I wish I could teach everyone how to paint.

Vase card- above 5 x 7 mini original, up for grabs on my IG. account..
Follow to be eligible.  ;)  When I painted it I was thinking it would go to a girlfriend who reads - lol  it's a good idea to have a recipient in mind for cards when creating them.
Most originals I keep - but this one I've decided to give to someone who likes and comments on the post - so I know they are really interested. 

I do not follow because I struggle already  with 'keeping up'.
I do check out everyones page who does follow (if not private)  & thank you for your support. Some on my friends list are actual friends & I like to see how they are doing since I don't 'venture out' much.
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There are so many creative beings out there! It's stimulating & DISTRACTING..  
I ask myself:  

Georgia, do you know how that person got so good as an artist?   
My response:  "Not surfing facebook or instagram.. "

xox

With TLC & THC
Me.

April 2nd and today I'm thinking ahead- June as a matter of fact.
In my search to own the perfect mushroom calendar (and not finding one) I have created one! 2019 will be a year for Magnificent Mushrooms!  
As you are aware - I love mushrooms  - eat, medicate and research!
& I happen to 'love' the current Foray Director of the MST .. hee hee hee  
It was when we started to attend Forays began my Amour Adventure'  (practicing for France) with fungi seeing the living bodies - all different, colorful, alien in appearance, frightening when understand a tiny nibble of one type can kill you  yet the thought of the enoki in my fridge frying has me drooling..  I flip through my sons magazines and books and   easily become fascinated - Have you seen Blood Tooth Fungi?  I can guarantee you if walking in the woods and you spied it out of the corner of your eye- you would walk over and bend down and think "Is that alive? Is that dead?  Is that Blood? Is it alien!?"  lol
If you had no clue that it was just  one of the countless captivating samples of mushroom strangeness' out there, that is.

Then I realized... I Love painting mushroom (almost as much as cannanbis) and just LOOKING at them, to paint you have to study - the more I study the more I want to see - taaaaadaaaaa  my calendar is being created.  :)  I have shown very few, but it is a definite hit!  Each illustration has taken me 2 days for not very large originals.  First, I  choose the month (face down) the mushroom found me...   : )   Set up each page and I really weighed IF I should use 'type font or paint the actually Month and numbers - Freehand was the final decision.. 

None of us is perfect - yet each one was created perfect in Gods  Endless Universe!
My numbers are  perfect -  as they are only enhanced by the nature of their surroundings.

:) Thank you, Fungi Friends.
I woke today and could not wait to sit here.. after bird duty *please WELCOME back some of our Feathered Friends!  I have chosen the name for the calendar-  presented when complete... still a few steps, printing, packaging  & off they go.  200.
One on my wall in my office, Storm has asked ordered one - 199, 198, 197...

If you are interested- I highly recommend you stay tooned, I'm working and several different projects and will share them here when ready.
I can't wait to finish JUNE! Storm took one look this a.m. and went:  
"Whhaaaaattt?! Your adding one of them? Wow...." 
:) I love the Foray Director.  hee hee hee

BYT- I cheated with decorating the cake (below) - much my amusement it made everyone laugh and He really looked  cute.  The message he was sending was  "I love you, This Much!"
Is there any other message needed?

Happy Easter Monday, just thinking about Jesus calms my  heart & mind.
He restores my soul.

With TLC & THC 
Georgia 

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

 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:
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Have you seen the new logo the Ontario Government has chosen for the
Ontario Cannabis Store?   Could you get any more  BORING,  Eh?  
It is unbelievable the mentality surrounding these decisions - not only is it boring but here we go again Canadians (Ontario) are missing a serious opportunity to do this RIGHT.
Educate, embrace and provide a interesting, relatable & classy logo for merchandise  - since when is this not a business opportunity??  
What tourist will spend any money on that boring logo??
It reminds me of a electrical company- a boring one at that.
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I did my own logo  (my first try) & it's much better than the other if I do say so myself -
& Guess what!!?
It WOULD NOT have cost >>>> $650,000.00  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Heck, I would gladly sell it to the Government at 1/2 the price!!  $300,ooo.oo just to save the tax payers some money- so they might have some money to spend on cannabis.

