It's Easter weekend and there lots to do.. actually  - it's all done!  Easter bunnies have been made & decorated! I have company coming and they go home with a gift - homemade! Poppy is testing them out and they passed - no wobble - isn't she fricken the cutest!!?
Sat there until I lifted her out now on my lap as I type - Norms in the kitchen making sliders, Storms rolling some medicine to enjoy during a movie later with dinner- it's peaceful & I'm grateful.  The house is clean, I've got a painting on my desk and tomorrow there will be Easter dinner  at the table!   Nothing too fancy.. Simple but good.

Storm and I hung out in the kitchen while he made 'picked chips'- noting the one in particular was a 'nuclear warning- I hope not- life right now is good.. spring is around the corner - I'm working on a few projects which I am very excited about, everyone is busy and I can't help but feel - still- Life is only going to get BETTER.     F*ck Trump.  
Finally...

I apoligoze for not showing you my current project - but it's a work in progress  and will be AVAILABLE in a month or so to purchase.   I want to take this opportunity today 'Thank you.  Weekly, I am asked about my art and purchasing prints or originals which is business & business is daunting - so I rarely sell or do anything about it- but some of you have become pretty persistent as of late -  so I did it!  I've got some things being printed in small numbers - limited editions.  
Once gone - gone. No re print..  it will be on to a different project.
ONE is  already planned for the next 3 years!  

On a side note- I'm still dreaming about France- lol - Literally - and I don't know what it's about  but this a.m., I was dreaming about a romance in France and I was with ... (LOL) Dan - Oh, my gosh I'm cracking up- Storm also had a good laugh.. I guess because I researched him bit recently- In my dreams I was with that  20th century cave man.  Yes, in my dreams- I doubt very much in real life -  either of us would think it was more a nightmare. It did cause me laughter first thing this morning and it's a great way to start the day - laughing at myself.

 Well- there still a tiny bit to do and always painting to be done..  
Have a Great Easter! What will you create?

With TLC & THC 
​Georgia

Holy Hop to it! I almost forgot well not really, I'm as busy as a bunny right now is all!                                                                  It's almost EASTER - I love Easter!:
                  Spring, bunnies, lambs, chicks, chocolate (dark) and Jesus!

What's not to love?  Rise Up! Celebrate with love in your heart & on paper.
It's my favourite time to ask all of you:  What would Jesus Do?
Would he put people in prison over plants?    NEVER!  You can not deny.

It does not matter to me  your religion, mine is peace ;) I love all religions as they all have lovely aspects to them, but Jesus is my homeboy who brings me comfort daily, hourly even!
So, I celebrate Easter first in my heart.. & with others.  Easter dinner has me pre-drooling   -  I'm baking the cake - already have the decorations hee hee - I'm cheating - just a little, the carpenter who lives part time in the garage (lol) has also contributed with some woodworking - can't show you yet as a couple are gifts! (Show you Monday) so- we're good to go!  Remember the dancing bunny from last year? You can still find it here:
http://www.georgiatoons.com/blahblahblog-cont/buds-bunny-jumping-for-joy

This year have some fun with this cute little Egg card idea (thanks PIN) which I've customized for cannabis- of course!  You can put money in this card, a tunes card.. tea.. I can't believe  it fits as much as it does - just like real eggs, nature is incredible.  The colored  FREE DOWN load is below (click on the image), PRINT - it will be same size as my card ;)
I suggest if you can print it on card stock or glue the entire sheet to cardboard and let dry before you cut and assemble.

I LOVE creating cards! It brings me the giggles - this one is super easy  all you need is scissors and one 'brad and white glue.  Cut out everything & glue the bottom of the 'front egg to the back' - see images below  - LET it dry over night before you try to stuff it.
Punch out a hole in top front 1/2 of egg with attached bottom, place in brad.
Stuff your card then Send your card!  This card can be made for anyone, initially it was an idea for a dinosaur egg part' - you can put anything flat in it does not have to be cannabis - but it's a wonderful opportunity to educate someone on a plant - soon at a store near you Canada.  Especially children.. what they can and can not have- while you're at it, TEACH them about the dangers of sugar and obesity - both proven deadly - compared to cannabis. I put up a cute little vid on IG to see how my card works'.

Have fun! If you make this card send me a photo -  georgiatoons@rogers.com  I send a comic & postcards to the first person who sends me a photo!  ;) Click on the image below to download your Free easter card!   Enjoy the weekend, Enjoy the holiday - what ever your religion -  Give thanks for PEACE! 

