Tree Fairies - Birch Tree Fairy coloring pages

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Today's post is another in my series of drawings of species-specific Tree Fairies. 

Tree Fairies -  Birch Tree Fairy

Tree Fairies - Birch Tree Fairy  (full dress version)

Birch Tree Fairies are particularly attached to Birch Trees.  They are beautiful Fairies that love to transform to mortal size and sit up in their tree.  Of course, they protect all the trees in the forests, but Birch Trees are their favorite. Of course, all Fairies can change size from their natural 5 inches tall to mortal size.  But not all Fairies choose to do this.  Birch Tree Fairies, like some other Tree Fairies, have wings that look a lot like a birch tree leaf.  When in diminutive size a Birch Tree Fairy can hind under her wings when sitting on their favorite tree.  

Notice that this Birch Tree Fairy is wearing woven birch tree leaves for her clothing.  She also has on the traditional flying belt that Fairies often wear.  The flying belt gives Fairies the ability to fly at high speed and fly far distances.  All Fairies can fly without the flying belt, but they can't fly for long distances at high speed without a flying belt. The Fairy term for flying belt is Volantem Balteum.  

Birch trees have a unique type of fruit.  Remember that any seed-bearing structure on a tree is the fruit.  Birch tree fruit is a catkin.  A catkin looks a bit like a fuzzy cattail.  There are many tiny birch tree seeds in each catkin. 

NOTE:  There are two drawings here.  Sometimes Birch Tree Fairies wear two-piece outfits and sometimes they wear one-piece outfits.  So I drew this Fairy both ways.  These drawings, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus" button at the top of the page.  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list.  New drawings are at the bottom of the lists of drawings. When coloring the drawing you choose to print... remember that birch tree bark is white with black markings.  

Teratophoneus coloring pages

 

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Teratophoneus Sub-Adult feeding

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Teratophoneus was a Tyrannosaur that lived around 10 million years BEFORE Tyrannosaurus rex.  Teratophoneus may have been an ancestor to T. rex.  The scientific name for this earlier Tyrannosaur is Teratophoneus curriei.  (Named either by or for Phil Curie the great Canadian paleontologist. 

Estimates for size go up to 26 feet or 8 meters.  That is an estimate of the total length.   A sub-adult was found in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in Utah, USA.  (I live in Utah)  This sub-adult was smaller at around 20 feet long.  It was between 12 and 16 years old when it died.  Weight for an adult was around 1.3 tons.  

Paleontologists can figure out age at death by counting the growth rings on the bones.  There are fossilized specimens of Teratophoneus that have been found that are both younger and older than this individual was when it was found.  You can get lots of info from the same species of different ages at death.

Teratophoneus was a predator with the typical Tyrannosaur stubby arms in comparison to its overall body.  Still, those arms may have helped it stand up from laying down.  They looked useless but some paleontologists think that the typical Tyrannosaur had a lot of strength in those little arms.  What is clear is that the arms were not used to kill or eat prey.  The powerful jaws of Tyrannosaurs did the killing and eating.  The jaws could crush bone with ease.  I even have a piece of Tyrannosaur coprolite that has a piece of bone embedded in it.  

By the way, the juveniles and sub-adults appear to have been built much more gracile or lighter than full-size adult Tyrannosaurs.  This has led some paleontologists to hypothesize that the younger Tyrannosaurs were the prey chasers of the pack and the adults were the ambushers.  So the younger Tyrannosaurs would chase prey, (like this Parasaurolophus in the drawing), and the adults would jump out and do the killing bite to the neck.  

NOTE:  This drawing can be found, in printable form, by clicking on the button at the top of the page and scrolling down to the bottom of the list. for this new drawing.   Below are some older Teratophoneus drawings done and posted on previous posts.  

Teratophoneus and Young

(Some Paleontologists think that all Tyrannosaurs had feathers or at least protofeathers.)

Teratophoneus Pair

Tree Fairies - Box Elder Fairy riding a Box Elder Beetle coloring page

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Today's new drawing is a Tree Fairy.

More specifically it is a Box Elder Tree Fairy.

