Back in the cave where Bear will remain for a while.

With Love
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This is how I feel when Storm arrives home from one of his journeys.
*In real Human life - he would be much taller - but I chose to make it cuter. 
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I am equally as happy to see him go on theses journeys..
Life is for exploring.

With Love
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Every day I start with a card! I think of them in bed at night & can't wait to wake & paint.
I have come to the realization - I can be pretty f*cking funny sometimes...  
I must be if I can make myself laugh.
My cards are for an "older, wiser, educated"  audience I feel..

The card above is based on true events and makes me giggle just to look at it. 
Actually I'm photocopying this and sending it to my best female friend - but the original recipient won't get it.  I'm too shy to send them in some cases.   lol
Just drawing them was a joy in itself!
In the drawer it will go!
I have several now.. 
I've also come up with some really funny & creative cannabis cards & stickers (so far) I'm not sharing until cards are printed. I desire a need to continue traveling.  More inspiration needed,  wait until you see my California Sticker.  ;)

Last week I prayed for paint- acrylic- I was specific..  a day later Storm came home and gave me $$$ from a friend who I painted a gift for!   He insisted. How sweet. 
​I was shocked and thankful and went to buy paint $$$!
The next few days will be spent in the painting room.

Ask and you shall receive.
God knows the intentions in my heart..  and in my cards.
Patience Georgia.

They will be shared when the time is right.  I feel it!
ALL based on true tales...  My Birthday cards are cracking me up!  
When intended for someone specific the is the trick- How do I generalize them?  
It's nice them being inspired by 'someone' - more love goes into each card this way.

The Boss has directed me to CONTINUE filling them with love -
even if no one ever see's them.  
It's all that matters.

With Love 
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​Time to PAINT!!!
I only have about 20 not sent.. lol ​
Just so you know - there are people out there I care enough to draw for!
YOU are Loved! 

Grow it Forward! 
This time next year gardens will have an added bonus of Cannabis! 6 plants! 
Across Canada anyhow & many will grow it just to see what the hype is all about - soon more & more will understand - there was no HYPE- No reefer madness justification anyhow..  and more will understand how wrong it has been to imprison a person over a plant! How wrong to judge each other over plants which help us feel better.. a natural instinct & human right.

Hallelujah!!! Grow Canada in  Mind  & body! 

I've encouraged people in the past when growing a veggie garden - plant something extra for a neighbour.. well - plant one of the 6 with a friend in mind. Someone suffering from pain who might currently be on addictive & deadly already existing pharmaceuticals and is not physically permitted for one reason or another..perhaps they live in an apartment or are physically unable.  I think  if permitted  you should  introduce people to cannabis, don't forget the full education and never start with edibles if you can help it - unless mild.

I don't push- I don't have to, occasionally people ask me about it, I direct them to here and sometimes chat.  I'm kinda tired of chatting about it.  I've done my research. I've let people try and  very early - I'll have someone day i don't feel anything.. 'riiiggghhht..'  I think to myself but they also drink alcohol in most cases at the same time which I NEVER recommend -  you can lead a human to knowledge but you can not make him think.

Grow it forward. Plant the seed of cannaabis education you might be easing someones pain and suffering or might just make  new bud.

I enjoyed painting this piece and playing with Daisy in the garden. 
She loves water that girl!  This actually happened and I felt such joy to be blessed with CLEAN, safe water out of a hose!  Blessed with the love of a beast who wants to share my company and a beautiful sunny day in the  garden - wild garden I might add- therefor I have many birds and bees & butterflies.. I hope my neighbours appreciate it.  ;) I hope to encourage gardens everywhere a little wilder next year!  
By the grace of God & help from Justin.

My California backyard was different, WARM, sunny but my Canadian backyard is awesome - TREES - which provide shade, bees' birds. MANY - it can sound like a tropical jungle some days- what an opportunity for an education! I rarely heard anything but crows in California.   Did you know most kids NOW- will never hear a real loon when my age.
​They are predicted to be extinct.  
GROW - the minds of young ones is our most important task.

This work was inspired by something i found but can't find anymore. sorry. 
Of course I changed it quite a bit but I think I still need to add more butterflies!
​What do you think? Can w ever have enough butterflies?
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With Love
​G

Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
Watching the ships roll in
And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
I left my home in Georgia
Headed for the 'Frisco bay
Cause I've had nothing to live for
And look like nothin's gonna come my way
So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
Look like nothing's gonna change
Everything still remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same, yes
Sittin' here resting my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
It's two thousand miles I roamed
Just to make this dock my home
Now, I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Oooo-wee, sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

Otis Redding

With Love
G
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                              "For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains,
                                              but to live in a way that respects
                                            and enhances the freedom of others" 
                                                                                                                  - Nelson Mandela -

I want to be clear on a topic that's on my mind.  
Do you know how many women are sexually abused? In Canada & the USA? 
I've been researching for some editorial cartoons because it is a topic I'm a passionate about..  other women.  Once you start to research & read about it seriously as a woman, IF you don't get a little nervous - you're not reading enough.  Add the mentality of people/men like Trump .. 'Pussy grabbing president' is it any wonder abuse towards women is on the rise?

