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Color Me Timbers

Let's have fun, learn, and

Dream a little bit

And have a bunch of fun.

Free coloring Pages to

Print Out and Doodle On

Now available, keywords translated into 30 earthly languages and soon an updated 30 fantasy languages + 1 (Wizards have two language options: Latin for good/neutral magic or demonic for dark magic).

Soon we will translate this page into our list of earthly languages. Learning is good for everyone.

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Apple Harvest

Humble Little Apples

Apples, Apples, pretty Apples.

 

Red, Green, & Pink

I love apples especially the Pink Ladies, but why color it pink, go ahead and make it whatever color you like most.

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Birthday Cake

Birthday Sweet Birthday

It's another year, and I am older by 1.  Where did the last one go?  Oh yes, I was sleeping most of the time.  But hello to the world, I have went from 0 to 1.  I am exploring the world just how I like.

What are those things I squeeze back and forth. Someone said fingers. Now let's see what they can do to this delicious little birthday cake!

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Cherries in White Chocolate

Chocolate Covered Cherries

Cherries, Cherries, sweet little berries. Juicy and Perfect though a little chocolate makes me a happier day.

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Dancing
Disco Dancing

I love dancing and prancing.  The movement makes me happy. I especially love disco dancing although its not the style I love the most. I can find joy in any type of dancing.  Because when I am dancing, I feel free.

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Hand Feeding Elephant

Elephant
Enormously Elegant

Oh how triumphant.  Me and my elephant.  He is mighty and enormous.  But somehow scared of something so tiny.  Oh no what a fright, an elephant running from mice.

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Hummingbird

Friends of Feathers

I love watching birds and their fine plumage of feathers. I feed them everyday woodpeckers and hummingbirds. Orange and Blue chested.  A very fine flock of feathery birds.

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Green Growing
Things

The world is so lovely when its growing beautiful things.  I love watching plants grow tall. It means the world to me. Go on my garden grow, grow beautiful you gorgeous growing things.

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Girl with Stuffed Animal

Happy Holidays, Horrah

The holidays of every season can delight me. Summertime is great for the Fourth of July, Father's Day, and even Teddy Bear Picnic Day. Someone, bring out the teddy bears and have a sandwich everyone.

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Interesting, Intriguing Ice Sculpting

The world of ice is a unique and awesome thing.  The shapes it can be carved into.  A magical mystery every single day, sculptures made of ice.  The magical world of ice.

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Jolly Joking Josh

My friend Josh is a joker, but that is okay. He is jolly and happy telling humorous lines.  Sometimes, I wonder how he finds the time.

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Kindness
Starts from Caring

To be kind to one another has a simple formula to me.  You care about someone else's predicament, listen, and share. 

 

But it helps to have received it in order to give it. So I opt to be the first to share it.

Sometimes the person with the prickly outside, they are hurting as they haven't received enough kindness during their life.  

Sometimes, the person needs sweetness, but that doesn't give anyone the right to hurt others from their pain.  Know kindness is a gift, and when you give it the other person should give the same.

If you are kind to someone, and they strike your cheek that isn't someone you need to keep in your life.  Yes, when you cross paths, keep to kindness if you can.  But its okay to defend yourself, kindness doesn't mean you are weak.

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Mother and Daughter Love

Loving is Easy

Loving you is easy, as you are my child.

 

Loving you is hard because sometimes you break my heart and when you are hurting, I hurt even more than had I been the one experiencing it.

If I could take all of your hurts away, I would do it in a snap. But learning means sometimes pain. 

 

You do not know what hot means until you feel it first. The word makes no sense and so when I tell you don't touch its hot, you touched it anyway and got a burn.

 

Your pain hurt me, but at least now you know what hot means. Maybe next time you'll trust me, but I understood you didn't understand even what I was saying.

But mostly loving you is the easiest thing in my entire live, as darling from the moment I became your mother you meant everything to me. 

Loving you is easy even when it's hard on me.

