The good news for Gorillas is a team recently discovered that we may have twice as many of them still living in their wild habitat in the Congo as we previously thought. Sure, they’re still very endangered, but it is good news. You can read more about it here. When you’re done reading, maybe you would enjoy these two new gorilla coloring pages! Well - I had to celebrate!
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Enjoy!
I will get to all the requests, but I am trying to keep some variety in the new pages and not just do all dogs. Anybody want anything else besides dogs? Make a request!
Summer Fey Foovay
I have a major thing for dragons. I used to draw dragons all day long - when I was in high school I didn’t own a notebook without dozens of dragons in the margins and across the pages. So how come there are no dragons up at Color-Your-Own.com? Good question!
Thus today I remedied that - with three fanciful dragons.
The first is sort of a little pun fun, a Dragon - Fly Coloring Page with a bit of dragon, and a bit of dragonfly. After all, both of them are favorite creatures of mine. The second is a Guardian Dragon Coloring Page. I used to draw these for friends who had nightmares, fears of the dark, or kids that wanted a big strong protector to hang over their bed and keep them safe at night. I left it very plain so you can make the “wall” it is peeking over match your headboard or wall or just whatever.
Last but hardly least is the Lion-tailed Dragon Coloring Page. I have to admit, my dragons take on a life of their own. So I might sit down thinking “something of a Celtic styled dragon would be good” and by the time I’ve got pen to paper (or staff to tablet in this case) he has ideas of his own; “How about goat like horns? And a mane like a horse? And the tail of a lion!” and there you go. Well, I hope you like him!
See ya’ tomorrow!
Summer Fey Foovay
The person who requested the Fjords asked for Fjord ponies. Since I wasn’t sure, I checked it out on the Internet - seems the Norweigan Fjords are called both horses and ponies, although the registry is called the Norweigan Fjord Horse Registry. So - I’m going with calling them Norweigan Fjord Horses, and you’ll find them in the main index under Horse Coloring Pages (at liberty, and under saddle). With all that sorted out - here they are!
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Enjoy! Yes, this is another request - told ya’ I was working on them!
Summer Fey Foovay
Well, we are at last back to our regularly scheduled program of three new coloring pages every weekday (give or take exciting ranch happenings like loose horses and runaway goats). By request, I’ve added four Welsh Corgi dogs - the Pembroke, Cardigan, and Fluffy, and an irresistible puppy!
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These were done in response to a request. If you have a request in, be patient, I’m getting back to work on them today!
Summer Fey Foovay
Friday Quote:
“The strongest swords are put through the hottest flames and the coldest waters.” - unknown
Heloooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Google? So I did all this updating, all this tweaking and guess what? Google had their monthly dance and Color-Your-Own.comis STILL not listed if you search for coloring pages, or free printable coloring pages. This here blog, only shows up under my name - never under coloring pages or blogs. I’m seriously getting frustrated, since coloring page sites with four pages and tons of advertising show up much higher, and blogs that are posted in once a year or so with one coloring page, yah, they show up. HUMPH.
Okay, whining and griping done.
Monday we’ll be back to our regularily scheduled program of three new coloring pages or so per day. We shall simply soldier on despite being ignored 
because clearly you folks are finding me SOMEHOW. LOL. Forgive my brief fall into negativity - I’m still grieving really.
Blessedbe
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Sweet Pea
19?? - July 30, 2008
My beloved Sweet Pea passed away during the night and was gone by yesterday morning. I honestly don’t know what was wrong with her - something internal. She had an appointment at the vets, but went down before we could get her there. We buried her with appropriate ceremony out past the second Mesquite bush on the left, here on the ranch. She is survived by her daughter, Cinnamon, her human Summer Foovay, and various other friends in more than one species.
When I originally bought Sweet Pea and her daughter, Cinnamon, everyone assumed it was because of Cinnamon. Silly girl is the ditzy blond of goat-dom, and just knows that everyone is her friend. But as time went on, Sweet Pea became “my favorite goat”.
She was savvy. When the water spigot made rattlesnake noises, she pushed her way between it and Cinnamon, and shoved Cinnamon to the other side of the pen. When dogs loomed on her horizon she took immediate and aggressive action. When allowed to choose between grazing free or being fed, she always headed for the pastures. She took her job as head goat seriously, never wandering far from Cinnamon or the other goats when we had some goat company and always keeping a close eye on how they were doing - even though she found “those boy goats” very annoying. She quickly took the boys, twice her size, in hand (hoof? horn?) and taught them who was boss goat.