I think women are beautiful - I stare at nude women to draw them like LIFE drawing classes - this is next best, to achieve proper portions & shape - nudes are the perfect  I stare at nude men also but usually male models online wear a speedos (lol I'd rather nothing), not that it matters - you seen one you seen em all.  ;)   I often see semi nude photos on Instagram- and many can be classy- getting the point across - yet others - I gasp- 'what the heck are you thinking?  An attractive woman - suddenly posts a photo of herself with her crotch  facing the camera, no skill, no art, no professional backdrop - just a cheap shot, calling attention to between her legs & not much more.  I think  'She's old enough to know better'.  Is there an age for common sense?  I Keep looking  & soon you notice its a trend & with  younger & younger.  Older women- is this what we teach our younger sisters? Daughters? Granddaughters?  Where does this lead?  You tell me.  
Will she be an internet sensation- perhaps, become famous and make millions?  
Probably not.  More likely she will become a statistic:

• 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men in the United States has been raped in their lifetime.
• 1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year, and 90% of these children are eyewitnesses to this violence
• 19.3 million women and 5.1 million men in the United States have been stalked in their lifetime.

​Women should never be ashamed of their bodies but  this is not going in a good direction for women in general.  It is  heart breaking when you research these topics-  to post yourself so freely, perhaps You might understand the ramifications - are you thinking long term- are you wondering who is seeing your account, following?  Male & female?
Friend or Stranger.  Many rapists are known by their victims.

I could care less  if you're an older woman who apparently knows better - YOU are planting the seed for younger women. Will you be held accountable if  she is raped -  she looked up to you? No & chances are neither will her rapist-  Courts will say "dismiss the charges -she was posting her shots of her breasts & vagina all over Instagram!"
Lawyers will profess with much greater skill than many of the photographs that taken.  
It's facts, statistics, world events.   READ. Research.

​Why should I care...  Not my monkeys, not my circus.
Knowing I had the power and did not, chose not  - is a waste of my gift & ability to share it as well...   All who have the power of the internet at their fingertips should use it for some good occasionally.

Boobs & bongs- Please.  No one has to lecture me on 'recreations or medicinal', I am the first person who will say many people who think they are recreational are using it to self MEDICATE, perhaps PTSD in early childhood.. we all have stories.  For medical purposes  -when I see a 'medical dispensaries' page with naked women on it - I instantly pass.
Sex sells - what?  Am I looking of sex or quality medicine & if sex is what companies HAVE to resort to - the product can't be all that great or it would speak for itself.  
Are you purchasing cannabis or a mental image of a woman?  It's your  $$$. 

'You who do not have children'  & who use cannabis 'recreationally'  DO NOT understand the battle it has been.  Due to the stigma- boobs and bongs all over the internet,  for decades  'cannabis porn'- that is what it is- is a nightmare for patients seeking serious medical assistance with cannabis, try & tell a family member - 'yes this is the medicine my  14 year old son is on.'  Or Dr.s for that matter.... because they can't believe it could be medicine when they see nothing but porn associated with it. 

There are many legitimate patients who NEED cannabis to function- I am one of them... IT is our medicine and I don't want/need it associated with a vagina thanks. 
It is un professional & all ABOUT sex and nothing else- don't be fooled & it's always women on these sites - you don't see men with bongs in their crotch. Who do you think is making the most money? The women?  Phhhhbt.
Women who are raped every minute- some left behind dumpsters, some watch their rapist walk FREE like Mr. Cosby... that is the price women pay.  What message are you sending out?

If a woman is raped it is NEVER her fault- it is a man out of control - it might start with a stalker who has been watching these images and thinking they are for them- heck  I have people who THINK my blog is about them-  phhhhhbt.. shallow vanity.

There are many children seriously ill who could benefit from cannabis - they don't need the negative stigma attached and every time you post a shot you are encouraging the stigma - most PEOPLE still believe .  

This is what bothers me most.. and then these women post/comment that others are  judging or body shaming - because we do NOT want to encourage violence towards women. Call it what ever you want- for the record- for any attempting to say all who protest soft cannabis porn are body shaming or  judging - are judging.    
​WE ALL judge.  
Show me someone who thinks they don't.

I think women are beautiful & powerful should be proud, dress how they want, walk proud as daughter of God walk like they are stardust! WE ARE  - EVERYONE OF US!!!
Part of the UNIVERSE!  
One that deserves as much love and respect as the other half of society. 
Head held high & save that CROTCH for a very special guy (or girl).  
Abuse, sex trafficking, rape, stalking of women is on the increase as well as 'sext shaming' and its' getting younger and younger... online predators are at an all time high.  
Wonder why? Ask yourself - what are you posting?
WHAT message are you sharing with the universe?

Do you have a daughter?  Granddaughter? Would you want them posting photos like this? 
Not me-, I'd much rather a young woman post her talents, use her brains or imagination or creativity.. It will probably in the long run get her much further & safer.

With Love
​G

Just a sweet little mouse
this Monday on a
​magical adventure!


Give thanks.
Have Faith.
With Love
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​Gouache on watercolor

After staying with someone 3 weeks...
I was wondering if my friend misses us.
How could you not?
Poppy & I are anything but boring.    :)

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I had the idea for this card and it made me laugh out loud. 

With Love
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I'll be taking some time off.
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