Birds Archives - Maritime Jay https://maritimejay.com/product-category/birds/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:38:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://maritimejay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-gulls-blue-sq-32x32.jpg Birds Archives - Maritime Jay https://maritimejay.com/product-category/birds/ 32 32 Owl and Bat https://maritimejay.com/product/r2603-010/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:38:12 +0000 https://maritimejay.com/?post_type=product&p=7572 It's not just a simple owl and the simplest bat. It's "Wisdom stands watch while Fortune sleeps." In Chinese culture, a bat 蝠 [fú] symbolizes good fortune 福 [fú] .

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]]> Impossible Challenge https://maritimejay.com/product/r2603-009/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:31:15 +0000 https://maritimejay.com/?post_type=product&p=7567 蚍蜉撼树 (pífú hàn shù)
"An ant tries to shake a tree."
Usually means taking on an impossible challenge.

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]]> February Sonata https://maritimejay.com/product/r2601-004/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:22:44 +0000 https://maritimejay.com/?post_type=product&p=7555 The post February Sonata appeared first on Maritime Jay.

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]]> Dotted Owl https://maritimejay.com/product/r2601-003/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:15:32 +0000 https://maritimejay.com/?post_type=product&p=7551 Actually, I quite dote on owls.

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]]> Simple Brush Strokes. Part… https://maritimejay.com/product/r2601-002/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:08:17 +0000 https://maritimejay.com/?post_type=product&p=7548 Still trying to perfect.
Still far from ideal.

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]]> Snow Fairy https://maritimejay.com/product/r2601-001/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:53:02 +0000 https://maritimejay.com/?post_type=product&p=7543 ...fairytale of Love
Meanwhile, in Japan these birds called Shima-enaga - シマエナガ.
shima (島 / シマ) — island
enaga (柄長 / エナガ) — literally “long handle”.

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]]> Herald`s Spring https://maritimejay.com/product/r2508-016/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:03:01 +0000 https://maritimejay.com/?post_type=product&p=6097 Hear, hear! Spring is here!

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]]> Swallows dance https://maritimejay.com/product/r2508-013/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:08:04 +0000 https://maritimejay.com/?post_type=product&p=6084 燕舞蝶啼 [yàn wǔ dié tí] “swallows dance and butterflies cries”

There is a famous chengyu about Spring: 燕舞莺歌 [yàn wǔ yīng gē] – “swallows dance and orioles sing,”

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]]> The Stormy Petrel https://maritimejay.com/product/r2508-010/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:49:25 +0000 https://maritimejay.com/?post_type=product&p=6072 "...like a streak of sable lightning."

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]]> Imperfection https://maritimejay.com/product/r2508-009/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:45:13 +0000 https://maritimejay.com/?post_type=product&p=6068 "The open ensō symbolize imperfection, openness and the beauty of becoming"

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