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Money, money, money

All the world needs a little bit of it.  We exchange it.  But long before money existed, we exchanged directly goods and services for goods and services. This was called bartering and its still practiced today, but money makes it a wider exchange between people.

 

Money comes in paper, and it comes in coins, but did you know that money in 1200 BC was shells. Live on the beach and the money was all around. Seashell, seashell come to my bucket. Seashell, seashell a few to exchange for bread for my stomach.

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Nations and Notions

Every single nation, and we have interesting people. People with different backgrounds, and different ways of speaking.  Words are so wonderful, and we each have a different way of expressing ourselves.  Even English-speaking nations might say the same thing in a different way. 

 

Fish and Chips or Fish and Fries.

Elevator or Lift.

Cookies or Biscuits.

Trunk or Boot. 

Vacation or Holiday

Flags or Pennants

Humm...m I think there is something in it?

 

Did I say different words or the same thing in a different way.  Well, it depends on where your from what each expression means. Same and Different but it's all okay!

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Opera of Old

Some think Opera is Old but seriously it is still around. The beautiful ariels of Soprano.  The play between voice and style. So many operas played in the grand theaters.  But do not think, it has gone away.  Its just a little rarer these days.

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Playing Piano Pianissimo 

What a big old word.  Pianissimo to play softly. A delicate tune a delicate mystery.  But a beautiful sound to invoke.  Classical and Bluesy you never really know, but you don't find pianissimo too often in Rock-n-roll.

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Question my Quest

I seek to make a smile everywhere I go.  This is my Quest just so you know. It might not be a knight's desire to quest as I do.  They might even question the nobleness of my pursuit.  

But honestly, my quest is nobly designed.  A smile growing upward is a frown left behind.

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Racing Rabbits Running

So many rabbits.  Rabbits everywhere.  Little Rabbits. Big Rabbits running like they just don't care.  

I thought I saw a rabbit under my feet.  I did, I did.  There are many rabbits running around and chasing each other.  Did someone steal something from someone's bush?

Nah they are running because they are happy. I put out a plate of carrots, and they found them perfectly snappy.

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Stars and Stripes

America and many nations adopt stars and stripes. Such importance is the star, so important are the stripes.  Every nation is looking toward the future, and we see that future from the brightness of the stars.

 

The stripes are the pain as no nation came without it.  Peace is always bought through sacrifice first.  So, as we look to the stars for a bright future, we need to remember the stripes of the soldiers who brought it and those who are working still to this day to keep it.

Peace is beautiful, but before it came there was those that paved its way. It doesn't matter the nation. Each tells a story and all have a great meaning.

 

Yet no matter its amazing shape, citizens honor them all the same. Its a point of great pride, and that is nothing to hide.

 

We all celebrate many things and that is great. Diversity isn't a problem at all. Without different spice, food wouldn't even taste that great.

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Teatime among Trees

Ah tea, such an interesting thing.  Came from the orient but now in so many types.  It comes in green, black, cherry, strawberry, peach, raspberry, and the list is not this limited and grows all the time.

Some have it with lemon, others with milk, and then there is sugar.  Iced or hot or even room temperature.  So many ways to enjoy a cup of tea.

Personally, I love some tea among the trees even if it isn't Teatime. I go with black, orange pekoe or strawberry, a touch of cream, sugar, and a very light seep. 

 

My husband always asks me Honey are you having a tea or sugar and a dip of tea.  I really shouldn't drink it the way I make it, but hey tea is something you make in the way it pleases you. And he drinks it unsweetened.  Both of us cannot exchange cups.  But that is the joy of tea, we make a pot and then make our personal cups.

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Up Under Umbrellas

Umbrellas so handy when the rain is coming down. It can be a romantic moment, and a great moment of sharing.  

Under the umbrella together, we both get a little wet, but both our heads stay dry.  Sometimes giving does mean losing a bit.

But that shouldn't be the reason to stop sharing. We can care for each other under the umbrella, and as we are under the umbrella together, I think the universe is smiling.

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Voices of Soul

Voices sound in so many ways. Sometimes, they are rough and stern telling us to mind. Often, when its gruff it's because someone is scared.