Who's going to buy it there when you can go to a creative option either in person or online? With atmosphere, personality and is not STILL attaching a NEGATIVE stigma on cannabis.  This bull around no logo - is exactly that.  When I think of how amazing some of the places I've seen have been...   sigh. 

It must be nice...  I should have known they would NOT have opened it up to the public to enter to design the logo.  Did this company know  anything at all about  cannabis- it does not reflect in their work- lol - as a matter of fact- I don't think it was such a wise move on their part- yeah I guess so for the $$$ but if this is a sampling of their 'marketing' it leaves - much to the imagination, I would hire someone else in the future.  
 
       $650,000.oo of OUR tax paying dollars went into designing' that logo.

How does it reflect the plant, the medicine or Ontario for that matter?
Will you go to the OCS for your cannabis?
If this is any indication of what's to follow...    more boring.
I'll pass.

One more reason to support individually owned dispensaries - places who actually care for us and our cannabis.

Ontario Cannabis Store - Trillium Cannabis Logo by Georgia

with TIC & THC.
Georgia

Tomorrow, I'm 54 and 1/2 of me is thrilled.. the other 1/2 not so much.
Birthdays..  our yearly reminded along with New Years Day - for a 'fresh start'- a new year begins!

1/2 of me is thrilled, 54, doing what I love everyday (I am also at a point - able to sell my art when I choose), playing with my dogs, enjoying life,  lunch with friends, better off financially then we've ever been.. have people asking if I'd like to collaborate on a few projects, planning a garden, planning a trip - Money for paint!  Consuming some of the best cannabis on the planet...  Medicating with natural medicine - finally.
1/2 of me is in good physical shape.  Life at 54 is pretty darn sweet!

Then there's the other 1/2,  the past month especially, I feel as though I've suffered a stroke every day, from the top of my head down to my hips aches, my hand - peeling a banana , buttons on a shirt, pulling up  pants - all tasks I dread.  The  TN, is constant, several  attacks an hour & the Hemi facial spasm - every few moments, seconds. Walking, triggers it therefore I'm also constantly having to focus on my balance, some can't chew gum & walk at the same time so - I feel quite accomplished some days.  
I now also look like a stroke victim, all the time...  some think  it's Bells palsy as my face when not contracting droops noticeably when at 'rest'  and I don't like to smile-  it triggers the pain and I need the rest.    I'm also very tired & it has progressed down my entire right side, my right side is covered in spots & patches of psoriasis from head to toe, my entire kneecap felt like it was broken this a.m. it is covered in psoriasis, I am anticipating a new cream to try (medicated with cannabis) being sent from a friend. 
 
I look miserable - I can't help it! I'm becoming more and more of a recluse - due to   unfortunate encounters with other humans who do not understand, like my last retail experience. It wears me down... just when I think I have the courage to venture out, someone reminds me  of how many  thoughtless humans there are out there, cold & some intentionally cruel to boot.

I was shocked to hear George Clooney of all people talk about  how bad it was for him when  he had Bell's Palsey- I knew he could relate & that was just from LOOKING the way he did- he was not experiencing the rest, thank God. I was grateful he brought attention to it- I hope  some women in particular are paying attention to me.  It is increasing amongst women- over 50, I'm thrilled to hear Tweed is educating on it- clearly they recognize the growing problem.  I do not have bell's palsy-  Neurologist ruled it out, I have wished it was all I had.. look at images of people on Google- they look miserable - it's why we  stop going out- people look at us and JUDGE & IT HURTS over & OVER again. 

So no, I'm not happy about another birthday, another year of THIS, fucking thing that has me crying just from the sheer fucking exhaustion of living with it!!!
Throw in a few thoughtless people, not to mention people who intentionally fuck with others who are already struggling (says much more about you than it does me)  
I'll pass thanks. I'm not going out for lunch or dinner- why set myself up on my birthday?
I'll spend the day like any other - painting.  

Below is me...  I'm tired of 'hiding' because others can't grasp or deal with things.
Are you taking your smile for granted? Seriously, ask yourself this right now.
Are you taking your health for granted? Your smile?
Are you letting stuff/others STRESS you out?
IT's NOT worth it.

