tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238291277194739082011-11-27T16:31:10.319-08:00KayCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901603573468911616noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123829127719473908.post-41483797538093805432007-10-05T09:05:00.000-07:002007-10-05T09:13:37.694-07:00Straying away from the Chinese proverbs today, I just had to post a link to this very cool mechanical automaton made in China in the 1920s. It has been mislabeled "clockwork" but I don't see any clock associated with it. The piece includes a Chinese magician performing the famous disappearing lady act. Sure, it's easy to figure out how it's done, but the piece is absolutely delightful. It is up for auction, certainly for more than I could ever afford, although I would love to have it. I have no affiliation with the auctioneers and get nothing from posting the link. I just thought that anyone interested in this blog would like to see it. It's been posted on youtube -- I'm not sure for how long, but it is very cool.<br /><br />I tried to embed the video, but couldn't. So here's the link:<br />http://youtube.com/watch?v=wFI1PNsV5mY<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1123829127719473908-4148379753809380543?l=kaycee-chinawisdom.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KayCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901603573468911616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123829127719473908.post-84594585761625888732007-08-15T06:50:00.000-07:002007-08-15T17:30:34.808-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RsOah3SpARI/AAAAAAAAAJE/WfN0myf-ZGk/s1600-h/3-14.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099089109682028818" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RsOah3SpARI/AAAAAAAAAJE/WfN0myf-ZGk/s320/3-14.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;"><em>Happiness and sorrow flow along the same river.</em></span></strong></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1123829127719473908-8459458576162588873?l=kaycee-chinawisdom.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KayCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901603573468911616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123829127719473908.post-46155472139156381252007-05-22T06:53:00.001-07:002007-08-17T11:47:30.638-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RsOUTsHdCKI/AAAAAAAAAIc/w-MTzNR4su4/s1600-h/asian+girl+blowing+dandelions.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099082269094381730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RsOUTsHdCKI/AAAAAAAAAIc/w-MTzNR4su4/s320/asian+girl+blowing+dandelions.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#66ffff;">No road to happiness or sorrow --<br />find them in yourself.</span></strong></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1123829127719473908-4615547213915638125?l=kaycee-chinawisdom.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KayCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901603573468911616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123829127719473908.post-41358207094791437922007-05-22T06:52:00.002-07:002007-05-22T07:48:10.063-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RlMCbwd7p0I/AAAAAAAAAGM/sm6cP3vw_5I/s1600-h/peony.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067396681612109634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RlMCbwd7p0I/AAAAAAAAAGM/sm6cP3vw_5I/s320/peony.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc33cc;"><strong>The peony is beautiful </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc33cc;"><strong>yet it is supported by a stalk.</strong></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1123829127719473908-4135820709479143792?l=kaycee-chinawisdom.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KayCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901603573468911616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123829127719473908.post-31431323709495474762007-05-22T06:52:00.001-07:002007-08-17T11:48:36.253-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RlQvEgd7p9I/AAAAAAAAAHU/wZwUMUqZT9o/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067727235180111826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RlQvEgd7p9I/AAAAAAAAAHU/wZwUMUqZT9o/s320/5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#66ffff;">Three feet </span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#66ffff;">of ice -- </span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#66ffff;">not frozen </span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#66ffff;">in one day.</span></strong></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1123829127719473908-3143132370949547476?l=kaycee-chinawisdom.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KayCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901603573468911616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123829127719473908.post-19709227691986753232007-05-22T06:51:00.002-07:002007-08-15T17:14:22.846-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RsOWp8HdCNI/AAAAAAAAAI0/PO1Y-mszNU8/s1600-h/48-30.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099084850369726674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RsOWp8HdCNI/AAAAAAAAAI0/PO1Y-mszNU8/s320/48-30.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;">To be happy for an hour</span></strong><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;">-- roast a pig. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"><br />To be happy for a year </span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;">-- take a wife.<br />To be happy for a lifetime</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;">- plant a garden.</span></strong></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1123829127719473908-1970922769198675323?l=kaycee-chinawisdom.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KayCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901603573468911616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123829127719473908.post-87385352726096531022007-05-22T06:51:00.001-07:002007-08-17T11:49:15.657-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RlN88gd7p3I/AAAAAAAAAGk/evg5WNndz2Y/s1600-h/mea-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067531384671414130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RlN88gd7p3I/AAAAAAAAAGk/evg5WNndz2Y/s320/mea-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffcc66;">When the melon ripens, </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffcc66;">it will fall of itself.</span></strong></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1123829127719473908-8738535272609653102?l=kaycee-chinawisdom.