This is a painting by Sydney Long (1871-1955)
I thought you might enjoy. Apparantly whistling has strange effects on cranes as well as cats and dogs…or maybe it’s just the naked gal that turns them into dirty birds.
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I love the picture Mary as well as the Gandhi quote. Any idea of where to get a print of the picture. I have a wall that the picture would really look well on and I love cranes. 
Somehow I got on a mailing list for the Basil Street Gallery catalog. They are also on line. Spendy but beautiful.
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My wife wants me to move to Grand Forks, ND. If the plains are like that, I’m ready to go!!
Whoaaaaa!!! Grandforks is flat, very flat and nearly treeless. The closest you’d find to conditions like this would be along the Missouri river bottoms south of Bismarck.