Now, I'm going to paint Michelangelo & a rabbit with very special eggs..  cause if I don't I will just go to to bed and CRY all fucking day. It's not about pity- that I don't need and if you show it- I'll show you the door - who has time for that shit- it's about EDUCATION.  
 At times I often feel as though  my art is not making a difference - that hurts even more.  I do't know what to do about it, not much I can do.  All artists deal with this to some level.
I cry because I am exhausted, worn down, getting zapped countless times a day and feel very much alone at times & I even  wonder why I keep trying.
My son & my dogs & several other humans remind me why.
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Are you paying attention to what YOU put in YOUR body - can you understand MY FEAR of prescribed medication?  Pills known to cause such side effects?

When I really thought about our government paying for all kids prescriptions now- it breaks my heart. Thanks Kathleen for turing our future into drug addicts.  How many will put their kids on medications simply because they can afford it 'now'? I'm curious to read the studies in 5 years from now - how many children are put on antidepressants - for free-  what do you think? How many increased prescriptions will be filled for Children- parents making decisions to put chemicals in tiny bodies - and we don't know how it will effect them in 5, 10 or when they are 54 years old.    Education.  

Our kids would have been better off if we had given them free school supplies- how about Free breakfast to start the day?  Many need that NOW- before they get sick and need free pills.   Pay our teachers more?   No- instead we give them free drugs.  The legal kind.

With TLC & THC - Thank God - I do not think I would be able to continue on without it.
Georgia

For all of you who wonder why I paint all the time.. I have to.  
This is enough to drive anyone mad... I have to keep creative & hopeful.
I can't give up - it's all I can do.

PTSD    everyones going to end up with it. Thank God for natural medicine! 
I'm watching on Gaia how we treat our "Crazy"  or those labeled crazy'.  Like their crazy.. yet it other countries  they are often thought of as healers. 
I know there is 'crazy & there is 'sick..    and there is misunderstood.

I read very little about the Florida shootings, the thought of all the pain 15 dead (at the time) 
instantly had my chest heaving and feeling heavy.  I can't speak about it without tears welling in my eyes.  All those lives gone, kids mostly not even experienced the real adventure of 'life' they committed no crime, murdered no one... all cut short by a 'crazy kid' and apparently everyone knew it even the FBI.   The little I learned - and I might be wrong-  but his adoptive parents died his mom not too long ago.. frig.
& we all know he was bullied and laughed at he's got a funny look about him.... what?
He belonged to a 'hate group'.  You don't say.  Go figure.    
Sick...  the kid is sick. 

IT is ALL so fucking sad  it would not be good for me to read about it in detail - that was what I  learned after only 1 click'   time to' tune out of  it' for a bit - embrace a book...  not because I don't  care but because it makes me sick.  Literally.  
& will be making many, many sick & they don't even realize it.
There are already far too many suffering over this terrible incident. 
Turn it off.   

Hello PTSD on a  epic scale thanks to GUNS.  
This gun argument makes NO sense at all.
HOW DID HE GET THE GUN?
Give the teachers guns?? lol  OH mY GOSH!
Who does not see the 'CRAZY' in this mentality driven by MONEY?

Teachers have their own issues.. guns  they don't need.
MORE fucking money they need.
WE are all human.

We need to show each other some LOVE.
PEACE. 

We are all just walking each other home.   Ram Dass.

BULLETS. Guns.
THAT is fucking 'CRAZY' thinking that they are safe to have around.

Misunderstood..    many will feel MORE depressed.
MORE worried, become more withdrawn and will be misunderstood.

Time to paint, read, sleep enjoy a holiday'  &  get rid of this beast of a cold.
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Ending on a most positive note Storm posted this photo on IG (below)..  
I said to him "It made me cry when I saw that post...  It's like you came out of the closet!"
The grow closet.  lol ... true!   & I did cry..  tears of a Proud Mom.  
Fuck Yes!
See - I say Fuck when Im really happy too! *it's just a word - focus on Guns. 

