Arrow is One!  Today we're celebrating and having a small, private Pawty! 
The meat pie is in the oven.  The balls are ready to throw!   The girls are ready & so am I.
Today we choose to celebrate & give thanks!  
We ALL love it here!  Where God put us - to enjoy the adventure... birds, raccoons, bears, exploring the forest - it's our dream come true. 

All my dogs are heaven sent, Arrow is no exception.   I'm blessed to have her.
I remember  stipulating: I want the runt of the litter.  
Not only did she end up being  an all black German shepherd but she's no runt.  
My friend has a dog from the same litter  (her sister) - who is looks like a traditional German shepherd (grey & brown)  so this was a shock but NOW, Im thrilled.  It makes her all the more stealthy, at night - forget it... I can't see her but she listens really well and comes when I call... at record speed I might add.  Out one door, if I close it and stay inside - she  is in though the dog door before I can close the other.   

Arrow is my  new shadow- she never leaves my side. She sleeps by my door  and outside the sauna door when I'm in it.  I couldn't have asked for a more protective furry pal.  She loves all her sisters, especially Daisy.   Ginger & Arrow have a love hate relationship.  Arrow knows  to grab Gingers baby and wave it in her face- come and get it- me.  Ginger needs the exercise.   The two crack me up daily!  They are always together,  we hang out as a pack!  

Poppy is still the boss and lets Arrow know it-  with her snarls- LOL
​Arrow simply looks and licks her head.  I love my dogs! 
They are my friends, companions & entertainment who would - no doubts, fight a bear for me.   I hope they never have to.   I've not felt lonely during this pandemic- they won't let me.
When I do feel sad,  one of them - if not all - seem to know and soon I'm being snuggled - like it or not.  Bring it on.  I'm blessed with each one & ALL my past dogs.

Dogs are Gifts from God.  
​Everyone heaven sent.
Amen
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Show your dogs some love- perhaps throw them a small Pawty! 
​Let the games begin!! Ball throwing for at least an hour - several times today - YAY!

There is no path that does not lead to him.  
​ACIM.
Have Faith.  
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With Love, 
Georgia

Bugs Bunny Grow.
Cartoon characters are a great, easy subject to paint when I don't know what to paint.
Any Disney movie, I'm happy to watch (again) to be inspired & amused.
It's raining!  This has got to be the wettest summer we've encountered in a while... but everything is growing amazing and I've not watered one plant in over a week.  I don't think the birds are as thrilled.

Currently, I'm painting 2 acrylic paintings, one is a landscape & the other, Jesus.  I do not find landscapes easy.. I think because, I try to make it appear too real and don't just relax - like Bugs Bunny - he was pure relaxation - not much thought was needed.  Still it's a challenge & each challenge makes us better artist.  Each challenge in life (hopefully) makes us better humans.  Most challenges make us wiser & stronger... it may take a while though.

It's nice to see people out & about & most still appear to be practicing some caution with masks, etc.  Do you feel a shift happening?  A world wide shift...  Covid - what didn't kill us opens our eyes to issues that need addressed - around the world.  I don't know about you but I'm feeling hopeful we will continue to Go & Grow in the right direction.  
Have faith.  

Today..   I paint!  Grateful for another day to create.
My Jesus painting is full of bugs, worms.. mushrooms & dirt.  
I'm excited to get working on all the tiny details as I ponder life, peacefully. 
I hope everyone reading this has a creative, peaceful day!  
Give thanks for another opportunity. 

All women are beautiful.  All women are teachers.   Mexican women are strong, imo.  
I've been to Mexico a few times and love the people I've met, warm, kind, helpful and fun.
I've been thinking about a friend in particular and wanted to paint a tribute to Mexican women - beautiful, strong, wise & colourful! The button of the peyote is called the crown.

I was reading about Peyote (I have a little plant) and learned it will soon be legalized (hopefully). Right now the plant is suffering due to over picking in its natural habitat.  
I have no desire to try peyote, for several reasons.  I like my little plant - to look at.
I read it can make you feel nauseous and can keep you high for up to 10 hours - cowabunga. Who wants to be high for 10 hours? Not me.. lots do though.  Many do to help themselves when all else fails - especially regarding depression.

Peyote is used as a ritual drug - an exploration of ones self... it has helped many on their journeys.  I'm relieved to hear it's going to be legalized.  It's legal in Canada to grow the plant.  When it's available, Im sure it will be expensive - as it takes a long time to grow!  Not like cannabis with a harvest every few months. 

It's very unnatural to make natural medicine illegal.  It seems the times have changed with education & understanding.    We have lost much as a whole' when we alienate other races & their traditions, indigenous people in particular. We lose wisdom, culture and knowledge of many plants and the earth in general.

