each pair defends an exclusive territory a few hundred metres across, to ensure they get the food and water they'll need to raise a family. Once they've agreed on boundaries, the couples turn their attention to each other. Cranes are long-lived, and often pair for life. Before they breed they renew their bonds in a demoiselle's pas de deux. Like all demoiselle cranes, this pair have returned to breed in the valley where they were born. To get back from their wintering grounds in India, they have flown three thousand kilometres over the Himalayas. The still image is taken from an NHNZ Images movie clip. Check out other inspiring, intriguing and arresting moving images from NHNZ Images.

The last recorded successful US Midwest nesting was in Iowa in 1894. From a low point of 15 individuals, this is considered a milestone in the effort to preserve the species. It seems like the hope is that if human predation is controlled the species will survive on its own.

The first time I heard The Cranes was upon the purchase of their debut album "Self Non Self" in 1990. The first thing that struck about it was the uncomfortably child-like voice of Alison Shaw. Over the course of the next year or so The Cranes released a series of particularly fine EP's on Dedicated records which still sound fine to this day. I never really got the gothic thing which some people tried to pigeonhole the band into, I just thought they had a unique sound and that vocal was just so special. The band continued for many years but unfortunately could not re-find the form of their early work.The Cranes recorded two session for John Peel. This is the first.Alison Shaw - VocalsMark Francombe - GuitarSimon Tufnal - BassJim Shaw - DrumsThe Cranes - Peel Session 9-7-19891. Starblood2. Eg Shining3. Focus Breathe4. Till Tomorrow