& I then I told him I was proud of him, hugged him and said:
You deserve all the good that life is going to put in front of you, GO! 
 
He is a hard working young man and a good person with a good heart.
I know God knows.     ...is that crazy??    
Phhhbbbbt....   as if I care about anyones opinion  on God & I.  

I love my son.   

Let's 'not' let this drawing  come true.  
Think about the direction we are walking. 

with Love
​Georgia 

Magic Mushrooms  - Psilocybin mushrooms is the proper name much like Cannabis is the slang name for Marijuana'.   I've been researching, it's easy enough as there is countless information available on the subject but you will also find this:

Disclaimer: Psilocybin mushrooms are potentially illegal substances, and we do not encourage or condone the use of this substance where it is against the law. However, we accept that illegal drug use occurs, and believe that offering responsible harm reduction information is imperative to keeping people safe. For that reason, this guide is designed to ensure the safety of those who decide to use the substance. We do not encourage using this drug outside of a legal or traditional context.

Yes  like cannabis Mushrooms are illegal, and for the same reasons.
A medicine - which grows in the wild in all sort of places- especially in cow poop. A medicine from cow poop? It just happens to be how this particular mushroom thrives - there are several species.. many mooooons ago a boyfriend invited me to a mushroom pizza party- I did not go - I was chicken, hindsight - I regret not learning about this medicine and introducing it into my life sooner.

I have tried mushrooms, it is illegal - I don't care... and I will have them again and often.
​First of all a shout out to Alison Myrden who I had heard was using mushrooms under Dr.s supervision to assist with her MS & TN. I could not believe it so I called her.  Alison is the only other person I know with TN.. I have shared with her recently information & photos regarding my health and Alsion talked me through some stuff. My TN is quite more severe than Allisons, physically & mentally. I am grateful for her help and kindness.

You might find this amusing but I don' like to be "HIGH", yes I smoke cannabis from morning to night but not to get high, to function. I especially don't like to be high if I can't work high- when I read of two police officers *who  while ON DUTY* stole edibles *while working in their police car*  claimed they got so high they climbed a tree? WTF?  NEVER have I known anyone to Hallucinate and climb trees because they were high- I think 'Liars' should be added to these two.  CLEARLY.  & I'm not alone: they've sparked a debate:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/edible-pot-toronto-police-hallucinations-1.4510897  I will be paying attention to see what happens to these two- What a joke.  I did laugh btw, I know the area- I grew up there and it has a high Italian residency - I dated  a few Italians and they never liked Cannabis from what I remember- it was all 'coke and wine' for my Italian friends in the day.  I've smoked and ate edibles until I could hardly walk- so climb a tree -  I doubt it. I'm sure they did get very HIGH- I feel bad for the police officer that cracked his skull because he slipped and fell when checking on the two at the scene, I bet they laughed..  Talk about double standards & DO you think this is an isolated case?
Do you think these are the ONLY 2 to pull such a stunt? Not I. 

​My mushroom experience has been slightly different- still, not to the point of hallucinating. Simply put Mushrooms make me feel love for myself and others and see & feel beyond the pain. They help with my mood.  BUT it's not something I wake up and think- I'm gonna have mushrooms today!  For me it's the opposite- I have to  almost wrestle with it- and most days I don't.  I'm not very sure as to why- I let my body tell me what it wants- fruit, liquid, sleep, medicine.  Medicine that won't KILL, (none has overdosed on mushrooms to my knowledge) or cause serious long term detrimental side effects. Mushrooms - recreationally- I can't see it. Certainly not as often as cannabis use... to each his own. CHOICE. 

Alison said "Georgia, we have pain like no other- the medicine we eat goes to our pain and does it's WORK.. it's why we don't get HIGH like others - because it actually has purpose in our bodies other than just mental... " it makes sense so I got over my fear after speaking with her and  tried a higher does and was fine. Better than fine. I went and lay down and thought about  nature and nothing, thought of others and felt calm and stress free.

 I will say I cry very little these days &  I think it's due to the mushrooms, if I do- it's not for 'me' but the overwhelming sense of all that is happening in the world, child abuse, animal abuse, abuse of power, sexual abuse.. threats of war, global warming birds are dying...  