Scared of someone they care about getting hurt, causing trouble, making costly mistakes.

Sometimes, sadly a rough voice can be from a fear I do not like. Hatred and violence and things harmful can happen to.  Prejudice still exists and I have yet to see that prejudice is not based in fear. Sometimes we should speak out. There are many dark things. This doesn't mean that fear is wrong, but sometimes its misguided.

We can use our voices sweetly and kindly, we do not have to go from fear of someone different.  But voices, voices speak many ways.  When I speak though, I choose to speak from my soul.  

I choose to celebrate diversity. I choose to celebrate love.  I choose to give kindness. And to me these three combine and make the stars shine above.

However, you are speaking, speak from the soul, and hopefully choose as I do speak in kindness, wisdom, and love.

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Water Wonderful Water

Water is so precious and sometimes hard to come by.  People in a dessert cherish every drop.  But sometimes it can be too much and very scary.

Thunder and lightning can be exceptionally frightening. And this fear is not groundless. Floods are dangerous and can bring great destruction.  Living next to beautiful water brings its dangers.

But that is a rare storm. The water normally is in the right balance. You might want to hide away and find yourself somewhere safer when things got crazy, and I do understand.

But honestly, every area has it quirks and dangers. There is no escaping every possible danger.  Life demands taking chances, and there is nowhere perfectly safe.  Each place has its beauties and disasters. We just have to be brave and face them.

Worry not dear children of what your area has in store. Every area is beautiful and has its goodness in a balance measure.

But let's be mindful of water and treat it with respect.  Without water there would not be life. We are even made 45 to 75 % and if your made up of that much of something, I find that it's a good idea to mind it. 

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Examine,
Explore, Explain

Every time I wake up, I have come from a dream or nightmare.

 

Despite it being dark or because it was light, a new possibility is before me. I have explored an entire universe yet again more times than not.  I have even dreamt of dying and I can say quite plainly no matter what happens in your dreams we survive the trials. Yes, a new universe needing help, that is my average night of sleep.

Writing a book for me is easy, the editing takes forever.  I decided to make Color Me Timbers, Snuggle Bunny and Pumpkin Britches, Tongue Twisters from one night of sleeping.  However, I must grant that this entire thing is 20 plus years in the making.  And people will ask, why wait so long. 

 

Pumpkin Britches and Snuggle Bunny are based on my two daughters and their adventures.

Both books back then so long ago nearly made it to publishing but the publishers passed saying they had something similar.  And I waited to find these similar books. Searched high and low, and though there might be something I missed I am sure I didn't step into others dreams. And I cannot say for certain, I haven't shared the same one with someone, but I dreamed of them all again and decided the universe wanted me to give the gift.

Explore your dreams, examine what is behind the scenes is my advice, but don't overanalyze either. Dreams can be I hear just a place of fun. Mine are always an adventure.  I'm not sure I'd always say they were fun.

Almost every time I know that my dreams are telling me more than just what was on the surface. There is something that my unconscious is telling me, and so I look at it.

I examine my dreams like a scientist would, and in the end, I find a new possibility to help another understand, grow, and fly.

Scientists examine the possibilities of their experiments. They wonder how combining too elements would work.  

But remember whatever you do with your dreams, I recommend sharing from love, because love is the best gift we can leave behind.

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Yes, Yo-yo

A humble little toy, but it's so amazing. A Yo-Yo can do amazing tricks, but I admit being no good at it. It doesn't matter I give them a whirl regularly, but that is okay. No one is good at everything.

My father had some serious skills, and I loved watching him go at it, but alas I didn't inherit his yo-yo mastery. But that is okay, I can still have fun even when I wind up covered in the yo-yo string. 

I'll never get better if I don't occasionally give it a try. Yo-yo's are beautiful even if well mine end up wrapped around me somehow!

Try dear children to master things you find fun.  It doesn't mean you have to be a master at it.  To me I mastered the yo-yo that try if I got it to go down and up! Hey yeah, today I am not covered in strings, but that doesn't mean I mastered it or got better in truth, I think I just got lucky.  But, I'll take it as a minor victory and will not worry about ... well the setbacks.