***While I was completing this card, Storm informed me I had a package!  A friend I met on IG made me a glass pipe. ;)  I was a little shocked at how well it blended in with the egg I was just finishing up, it's beautiful, feels nice in my hands - not too small and has a tiny yellow/bee hive flower - I've tested it- cowabunga! lol  It works just fine!  It was a thoughtful gift I'm truly grateful for.. a gift from one 'Great Dane' lover to another  (American to Canadian!  I love when that happens.  ) ;) - Great Dane owners - have big dogs & big hearts - Right!? YOU know who you are my fellow great dane lovers!  
​Perhaps that's 'who' Poppy needs as a big sister next.. lol 

Made with TLC & THC
Georgia
​xox

Hello - My name is Georgia & I  live in Georgina ;)
Searching for my newest book - there it was Finding  me from the shelf in isle 3.  ;)
From the first paragraph I was intrigued. This book is about child abduction  and how it ruins lives- no kidding but it's also from a different perspective.. I was going to wait to read it for April but made the mistake of starting the first page after  bringing it home and was hooked - a cold spell this Spring made it easy to stay snuggled or go to bed early rather than watch T.V,  to finish it in less than a week.

I really enjoy learning little things about other cultures and places.. for example I learned about eating King cakes and babies & would enjoy trying one. I googled.
I would recommend this book but not for moms with young children- you'll  only worry more.  It reminded me discussing with Storm when he was little about 'strangers and abduction and I'd get the typical  eye roll along with "you're being paranoid'.."
Too many moms know the reality of missing children (at every age).
It must absolutely be one of the worst feelings in the world... I don't know how they go on.

Going to war or watching our children go off to war - and even come home- is another terrible thing to witness - worse to live with,  what a difficult read this was: 
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/anderson-brothers-ptsd-1.4589733
I have no doubts his MEDICATION played a serious part in his destruction. 
Cannabis helps for PTSD!!!  Please help educate someone today.
WAR what is it good for = GREED.

I decided to focus on the POSITIVE and paint some cartoons/drawings today in celebration of legalization in Canada  - SOON!  HOW many days?  
I'm still planning/drawing for July 1st!  2018
Amen - it might help end us reading as many stories as the one above with the two brothers.

Back to:  Rise & Grind Canada!  It's A New Day
New  cannabis art next.. ! More Betty - in the garden!
& YOUR FREE EASTER card/craft download! Cannabis & mushroom friendly. 
It would also make a sweet little money gift card- for  those who  give $... I better HOP to it and finish it today! hee hee   

Read...  it's good for your brain. Even when it makes our hearts a little sad.
Education is key to better, healthier lives.

Oh.. (below) this is mail NOT meant for us - placed in our locked mail box.
How else would I get it.
It happens often and I will share our post office blues - between them & porch pirates - now, there will have to be some new level of guaranteeing your  -  our mail.  
Guaranteeing your medicine. Clearly it's an issue.

We have installed cameras & Norm is designing a locked box where items (smaller can be placed inside) it's not that our stuff is worth  $$$ - it's more to deter thieves and avoid aggravation...  no need to encourage criminals.   I can see more homes being designed with this problem in mind.
 
To those who take these things-  imagine for a moment the free karma that comes with each package. Enjoy that item you took that does not belong to you...  Karma one day will correct your deed, indeed.  

I'm thankful I don't get my medicine through the mail, it would be a constant source of stress due to past experience. One more reason for individual local dispensaries in every small town.

With TLC & THC
​Georgia

 Betty Boop on a late night foray.
I guess Kewpie was just the start.. I was also surrounded by Betty Boop' as a kid - glasses, statues, dolls - Mom's - not a crazy collection but still impressive and it grew over the years as friends give my mom clothing, purses, and stuff.  I realized painting Betty- I don't have one! Or a Kewpie - I've decided to ask my mom for one of each to enjoy NOW - in my office... my preferred place, my slice of heaven on earth, where I create & am at my happiest!  ;)  Have you been on an evening Foray?
Did you know some mushrooms GLOW in the dark!?
Betty is NOT dressed properly - just saying.   Stylish, yes - Realistic - no.

I woke up today and SMILED- I feel it- Finally!  started singing that song!:
Finally!!! It has happened to me..
So many 'positive things' happening, a shift and a permanent one at that. I know it.
I feel so positive today - I actually believe Trump won't last another year!
WoooooHooooo!

What do you think of the theory - we are all living in a virtual world- like the Matrix -NOW? I've been learning about this topic - confusing  especially at first but I do 'get i't and it is fascinating. https://medium.com/@yazinakkawi/elon-musk-thinks-were-living-in-the-matrix-if-he-s-right-it-s-a-good-thing-6f5d3cb97334
I like Elon Musk, a lot. Impressive man - on many levels, his father is far from impressive, just another dirty old rich perv.   It's hard not to take what Elon Musk says seriously and it's not just him - there are several very intelligent people who all agree.  