Tree Fairies - Box Elder Beetle riding on a Box Elder Beetle

 

Box Elder Tree Fairies often are friendly with Box Elder Beetles.  These insects are also called Box Elder Bugs.  Box Elder Trees are a fairly common tree for hosting a Fairy Village.  The Faires will live in and under the tree in a hollowed-out area that looks quite like a quaint European village.  

I should mention that Fairies normal size or height is around 5 inches tall.  That is just under 13 cm.  The Box Elder Fairies use their magic to go to an even smaller size when they want to go for a ride on one of their pets.  Their pets are Box Elder Bugs.  Insects have limited intelligence but Box Elder Fairies CAN communicate with Box Elder Bugs.  You could even say that the bugs are friends with the Faires.  

Box Elder Fairies often have a unique type of wing.  The Box Elder Tree Fairy's wings often LOOK like a leaflet from a Box Elder Tree.  If you don't know what a leaflet is, it is a part of the leaf that looks like a leaf.  

Let me explain... a compound leaf has several leaflets.  Box Elder Trees have compound leaves. So by having green wings that LOOK like the Box Elder tree;s leaflets... the Box Elder Tree Fairy can hide in plain sight.  Of course, Fairies have magic to help them hide as well.  But with the perfect camouflage, a Box Elder Tree Fairy needs to use little magic to hide from mortal eyes. In fact, the Box Elder Tree Fairies can change their wings to yellow-gold to look like the Box Elder leaflets in the autumn.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus" that is located at the top of the page.  Then scroll down because new drawings are at the bottom of the list.  I also want to suggest that you look up  a photo of a box elder beetle to know how to color the one in the drawing. 

 

Prophet Nephi prays for his People coloring page

 

Today's post is about the Prophet Nephi.  

The drawing is of Nephi praying for his people. 

Prophet Nephi prays for his People

In the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Christ, you read about the Prophet named Nephi.  There are several prophets with that name so to be clear... we are talking about Nephi, son of Nephi, son of Helaman, son of Helaman.  

It was around 0 or 1 AD. Nephi was praying because the wicked people planned on killing all the people of God who believed in the prophecy of Samuel The Lamanite.  So Nephi went out into the wilderness and prayed for his people.  It was probably not far into the wilderness.  In fact, it says he went out.  I pictured the prophet Nephi here kneeling by a stream, not far from town. 

In my drawing, he has just heard the voice of the Lord.  The Lord told him to "be of good cheer for tonight I come into the world..."  If you look up high on the drawing you see the Star of Bethlehem appearing.  I envisioned the New Star that Samuel the Lamanite predicted being visible even before the sun completely set.  By the way, in the drawing Nephi has just been told that the star would appear... and it has... and so Nephi is smiling. 

When the wicked people saw the new star they fell to the earth in astonishment.  In the New World, the Star of Bethlehem was apparently even brighter than it was in the Old World.  It was as light as day where the Nephites and Lamanites lived.  

You can read this story in The Book Of Mormon, Another Testament Of Christ in the book of 3 Nephi chapter 1.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the "Religious" button at the top of the page.  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list.  New drawings are at the bottom of the list. 

Dolphins coloring pages.

 

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a Bottlenose

Dolphin rubbing

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a soft coral. 

Dolphin rubs on Soft Coral

Dolphins are amazing animals.  Today we watched the BBC show Planet Earth: Blue Planet II... about ocean life and we saw Bottlenose Dolphins will rub themselves on coral.  This is a type of soft coral from the Alcyonacea order of soft coral.  These are also called sea fans and sea whips.  Like hard coral, they are living animals that feed on plankton... so they are filter feeders.  

The mother dolphin is trying to teach her calf that this is a good thing to do.  The mother dolphin is rubbing herself on the soft coral.  This soft coral has anti-inflammatory properties and anti-biotic properties.  So this may be a prophylactic treatment that dolphins figured out themselves.  I think that is amazing.   

The fish on the right is another amazing sea animal we learned about today.  It is called a Tusk Fish.  It has tusks on its upper and lower mouth.  It is amazing because it grabs a clam with its mouth and then bangs it on hard coral to open the clam up.  Then it eats the soft insides of the clam.  So this is a fish that basically uses tools. Very few animals use tools.  Using tools is one of the things that distinguish man from most other animals.  