I feel a positive shift is happening!  Each time I read about  psilocybin and Peyote (just 2 examples) being  re-discovered and used to help heal - it's a new awakening.
I dedicate this portrait painting to Rosemary (Toti)  a beautiful person I had the pleasure of meeting - if only online. I think of her often.  She is kind, beautiful and strong.

Bears think about fishing..  & possible other bears.
Mostly...  Bears just BE.   

It was a warm up' while I pondered the acrylic painting  I'm  currently working on.
It's raining again, I love it!  Everything is green in the forest,  the vegetable garden has shot up about 1 foot in 48 hours and I haven't had to water anything for over a week.
New mushrooms appear every day.  
The mosquitos are abundant too, we are not wandering until it dries  up a bit...  
Nasty little suckers are truly the only downside to the forest imo.    They also go for Poppy - so she only goes out when the sun is out.  
I think  it's to rain all week with a day of sunshine here & there...  more time to paint!!  

​I had a little visitor.. you can see him below. ZOOM in.

Smaller than my baby fingernail..  nature is magnificent.   I set him free after a good look.
Every day is inspiring -  if you are so inclined to be in spirit.  

​Amazing grace.

Who do you think this painting was inspired by?
It's a round canvas,  Acrylic paint.

We hear owls often.  The Loon of the forest.  We hear loons too.
Storm visited, I felt like a loon...   Arrow jumped up and her head smacked me in the jaw
-CRACK -  It was my fault, I was focusing on Daisy and did not see her coming.
It's broke my already loose tooth & bruised my jaw.
I wasn't feeling great & not communicating,  he was concerned & decided to surprise us with dinner.    When I showed him, he said: It's not that bad..   hardly noticeable.
He was struggling though, I could see... to not smile.   Ahhhhh... son's. 
Then, I smiled & we both burst out laughing.  
I'm glad that we can laugh at this & more.  The sooner you laugh the sooner you see how shallow it is..  it's just a frigging tooth.

I already forget it's gone & every time I smile in the mirror - It cracks me up again!
Covid hair, muffin top & missing tooth...  I survived Covid!!  
Kinda.  lol.        Other times I sigh,  good thing we have to wear masks..  Not for long.
I have several friends missing a tooth some for much longer than I. 
It's just a tooth - still, I'm not taking any 'selfies' at the moment. 
We had a good laugh the entire visit.   It's just a tooth, he reminded me he still loves me.

It was nice to get it out as it was interfering with sleep,  it's amazing how quickly the mouth heals.  BTW - I had to pull it out!  It was becoming annoying & painful. I did a quick  YouTube' search and with some  determination - it was yanked out. Yay.

WHY doesn't our government pay for dental?
Our teeth are a huge part of our health and can effect our mentality.  
If I had to go into work- I would be feeling different I imagine. 
I am not fond of dentists in general so that's why I pulled it out, but I like my Minden Dentist.   I'll get it 'fixed' soon, no hurry... it's just a tooth. 

I think I'll get a gold tooth... just the idea amuses me. 
I think I need to paint a self portrait...  a small one. 
Grateful for another day & visit from my son, even if very short.
​The dogs, think I am just as beautiful as I ever was... Ginger told me.

Wolves don’t lose sleep over the opinions of sheep.
​This was painted in one terrific day, it's so fun just sitting watching the birds and painting funny faced sheep. It's one that appeared pretty quickly from a thought- next thing I know, I was painting.  It's not that big and looks really cool sitting on my dresser at the moment - it will when up on the wall too. 

When someone  tries to put you down, remember who you are! A wolf is powerful, creative, wise, resourceful.. not some sheep - lost in the herd, no different from the other.
You are a child of God.  Created by the Creator!  We ARE stardust.

My spirit animal is a wolf & this quote amused me.  Most would know it as:
Lions don’t lose sleep over the opinions of sheep.  
I think it’s wise words with social media in particular.  Might paint that one too- just for JOY.  I read a nasty comment on Sophie Trudeau’s IG page and thought it was beyond terrible and felt immediately sad for their children.  Who thinks that’s o.k.?  She is a human,  like the rest of us - regardless of what anyone 'think's' about her political position.
What an unfortunate waste of ones time and creativity.   Learn to draw political editorial cartoons- it will help you process and bring out your creativity.

Yesterday ended up being a wonderful day!  I witnessed neat things. 
1. The wood peckers found  a dog bone and picked out the bone marrow to feed the baby
     woodpecker which was as big as they were! & Very clumsy.  So sweet!
2. A hawk of some kind, swooped down and took a grackle right from under the feeder!
     Brutal, fast, birds scattered!  I had to process it to understand what I just watched.
Cowabunga! Nature being nature.  
3. When I went to bed it was dark, no stars due to the clouds.  I love it, so quiet with exception of frogs and bugs singing me to sleep.   FIREFLIES! Dancing  outside my window- it reminded me of the flowers in Disney’s Fantasia’  dancing as they fall.   Inspired to paint, I drifted off thinking of what it might look like on paper. 
Storm surprised me & drove up, picked dinner from 'The Pepper Mill. We had dinner, lots of laughs! More on that tomorrow and had to drive back home to be at work early today.  Feeling missed and cared for, I am.  
I sometimes worry - that's such a long drive!! Then remind myself (so I don't stress):
I drove to Halifax (and back) by myself, on a whim, when I was 26 - so.  I remember the journey is just as fun!  