This is a very interesting Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chfoo9NBEow

BUSY Creative BUSY day!  
This is what we are cranking to start this day  (the dogs & I)  Stretch, boogie & get busy although I've been up chatting to God since 5 - what a stunning pink & purple SUNRISE  I was rewarded  with - for my early conversation today.    Hee Hee.
I am a fan of Motown!  How about You?

With TLC & THC
Georgia

What has me smiling & excited & singing!?
This is just one reason:
​

For some reason this guy reminds me of Dan Bilzerian who has now joined the cananbis business down in the USA.  I don't know what to think about him...   I have checked him out- hard not to ladies he is  'manly handsome',  he  sends  mixed emotions every time I see him in an interview.
For some reason I feel sadness everytime I hear him speak.   Look at him, look at his life, his  STUFF, women (which he treats like objects - ladies...  your call) his money, lifestyle- many desire it...  still he seems incredibly sad to me.  I can't help but think he is struggling - although he sure doesn't look it.

Everyone thinks its great to be so rich, so 'wanted' - will this guy ever know if someone wants him or simply his money. Women want men just for their money - men want women just for their bodies... who needs it, because for the women  as in most cases we see in history - most of the time the men realize this  & eventually and it ends badly. Any woman who thinks this guy will settle down and become a family man is fooling themselves, perhaps for a couple of years.  Who wants this?
I guess some women do in hopes of when they eventually split - they will get a nice payout..   money.  The more you have the less assured you can be about those around you.  
You get what you pay for.  Dan has a 'serious girlfriend'  according to social media, good...
I hope he experiences some true love. 

If I was loaded & looking for love... I'd dress down, drive a beaten up car, would rent out a modest apartment  until I felt the person interested in me & my dogs & bird...- was just interested in me.  'If.    lol     I don't have to worry, I'm not loaded or looking for love.  
Thankful I don't have to fake it for funds.

I think Dan is a poor example for young men, his careless attitude towards women glorifies a serious problem already being encountered by too many - men & women are no more than OBJECTS to be used and toss aside when you have $$$.  
Bought & sold.. just not so obvious.  
Sexual Slavery.  
Some put chains on themselves for the fame & stuff & don't even realize it.

It's fascinating when 'old guys' realize  the hottie 20 - 30 years younger - are NOT really into them - it's not "love"  by gold diggers.  No one else is shocked.
You got what you paid for. I don't necessarily blame gold diggers'  
All is fair in love & war - isn't that what they say?

By the way are you aware of this scam:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadian-passport-online-pardons-waivers-complaints-1.4586417?cmp=news-digests-canada-and-world-morning

It's  very busy week here - deadlines, Easter plans, cards to create, paintings to paint!
Wait until you see my retro  painting  'Going on a  foray!' 
A little more Flash Back Fun.

With TLC & THC!
Georgia
xox

Kewpie.. I was surrounded by Kewpie growing up.    O.k. just a big one, and many tiny ones.
My mom had a large doll that normally sat in a highchair for dolls and she wore the best knitted dresses & lacy pants... I don't recall details but I am sure I had many a conversation with the doll and to aggravate my mom  in my teen years - I'd turn her head to face the back from time to time..    cause that's what teenage daughters do for fun.

I found myself thinking of the doll earlier in the week, she is very sweet and innocent in appearance, somewhere I still have my book 'Water Babies' .. full of swimming mermaid Kewpies.  I must look for it this weekend.  
Treasure hunt in the crawl space! 

This was just a little 'in-between painting'  cleaning my pallet. 

Spring, it's officially here!  
Cannabis will be LEGAL this summer in Canada, thanks Justin...    
so much painting to do!!  

with TLC & THC
​Georgia
​

.We are all connected one way or another.
We are all different.
We are all colorful.
We are all interesting.
We are all beautiful.
We are all unique.
We are all one.

Mushroom are incredible and it's Foray season! 
​Soon it will be morel season- heat the skillet- better than beef .

This painting turned out better than I imagined.
​Years ago I drew the same idea.. on white - in a more cartoonish style'
The night sky really stands out.. I debated a blue sky  but it's seemed slightly boring compared to al the colors of the mushroom 
 
Momentarily it hangs above my desk.. I'm debating on if it should become a postcard.
 
with TLC & THC 
Georgia

a book a month! My 3rd was refreshing' .. the water cold. 
There appears to be a pattern in my life-  struggling with drawing about missing women - because when you research it- it's really fucking sad.  Women- have been murdered since the beginning of time and still are - out of convenience.  Tired of your wife- per she's tired of you- heck murder is much cheaper than divorce - if you don't get caught.
& there are the countless times in history when a man "snaps". Women snap too- not as often... or as violently.