There is a clownfish near its sea anemone and a baby shark (don't start singing) ...and there is other hard coral and an octopus in this drawing.  And of course, there is also a seagull flying by in the drawing.

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the Animals button up top.  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list for the new drawing.  Below are other dolphin drawings from previous posts.  Some of these drawings are more cartoon-ish.  Older drawings are further up the list of printable drawings.  

Final note... Planet Earth: Blue Planet II is an awesome documentary series!

Dolphin Mother and Calf

Dolphin Male and Friend

Dolphin

Dolphin Female with Friend

Titanosaur Hatchling with Nose Horn coloring page

 

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Titanosaur Hatchling with Nose Horn

Recently a Titanosaur egg was purchased in the USA.  Someone had illegally imported it from Argentina, South America.  It has now been returned to South America.  It was sent through a CT scan... a form of X-ray technology.  It was discovered that the embryo dinosaur... a Titanosaur... had two very unique features.  It had a nose horn and front-facing eyes. 

This is very unusual because adult Titanosaurs have eyes that face out the side of their heads.  There are several species of Titanosaur and they are the biggest land animals to have ever walked the Earth.  It is also known that dinosaurs lined their nests with leaves.  

This egg is probably from Patagonia, although we may never know exactly where it was found.  This is the problem with illegal fossil hunters.  

The nose horn may have been used to punch out of the shell at hatching time.  Or/and it may have been used to defend itself while young.  No known species of Titanosaurs had nose horns.  But it IS possible that this is a new species where the nose horn was also a part of the adult dinosaur.  In this drawing the guard dino that was left behind after the herd moved on DOES have a horn.  

It is thought that Titanosaurs laid their eggs and abandoned them.  As mentioned above, possibly one Titanosaur from the herd kept an eye on the nesting grounds, but with around 100 eggs per nest, it is thought that the young were on their own when they hatched.  This is how Sea Turtles reproduce. 

The fact that Titanosaurs seemed to have grown at a phenomenal rate indicates that maybe the forward-facing eyes helped the young catch small prey like lizards and insects.  This would mean that Titanosaurs and maybe all Sauropods were omnivores when young.  Eating meat is a good way to get enough protein to grow fast.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the bottom labeled "Paleontology."

Remember to scroll down to the bottom of the list to get to this new drawing.  

Horses coloring pages

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Chica the 

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Chica the Paint Horse

Chica is a Paint Horse and she is so beautiful that I took a photo (see below) and drew her. She belongs to a local family who are dear friends of ours.  Our daughter married their son so we are kind of family.  They certainly have welcomed us into their family.  

Paint Horses were developed with American Quarter Horses and Spotted Horse.  They also included Thoroughbred horses in developing the breed.   Paint Horses have the light-dark spotted pattern of a pinto horse and the characteristics of an American Quarter Horse. 

I have always considered Paint Horses to be very beautiful animals.  Below is the photo I took of Chica. You can color the coloring page like her or in any other colors you wish.  The printable drawing can be found by clicking on the button labeled "Animals" and scrolling down.  New drawings are at the bottom of the list.  There are also other horse drawings below the photo. These drawings are from previous posts or older posts that I will re-post today. 

Photo of Chica the Paint Horse

Mustang with Paint Pattern

Thunder the Mustang Horse in the Desert

(This is now a tamed Mustang Horse.  I have ridden him. He's owned by my nephew-in-law.)

Horse and Squirrel

Stallion in the Desert

Horse in Meadow

Tug the Ranger Horse

(This horse, Tug, is from the Ranger's Apprentice series of books.  I highly recommend the books.)

We went to Iceland a few years ago and I took some great pictures of the Icelandic Horses.

They are NOT ponies, but they are stocky and a beautiful and a very hearty breed. 

Below are some of those drawings. . . although one drawn from 

a refrigerator magnet. 

Icelandic Horse in the Snow-covered Mud

Icelandic Horse drawing from Magnet

Icelandic Horse by a Stone Wall

Icelandic Horse 1

Icelandic Horse 2