Alison, after learning what I was dealing with said 'she feels she has nothing compared to what I have going on' (not true) and offered help, support, information & love.  Until anyone can walk in my shoes and live with this condition- (tell me if you have figured out how please) I WILL do what EVER brings me some PEACE from this constant pain - will you now judge me for this?    Go ahead.

I still prefer cannabis for my daily medicine but every now and then I try to give myself a boost- if you can call it that. Many people are using mushrooms to assist with the end of their lives while experiencing serious illness like terminal cancer- why- it helps their MOOD.   We all deserve to be happy- even those who are dying.
Especially the who are dying.                 It's called:  Compassion.

Do I worry about being arrested- never.  I'd fight it & win.  I've spoke now with Dr.s, they all are aware - & understand  my choice  - the next 3 years we will be reading more about this medicine & will be made available  Mushrooms for medicine. THANK GOD!!!

I've met a fellow who even teaches how to grow and has shared much knowledge I also follow a few on IG, here is one site which has also been very helpful I will be donating an original for them to draw off their www.
: http://mushroomguerrilla.com 

FYI- I do not enjoy painting when "high" on mushrooms-  lol - so I guess that's why I do not access them as much as some might.
No cows were harmed during the painting of my mushrooms. It's been said- perhaps it is why COWs have been so cherished throughout history-  healing magic found in cow poop!

The Lord works in mysterious ways.

With TLC & THC
Georgia 
​xox

What would Jesus do?  Really?  You have to ask?
Would he punish people over plants? Never.
Not for growing or selling.  
We turn each other into criminals. 

I was going to bed, I had a headache.. as I reached to turn off the desk lamp I looked at the 
black illustration board  empty & dark.  Picked up my pencil started to sketch, sat down... 3 hours later Jesus was on my desk in the garden.  ;)  
I felt better & then went to bed - headache free.  I've been wanting to paint Jesus but could not think of the proper...  stance, outfit, props - perhaps I was over thinking it.  
I have a tendency to do that.  Clearly, I was over thinking it!
The tattoo made me smile - the entire painting had me smiling.
Feeling good,  feeling God.

Do you think Jesus would choose a job in  a cubicle?  
His expression  said to me: Really?  lol
Jesus has quite the sense of humour, he understands we need it after all, the host of a game show is the president. He is not he only corrupt politician but he is sure the poster boy'. 
Hawaii - Oh my Gosh, I read of a woman who woke her daughter at the false alarm and her daughter LOST it and started to freak out crying & screaming.. THINK about that for a second. Imagine telling your child,  we are on EMERGENCY ALERT a nuclear bomb should be here in 10 minutes?  Holy.  

What would Jesus do?
​Maybe that false alarm was what many needed to realize what a reality it could very well be.
Focus on helping, healing & love...
that is what Jesus would do in my garden, on my desk & in my mind.  

​It's much better imagining him than it is wondering what Trump is up to now.

I'd like to take this opportunity to tell everyone, I love you.
I'm sorry if I've offended you, I hope you forgive me.  
I forgive you.

with TLC & THC
Georgia
xox

​Buddha needs to be painting a garden soon.. 

Who's a Queen Bee?  Me! 
Well, this is my version of a Queen Bee - isn't she lovely!
In my office I AM Queen Bee. 
& at my desk or in front of my easel..   I am the queen Bee of my own painting
My imagination buzzing with excitement.  In my home I'm the Queen Bee!
In my mind- I AM a Queen Bee!    How about you ?
​What would you be?
​A tarantula, preying mantis, cockroach?  

This BEE is demanding to BE FREE as it's the 3rd time painting her, the next you will see is in Acrylic paint (small Canvas) , still a work in progress.  As is every day.  
Theres another work in progress too..  more realistic with mushrooms and bees - a blessed combination.


Today is Blue Monday  - Phhhbt - don't let anyone else decide a sad day for you!
I have enough blue Mondays on my own with out making one official! hee hee 
If you are blue' from all the debt you accumulated at Christmas...  remember that for 'this year' and don't repeat the same mistake.
 
Made with TLC & THC by 
​Me