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KayCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901603573468911616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123829127719473908.post-89750747584174581232007-05-22T06:48:00.000-07:002007-08-15T17:42:54.159-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RsOdCnSpATI/AAAAAAAAAJU/4IjZklg0Y60/s1600-h/422230335_b49c84f937.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099091871346000178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RsOdCnSpATI/AAAAAAAAAJU/4IjZklg0Y60/s320/422230335_b49c84f937.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RsOcU3SpASI/AAAAAAAAAJM/scyHrLIlYCY/s1600-h/mantis+fighting.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099091085366984994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RsOcU3SpASI/AAAAAAAAAJM/scyHrLIlYCY/s320/mantis+fighting.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"><strong>When the mantis hunts the locust he forgets the shrike* that's hunting him.</strong></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"><strong></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"><strong>*predatory bird</strong></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"></span></strong> </div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"></span></strong> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Photo from Flickr </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gogap/422230335/"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">http://www.flickr.com/photos/gogap/422230335/</span></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1123829127719473908-8975074758417458123?l=kaycee-chinawisdom.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KayCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901603573468911616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123829127719473908.post-80702693005261379052007-05-22T06:44:00.001-07:002007-08-17T11:49:55.617-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RlQsDAd7p4I/AAAAAAAAAGs/CIaVVPh8r1k/s1600-h/dcs9.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067723910875424642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RlQsDAd7p4I/AAAAAAAAAGs/CIaVVPh8r1k/s320/dcs9.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#33ff33;"><strong>If in the dark he kneels to pray,<br />he really prays.</strong></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1123829127719473908-8070269300526137905?l=kaycee-chinawisdom.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KayCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901603573468911616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123829127719473908.post-70647881763641063102007-05-22T06:35:00.001-07:002007-08-17T11:50:49.028-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RlMBfQd7pzI/AAAAAAAAAGE/Vi3qSMHpgro/s1600-h/chinese-student-02.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067395642230023986" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RlMBfQd7pzI/AAAAAAAAAGE/Vi3qSMHpgro/s320/chinese-student-02.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#99ffff;"><strong>Learning is weightless treasure you always carry easily.</strong></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000000;">photo:trekearth.com</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1123829127719473908-7064788176364106310?l=kaycee-chinawisdom.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KayCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901603573468911616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123829127719473908.post-44194369552319105542007-05-22T06:06:00.000-07:002007-05-23T04:59:34.682-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RlQsfgd7p5I/AAAAAAAAAG0/NiHiK6b4rh8/s1600-h/art4.jpg"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067724400501696402" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RlQsfgd7p5I/AAAAAAAAAG0/NiHiK6b4rh8/s320/art4.jpg" border="0" /></span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></strong><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#003300;"><strong>More than one tree </strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#003300;"><strong>gave wood </strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#003300;"><strong>to build this temple.</strong></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1123829127719473908-4419436955231910554?l=kaycee-chinawisdom.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KayCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901603573468911616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123829127719473908.post-38755325719702628122007-05-22T06:04:00.000-07:002007-05-23T05:08:32.565-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RlQupQd7p8I/AAAAAAAAAHM/mS6uHoqoNvw/s1600-h/chinese_paintings0294.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067726767028676546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RlQupQd7p8I/AAAAAAAAAHM/mS6uHoqoNvw/s400/chinese_paintings0294.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RlQtjwd7p7I/AAAAAAAAAHE/_wAMJAECsQs/s1600-h/chinese_paintings0294.jpg"><span style="color:#cc9933;"></span></a><span style="color:#cc9933;"></span><div><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc9933;">The best memory . . .<br />not so firm as faded ink.</span></strong></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1123829127719473908-3875532571970262812?l=kaycee-chinawisdom.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KayCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901603573468911616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123829127719473908.post-56436947847510102552007-05-22T06:03:00.000-07:002007-08-17T11:52:34.247-07:00<span style="color:#ffcc99;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><em>If I keep a green bough in my heart, </em></strong></span><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffcc99;"><strong><em>th<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RlN5rgd7p2I/AAAAAAAAAGc/g_w_h9pVmew/s1600-h/chinese_paintings0002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067527794078754658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IDDjg6zGBXA/RlN5rgd7p2I/AAAAAAAAAGc/g_w_h9pVmew/s320/chinese_paintings0002.jpg" border="0" /></a>e singing bird will come.</em></strong></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1123829127719473908-5643694784751010255?l=kaycee-chinawisdom.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KayCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901603573468911616noreply@blogger.com0