Gardening on the scale they do is hard work especially on these hot days - in a green house!  I sweat just thinking about it.  It was a perfect day  ending with a personal light show!
How cool is that….  Thanks God!
* I didn't lose any sleep... over the opinions of sheep. 

Next: Who's watching the garden?
I also created a neat bear painting for my fishing friends, which I have many. ;) Soon.
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Need some inspiration?  Go outside.  Enjoy the silence of trees.
Preferably walk in nature - it's proven good for your mental health.   It's why they are planting more trees in cities- now.  It's why God put me, exactly where I am meant to be. 
Check out the face on this  bug!   He is quite inspiring, I'm sure he'll end up in a painting soon.

   >>>We are NOT responsible for anyones happiness but our own.<<<
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Norm and I arguing,  and No- it's not 'just covid', it's the same arguments we have had for 30 years.  I ask him - Are you happy?? He claims yes, but behaves the opposite. Norms parents divorce when they were 72, his mom told me she just couldn't take it any longer,  she just wanted 'peace'. I get it.  Imagine how many marriages will be over as soon, the pandemic was absolutely a test for relationships on many levels.  People think being alone is terrible, I disagree.  Being with someone who has no respect for you or your opinions - is worse.  Arguing day after day is worse.  I know many who feel like this after only 3 or 5 years let alone 30. When our country/legal system doesn't make us jump through hoops for a divorce - the numbers will speak for themselves.   

We don't speak for days at a time. Some might think it's cruel to go without communicating, again - I disagree.  I've experienced years of arguing over the same stupid stuff.  I give up, rather than argue.  Silence is better than bullshit.  Even the dogs agree.  For anyone who judges me &  thinks I'm wrong- give it 30 years in a relationship, then lets have the conversation. Who wants to throw the first rock?
Before we moved here, I provided  Norm the option of getting a divorce, he claimed that is not what he wanted.  I don't think he knows, what he wants. 

         >>>We are NOT responsible for anyones happiness but our own.<<<

Today - in silence... I'll focus on my own happiness painting and creating which brings me joy.  It's not always an easy task, it takes work & focus & not to react. Asking God for strength too.  GrateFULL everyday to be here - to witness tiny creatures that look like masks,  surrounded by nature mushrooms & trees...  reminded of the creators creations.  
Do what makes yourself happy - others just have to figure it out on their own. 

    >>>We are NOT responsible for anyones happiness but our own.<<<

Space the final frontier...  I believe in UFO's, I've seen a few  things in the sky over the years.
One night in particular a friend and I were enjoying a glass of wine looking at Lake Simcoe, we both saw strange lights in the sky that darted back and forth then vanished up and disappeared - We looked at each other without saying a word but our look said it all - DID YOU SEE THAT!?!  She explained, her & her husband and other family see it often.

I woke recently to a bright lite shining through the trees outside my bedroom window, I thought it was either time to get up (sunrise, that bright)  or it was the moon, or possibly even my neighbour on his UTV but it was not because it was too high up in the sky.  It made NO noise & was gently hovering. I felt quite calm about seeing it, peaceful even.  So bright, I did get up - the clock 3:33 on the stove, assured me it was not quite time to get up and the but I went for a pee & the moon I could now, clearly see, on the other side of the house - I went back into my room to see it was gone.   I thought it must be a  UFO & went back to sleep. I was fascinated. The Pentagon appears fascinated too... admitting to several UFO sightings.  Apparently sightings are up in Canada - perhaps because more people are paying attention.   Either way - I for one, would like to see/meet & PAINT!  a space alien' before I expire.   Preferably, one without any probes.   Hahaha.    

There is much on this planet I've not seen and am curious about... plants animals and aliens, to name a few.

Some people never travel, they don't even leave their home town, at least we can experience it to some degree online.  I'm content to not travel these days but grateful for all past experiences. Travel is the best way to experience culture, foods, art and learn how others live. It expands our minds and hearts, hopefully.  I've met some arrogant, close minded tourists too, some from Canada.  Travel teaches compassion, patience, empathy and more seeing how others live...  soon you'll be happy to return to Canada, Eh!  
Soon people will be traveling to space!

 Imagine that...  "What are you doing this weekend?"
" Taking a visit to the moon. Without drugs!!"   
Exciting times people!  Buckle up!