Oh I KNOW, I've said things to Norm that probably have had him drifting into an imagined land of no- no.  I just read 67% of men  actually have thought about murder - at some point, at some point we all have someone who has pissed us off to the point of wanting them dead.  Hmmmm..  have I ever - yes, only for a brief moment and it's usually  'I wish he was dead'- as I have when thinking about men like Paul Bernardo...  any human that murders a child. 
I've never sat around planning the steps.

This book caught me off guard, and I am reminded to draw once again for women.   :(
It was another book filled with  twists and turns - I actually found myself illustrating it a bit
thinking about the water.

I do recommend this book,   it twists right to the last page..    just like the river.

Mushrooms next.. I did not want to rush it.

With TLC & THC
Georgia
​

I absolutely love this painting.. 
EVERYthing about it.
​Look at her  leaning into the smoke.. inhale.

I enjoyed painting my version- although quite the challenge, my Priestess appears to be somewhat struggling with the message..  It is not one of my favourites but I finished it anyway.. debating should I work other face some more -  no,  I already have a new painting wishing to escape the confines of my mind. It was fascinating to research Oracles - many women. Women have long been associated with being intuitive, more so than many men.. 
there are times myself - I've been confounded by my own intuition - years have taught me to trust it more.  Listen to it more carefully, pay attention.    I don't need smoke for this- just some mindful ness - meditation.  I might try this piece again one day. It's on my bucket list to see the original  in person.

Today is the first day of SPRING!  It's cold -10 so we will enjoy the day  viewing out the window.

Scruffy is having some difficulties. She is our oldest dog- my problem child as I have called her many times over - but by far one of the funniest dogs we have ever had and most loving - all attitude this girl.  Scruffy is struggling with stairs, falling down them  for a while now and for longer than that she's been falling off the bed, sofa.. etc.  
Her balance is OFF..  and honestly we've had many an old dog to wonder if she will be around much longer.  I am carrying her up and down the stairs, that's o.k.. 

We've been talking  (I have) about a new pup for months..   I don't know what I'll do now...
Today I am giving Scruffy a much needed hair cut and lots of TLC - luckily she's not that heavy - I carry her up and down or leave her in my office when I'm just  going to be quick.

Next- I re painted my 'We ARE ALL Connected' mushrooms on BLACK - so far - so good.
I'm considering making it a new postcard! Unlike this paining I am very pleased... today will be my third day working on it.  
While painting I'm watching:
Conscious Parenting and Education Missing Links with Gregg Braden   https://give.gaia.com/cjezsfld5000o01mefuqvvq26      it's really interesting.

What will you create today?

With TLC & THC
Georgia

As I read, I truly thank God I am not someone relying on cannabis advertising work in order to survive.  To all the creative beings - keep going! Times will change.. very soon.

In a few months when everyone realizes how harmful prescribed medications are for our children,  knowing we have been misled - lied to- by those in power - by people we trust, people we have elected..  yet Cananbis has again been represented as a 'deadly drug' needing the strictest of rules - WHAT ABOUT ALCOHOL?  Take a look at booze today.  NOW.

Hypocrites. 
Do you think  they will care how you decorate your cannabis plant medicine packages?   Here Canadians are still being FORCED to continue the  negative STIGMA
(incorrect)  by associating  cannabis to the same regulations as Cancer Proven killing  cigarettes -   It  will be the least of their concerns... there is going to come a time when politicians will be held accountable.  

Packaging in  cannabis in Canada..   for now.
http://business.financialpost.com/cannabis/health-canada-unveils-strict-rules-surrounding-pot-packaging-small-cannabis-growers
​Pay attention, why give any reasons for arrest so early in the "learning period".
I hope some challenge this 'lack of advertising" right off the start - someone big like Tweed!  
Because big or small this is just bullshit.

All this being said  this logo (below) I understand, like and is well achieved.
It's clean and to the point :     Stop.. there is THC in this product. Be warned.
& with the leaf! Bonus.
Well done.

I'm sure this doesn't mean your 'Store'- business can't be creative! 
Just keep product packaging simple...  for now.
I don't know anyone in the industry who wants 'to give cananbis to kids'.. they want to offer a superior product to adults - which helps many even 'feel better' .   Without a hangover...

Parents- educate your children before ANYONE else does.
Drugs are not encouraged for children unless they are ill..  
Drugs are not encourages for all adults.  

​It should be about an educated choice. 

Exciting times for sure.

G - I'm back to an exciting peaceful painting....

Did you hear? A self driving car has taken it's first 'official victim' in Arizona. 
Hmmmmmmm...   perhpas we need  not  be so    "self serving.. so soon.