She loved to be near me, and if I was outside and she was not confined, could be counted on to be within sight. She really only wandered for two reasons. She thought she still belonged on the big ranch next door. And she had to keep an eye on that ditz, Cinnamon - who believes the whole world is her home. Left to herself, I suspect she would have slept on the back porch as long as she could see me through the window.
One of our favorite Kodak moments (when no one had a video camera, of course) was the day the goats followed me over here - before we moved here - and strolled onto the porch. Of course, the dogs went crazy and went after them. Around and around the house they went - but it would be one round with the dogs chasing the goats, and then a round with the goats chasing the dogs!
Sweet Pea and Harry had an ongoing relationship that I can only explain as that one between the little girl and the boy who pulls her pigtails. Every time she saw him, she went after him. Every time he saw her, he’d run right at her. The day she was so ill, her last day, Harry would not come into the house at all. I had moved her up into the yard so I could keep an eye on her. He lay in the shade beneath the back porch, not close enough to bother her, but close enough to be able to see her. He refused to leave that spot, even when it got quite hot in the afternoon, and his buddy Klyde retreated inside. I think he knew, and was just keeping her company.
We buried her yesterday morning, and then I had to go to town - my biweekly food buying trip. We simply were not able to put it off. I did the bare minimum, and that did not include much in the way of Twitter, Plurk, email, or blogs. Don’t expect much above the minimum from me for the rest of the week, please. I don’t have anything with a hard deadline that I can think of, but if there is something you must have, remind me.
The update on the coloring pages website is all done but the shouting. I have a couple of tweaks, and I need to finish scanning through the pages to make sure all got updated properly. I’ll start adding new drawings again next week.
And if you’d like to do a little something in memory of an old goat - hug your critters today and go by and donate some free kibbles here, and here. Or if you know of a goat rescue who could use a few bucks, donate to them or to your favorite charity.
Sweet Pea probably arrived at the bridge, ran crazy for a few minutes, then settled down to graze until I arrive.
Blessedbe
Summer Fey Foovay
Sorry - no new coloring pages today. I’ll be working on updating the rest of the “old” pages to the new look - and possibly trying out a little software that just might make it possible for <a href=”http://color-your-own.com”>Color-Your-Own.com to offer printed coloring books.</a> I spent two long days in town last week. A lot of work built up around the house and ranch that needs to be done - some of it quite urgently.
I know so many of you are animal fans, that you will be sure to want to know about FreeKibble.com and FreeKibbleKat.com. You can drop by daily and answer a little pet trivia question. Regardless of if you are correct or not - some free kibble will be donated to shelters that are dealing with a major influx of pets caused by the current foreclosure rate. This was the brainstorm of a 12 year old girl! You kids make me feel so inadequate some times! 
Blessedbe
Summer Fey Foovay
I couldn’t resist drawing some Dachshund coloring pages after hearing about the Weiner Nationals and watching this hilarious dog videos! Hey - here’s a Weiner Winner now!
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Enjoy!
Summer Fey Foovay
It happens every time! Someone requests a pony - and I fall in love with them and end up doing three, or four, or…
Okay, I held it down to “just” three drawings of these wonderful little Newfoundland Ponies.
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Newfoundland Ponies are a Rare and Heritage Breed, which means there are very few of them left today - although they were once a popular and thriving breed in Newfoundland. You can read more about them at The Newfoundland Pony Society website.
These were done by request - thanks for the request!
Please note that you are welcome to send more than one request - but I will not do them all at once. I will do one, maybe two, go to the next persons request, maybe do several more, then come back to your list. I want to fulfill as many peoples requests as possible, so I don’t want to get hung up on doing ten or more requests for one person. I will get them all - no problem - but it will be over time. K?
Thanks!
Summer Fey Foovay
Yes, today I uploaded the 300th coloring page at Color-Your-Own.com! Woohoo! That’s a lot of pages for one person to draw!
I also added another section - by request - rainbows! Here’s the first one of four:
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Enjoy!
Summer Fey Foovay