Animal Love Quest Color by Number: Activity Puzzle Coloring Book for Adults Relaxation & Stress Relief by Sunlife Drawing
My rating: 4/5 cats
WELCOME TO FEBRUARY PROJECT! i did one of these books last year, and i figured february would be the perfect time to do this volume, full of ANIMALS IN LOVE! like the last book, we have our color palette:
and our cast of characters:
we just don’t know when they’re gonna turn up! excited? I SURE AM! let’s do this!
EDIT: taking rossdavidh’s suggestion: “For extra points look up a video of every species courtship behavior,” i have decided—after being SCANDALIZED by GIS’ offerings—to INSTEAD include a photo/GIF of the featured animal cuddling, since the animal love in this book seems to frequently be of the parent/child variety, and i’m not looking to get canceled for supporting the animal pedo/incest-porn industry. i’ve backfilled the first three and will supply pictures of nature’s chaste cuddlers going forward.
FEBRUARY 1
what creatures are snuggling beneath these color-coded hexagons?
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the mighty meerkats! in love and so damn proud of it!
and they make home movies, too! « Hide Spoiler
FEBRUARY 2
ready to see these cuddlers?
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goddammit! they’re just gonna go and make MORE birds to kill us in our sleep. thanks a lot, ya jerks!
yeah, they’re pretty and they make a stupid heart with their necks like a disney film, but everyone knows that swans are one of nature’s biggest assholes. « Hide Spoiler
FEBRUARY 3
peel back the curtain to see animals in looooove!
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why can’t they all be cats, she wonders aloud.
holy shit, did i just find the SOURCE MATERIAL for this color-by-number? « Hide Spoiler
FEBRUARY 4
let’s see who’s in love today!
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elephants! they never forget how much they love each other
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FEBRUARY 5
if you squint, can you see the lubbers?
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no one dislikes pandas. they’re sweet and chubby and roly-poly in drawings and in the wild
oh, shit; that one was in black and white. i’ll try to find one in color
hahahaha JK doesn’t matter wheeeee! « Hide Spoiler
FEBRUARY 6
merry superspreaderbowl eve! wanna see the opposite of social distancing?
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these cool cats don’t care about your pandemic, man!
they’re gonna cozy up and party like it’s 1999 « Hide Spoiler
FEBRUARY 7
this is the real halftime show!
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oh no, birrrrds! why is it always birrrrds?
and if you think they’re cuddling, think again. this is a cannibalistic attack.
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FEBRUARY 8
time for animal lovers once more!
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and once again…
i have found the original kissin’ piggies! « Hide Spoiler
FEBRUARY 9
spoiler alert: there’s about to be affection
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but be safe and remember—these days, affection leads to infection. don’t breathe your droplets all over other people.
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FEBRUARY 10
who will we seeee when we color in the blank spaaaces?
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aww, these guys are awesome!
i knew there was no way i was gonna find the original picture for this one; there are way too many doggies on the internet, so i went with an old favorite
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FEBRUARY 11
what kind of creatures are we going to surprise in flagrante delicto today?
possibly, but unlikely.
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oh, THESE GUYS! they are always blowing up my ‘gram with their aspirational lifestyles
again, i made no attempt to find the original because i’m GIS-savvy enough to know not to type the word “horse” anywhere near the word “love.” that way lies madness, my friends.
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FEBRUARY 12
LOVE QUEST, DAY TWELVE
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no! noooooo! this book is supposed to be for stress relief! and THIS? this even looks noisy and frazzle-making! go away, birds!
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FEBRUARY 13
happy valentine’s day eve to all the lovers of animal lovers!
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lions love cuddling, but mostly only with other lions. ease into your hugs
empire reboot! they’re gonna chaange muusic.
and be saucier than ever! « Hide Spoiler
FEBRUARY 14
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! who is celebrating? better not be any dang birds!
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SCORE! we are better than birds; high five! (high one?)
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why, yes, i DID take a couple of days off. there are only 25 pages in this book, so i’m not technically behind, but these damn things take a deceptively long time to color in and this one really strained my poor gray marker so i had to keep waiting for it to refuel (which is a thing markers do, right?) and each day it refueled less and less and eventually i gave up on it so RIP, marker and thank you for your service.
FEBRUARY 18
you wanna see whose cuddles my marker died for?
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this is me giving up
these might not even be the same brand of monkey but cut me some slack, i just buried a good friend
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FEBRUARY 19
even tho it’s after valentine’s day, there is still love in the world
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okay, wait.
wait.
this ‘love quest’ coloring book must be foolin’, right?
this is not love, this is dinner.
but it does mean i can post the picture of what was waiting for me in front of the store the other day at 8 am. i shall caption it, The End of This Love Story
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FEBRUARY 20
who will it beee on day twenteee?
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aww, THESE guys! maybe this is source material, maybe not, since “stacked raccoons” seems to be a fairly common pose for these critters
even for chubboes
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FEBRUARY 21
behind again because of marker-death. i was hoping that a day of rest would bring little green back to life, but it was not meant to be. who murdered my greenie?
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these guys are awfully cute, so i forgive them, and i managed to color them in PERFECTLY with technological advances, but still, i mourn.
“bunny love” is another phrase you wanna avoid GISing.
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FEBRUARY 22
will today kill another marker? LET’S FIND OUT!
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again, this isn’t love, it’s feasting
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FEBRUARY 23
was too tired post-coloring to…post last night, but here are some belated lovecats oh no spoiler!
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i make up for the spoiler with what i believe is another triumph in source material detective work!
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FEBRUARY 24
who’s nuzzling now?
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aww! as you can see, this one taxed my gray AND my green markers and it’s a very garbage-y coloring job by me. BUT! i managed to discover THIS picture online
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FEBRUARY 25
are you ready for some red hot lovin’?
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huh. this has as much passion as a jane austen novel. this isn’t love, it’s indifference. HERE’S love:
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FEBRUARY 26
running out of room for love!
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again, not love, just proximity.
BIRDS DO IT bees do it
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FEBRUARY 27
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why did it have to be birds?
although, to be fair, these birds are okay with me
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FEBRUARY 28
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this is the last day of our acquaintance. with this book.
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and we end with some sweet cat-kissing. but more importantly, we end with MY UTTER TRIUMPH! where’s waldo’s for amateurs. me, i find all the animals.
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THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH ME, GUYS! I HOPE YOU HAD A NICE TIME.
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Ross Hartshorn
February 28, 2021 at 9:04 pm
So, you basically just dislike birds because they can fly? So penguins are ok. What about ostriches? Or emus? Or puffins?
Of course, you know, some penguins can fly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4
karen t. brissette
March 3, 2021 at 8:18 am
i am suspicious of ALL BIRDS – flight only makes them more dangerous. they are secret dinosaurs, i have seen them eat/kill their own, they poop with impunity, they are nothing but shenanigans!
sometimes i give penguins a pass because they’re so comical and fancy. but that’s probably how i will die – letting my guard down and being clonked in the head by a flying penguin.