The setbacks just mean I need to give the learning another try and do you know how many failures it took to make a light bulb? 

2,774 attempts! He didn't give up, and I appreciate it. It's really hard to write at midnight by candlelight. I know as I've done that when well the lightbulb and the electric company ended up breaking up!!! Ha ha.

 

As if the lightbulb and electric company were a couple, but one doesn't work without the other. You should see the handwriting its nowhere near as good as my lovely laptop putting down the typing.  Laptops, a thing that never would have happened without his first step. Really Thank You Edison for always trying and making the 2,774th attempt.

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Zero, Zero, Zero

Zero is a wonderful thing.  Zero is a terrible thing.  Zero is a brave thing. Zero is a scary thing.

Zero is wonderful. It can mean you have no debts, no markers of disease, no chance of failure.

Zero is a terrible thing. You can have nothing that you need. To be at zero when you need to eat is a terrible thing.

Zero can be a brave thing. Trying when you have nothing in you. Giving when your ready to break.  Striving on to accomplish the next step when you have gotten to your last stretch, is not only brave, but strong.  But note sometimes the body is right and its fine to take a break.

Zero is a scary thing. It might be there is no chances left. There is no going back.

But life would be awful if zero did not exist.

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Forever Friends Faithfully

To the one reading this letter,

Know This,

I always believe in the Three F's. 

Forever Friends Faithfully, F, F, F 

And this is my hope for us always.

May our friendship never end

May it be as solid as an apple core

A center of new life

 

May our friendship never end

May we see many birthdays

A celebration of continued life

 

May our friendship never end

May we be sweet as chocolate-coated cherries

A sweetness of cooperation

 

May our friendship never end

May we go dancing even if we must sit in chairs

A center of fluid movement

 

May our friendship never end

May we remember well like elephants

A gift of great remembrance

May our friendship never end

May we flock together like feathery birds

A gift of fine community

 

May our friendship never end

May it grow strong and mighty like green growing things

A celebration of continued connection

May our friendship never end

May we celebrate all the holidays

we can together

Even the small ones like a Teddy Bear Picnic

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Forever Friends Faithfully

May our friendship never end

May we discover interesting things together

Like ice sculptures in a snowy bank

A great wonder of the ages

 

​May our friendship never end

May we tell jokes and be jolly

A gift of laughter and joy

 

May our friendship never end

May we act with kindness and caring

A celebration of what friendship needs

 

May our friendship never end

May we act with love

A gift of protection and the heart

 

May our friendship never end

May when money troubles strike that we both aren’t in the same pickle

So we can lend each other a bit and neither of us ever go hungry

 

May our friendship never end

May we celebrate our nations and their notions

As we can be friends regardless of the differences

 

May our friendship never end

May we sing together from joy and great meaning

Whether it be Opera to Heavy Metal let us sing and feel our souls connect

May our friendship never end

May it be like a piano playing pianissimo

A set of voices soft and gentle to each other

May our friendship never end

May we go questing with each other

A quest to increase our fine circle

 

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Forever Friends Faithfully

May our friendship never end

May we go racing like rabbits

Free expression to be who we are

 

May our friendship never end

May we enjoy tea among the trees

We can be individuals and together unshaken by the falling leaves

 

May our friendship never end

May when the rains come we have at least one big umbrella

But regardless of its size lets share

What we have and keep our heads dry

 

May our friendship never end

May we be like water

Changing and unpredictable but a source of life for each other

 

May our friendship never end

May we Examine, Explore, and Explain

A hunt for truth among our dreams, a new experience, and a place to start understanding deeper meanings

 

May our friendship never end

May we be like yo-yos

Even if we drift apart by time pulling us in a different way, we must remember the yo-yo comes back to its base if you pull it back in time.  It takes effort but we make it.

 

May our friendship never end

May it be like a zero

May we give each other the strength to be whole and complete.  A Zero is also a circle.

Forever and Always,

Your Friend DWAR

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