I had lunch with some girlfriends recently and as aways the topics were interesting to say the least, one of them is raising Monarch Butterflies! She noticed something was eating the butterfly eggs - I think she said she has 14...   old school, in a bin in her living room  - she's determined to contribute to helping the disappearing monarch!  How cool is that.

One person - making a difference in the butterfly world.

I admire her for it.
I am grateful to her for it. I'd not seen a monarch - but since her visit I've seen 3!
Feeling a bit blessed with each sighting.
Thankful for the simple gifts we are provided.. when we take time to see.

What small positive contribution are you making to the human world?
I'm working on a new canvas..
Big, bold night sky and  bear giving it all up to God.  ;)
Sounds good already.

with Love
g

Wait until you see some of my new cannabis art.
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With all that is happening in the world..
I just want to paint a little PUFF of peace, love & cannabis - to help all those struggling to make sense of things... PTSD will be on the rise.  Smoke some medicine.
Have A little fun in the garden of love... I know I do.

Threats of bombs, honestly - I'm more concerned about Trump pushing buttons than I am North Korea.  

It's disheartening what's happened in Virginia & TRUMP and his 'statement'  is shameful- he has encouraged this hatred being fuelled in America.  Can you imagine if it had been  African Americans with pitch forks and torches  shouting hatred & violence rallied in such a way?  IT would have been all over the news - without anyone crashing into people.    
Police would have been shooting.  Arrests all over would have been made.
WTF?

I believe anyone who takes their vehicle and intentionally drive into a group of people should be put down like a rabid animal.  
No court case, no waste of time or money.    :(
He is a terrorist and has NO value for human life at all. 
My son disagreed and said he should get a fair trial & go to jail where he will be punished for what he did. 

Puff Puff and blow some LOVE back into the air when you exhale today! 
SERIOUSLY, please... Think about peace, love and CALM and the energy will float into the Universe and bring us all closer to these desires.   

With Love
g

When I read about people actually trashing Trudeau, oh my gouache - wake up at least we have someone trying to make a positive change.  FB - arrrrrrggggghhhhh!  
Are you paying attention to the crisis  *below us?
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*on a map in a book, Eh - Canadian thing.

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

                              "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

I  found this artwork by an American (I could not find the original link or artists name) and instantly  thought it would make a lovely tribute  piece with a cannabis twist.  The original is 
​for planting a vegetable garden -as seen below... imagine if every American who still had a garden planted a vegetable garden!  & Canadian!

I was thinking about the poster as I painted "Every Garden a Munition Plant", planting gardens was turned into Munition - war.   The hat- I'm not sure aboot (not a type O" I'm told Canadians say 'Aboot." hee hee. I loved all else about her- her glance, dress and attitude.  Doing what needs to be done for  her country & family!
American women are strong! They are protective moms like every other mom on the planet.

If only Americans would  take the same stance with cannabis- everyone grow your own, If we can't get people to grow their own food- they won't grow their own medicine. Luckily there will be many choices for them in the future..
Near future - I don't think so- unless you are  medical patient- you'll still struggle.
I predict from all I was reading at least another 7 years of this mass media- reefer lingering madness, where people will still be persecuted for a plant in the USA.
Canada - it's over. I can feel it. Thank GOD!  Thank You Justin Trudeau & Family .

I overheard a woman telling another today- 'her knee is really bad and Tylenol, Aleeve - nothing is helping only making her feel sick - OF course I piped up:  
Why not ask your Dr. for cannabis?  
She looked at me eyes wide and said "I wish I could get a prescription- I know cannabis helps"  - I replied: DEMAND IT.  
DEMAND it. Go to your Dr. if you are legitimately suffering (and they know if you are) and DEMAND IT if you feel it is better for you - this time next year it will be legal and Dr.s should be providing PAIN RELIEF.  Perhaps more Americans should demand it. 

My gosh you're not A CRIMINAL because you want pain relief- Criminals are the ones WHO force you to take something against your wishes- NOT good for you - in order for profit. That is all it is.  As soon as Dr.s make money off of cannabis like all OTHER prescriptions, and why not- they are a business like everyone else...  they will l change their tune- they had better or they will miss the canna boat.

Cannabis is proven for numerous ailments and I can attest to PAIN being one of them. I have witnessed now for over 10 years how it has helped our son, and  I also use it for pain and  frustration.  It was not as accepted in Orange County- I didn't feel as comfortable - there were kids on both sides of the house... I didn't medicate enough. I felt more at peace but this' is persistent .

​ My seed planter is a little tired in her appearance- she has bigger issues than vegetables to think about.  Ending the war on each other - not drugs.

We all have other more pressing issues to focus on - How about those vegetable gardens!? Hunger is a problem & a better reason yet - MEAT is a bigger problem on many levels so: VEGE UP AMERICA! Plant & raise a seed of awareness if nothing else - help end the insanity. You deserve to be happy, healthy & wealthy - you work hard don't you? 
Sow the seeds of Victory - Today they would be HEMP seeds and Cananbis seeds.
& lets change it to 'Every Garden a Nutritious Plant.'    ?  
It's a start for peace. Plants & people.. 

God provided every seed for everyone- Genesis 1:11..    What is there to be confused about?
YOU ARE NOT criminals for  wanting to be happy, Healthy & Wealthy.
It's the American Dream. after all.
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With Love
g