Turn off the lights so you can see the stars shine!  It's 'dark week' and the idea is your turn off the lights in the evening so we can all see the stars more clearly!! It also helps with bird migration - although  birds still fly into  buildings for several reasons - city lights only confuse birds,  it's one if the reasons those giant lights were banned - like that light to search for batman - remember them?  I live outside of the city in the suburbs so I do see the stars a little brighter most nights especially  in the summer... I can walk to a field and they seem even brighter - if you have the opportunity to travel up north with even less humans the nigh sky is even more spectacular.   Who better to see it than a Chimp in space. Have you seen Rocket man? It's a good movie to watch with kids...  Harland & I went to Sheridan at the same time - he is a funny man.

I was watching Gaia yesterday  I really like Regina Meredith - if I could choose my woman friends- she would be one - I watched an old episode yesterday and I bet this guy is feeling mighty good about his little Facebook clip he made- it has turned out to become 100% accurate. Watch and see.  Jon   ​ on Secret SocietiesOpen Minds  from an episode in 2012.
Gaia is my favourite to listen & watch  as I paint.

Did I get you thinking about women being C*nts yesterday- good- because the truth is- some of these women - you should be most grateful for  - they teach us the best. I'm serious, 
and the things is.. I think these women have become Supreme bitches (meant in a positive light ) for a reason...  Experience.  There is a fantastic show on netflix - I highly recommend for women in particular- although Storm has found it equally as fascinating:  

                         The Ascent of Woman.         What an eye opener..
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Many women in history portrayed as evil witches & bitches were no more than excuses to exterminate and degrade the other 1/2 of the planet. Do you know 80% of the witch trials- were women- legal ways to murder women, they even wrote a pamphlet to help easily expose such vial women.  Who was usually the first to hang? Outspoken, smart and  courageous women- healers- women who could help with herbs - teachers, educators... let's not forget if a husband wanted a new wife-  all he has to do was inform others  his wife was a witch, problem solved.

The thing is, I have young women friends- and they need to understand the struggles they have - I've had and continue to do so, struggles with others opinions, jealousy & competitiveness - even if YOU are not competitive- most others are.. this  'We all should get along'- is BULLSHIT-  it's just not how it is... we are not here to all get along - we are all here to teach each other.
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Not everyone is going to like us- the sooner we understand and accept the sooner you learn to say: Phhhhhhhbt.   If everyone liked me - life would be  boring...  Do I 'hate' any of these women - no.  I admire them in the sense they keep going after what they want - an usually succeed.  Many display traits men have and are admired for, look into every 'nasty' woman and theres a bit of a story on how she became that way.. there are far more - staggering differences between the amounts  alone of 'evil men compared to 'evil women.  I know a few women I consider 'Tuff'  - C*nts even..  they come by it honestly & have some of my respect - even if I do not "like them".    

Facebook already makes it appear - life is 'honkey dorey'- only share the good.. all appear to play nicely - it's just an act. We don't - it's not real life - so learn... BE real with your kids- teach them about the good the bad and the ugly-  Ugly on the inside - I see no "Ugly' humans" only ugly intentions.  Each time I feel I've been HURT' - it's an opportunity to think, reflect and decide - how will I react? Make no mistakes- why let people away with crap, if you do they have a tendency to repeat- if your going to treat me poorly I will give the 'Heads up' to others-   I heard  a podcast -a woman shared - another woman said to her "I'd stay away from him if i were you" but the one woman thought the other was just being a jealous bitch and ignored the warning- only to be brutally raped by the person the other had warned about..   We have to listen to each other - even if we don't like each other.
We should protect each other- even IF we don't "like" each other.  
I share in hopes some might be educated- not feel so alone and  might even avoid some of the same  not so pleasant life experiences.
I'm not proud of my first reactions in many cases - but I am proud- in time - once I have time to think and process - I usually conclude  - how can we hate anyone who is just trying to do the best they think they can?  How can I hate anyone I don't KNOW.  
I can't.

Thank them! Thank them for the lesson- You know who you are- you beautiful bitches-  Calculating C*nts!...  lol    Thank you!
You teach me who I do not want to be and what I would like to aspire to instead, you are some of my greatest teachers.

Still cold, ice & snow.. good day to paint!  

With TLC & THC
Georgia

How is this NOT a hate crime?   How is cannabis responsible? 
Read this and tell me what your conclusions are..  it does not take long for anyone to figure out WHY this GUY is not being punished   & won't have a record.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-lawyer-mark-phillips-pleads-guilty-in-st-thomas-ont-baseball-bat/
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ASK yourself:
Did he run up to a white family in a parking lot & start hitting them with bats? 
Did he  scream at the family to stop speaking English?
Did he yell racial slurs that most people would not consider ever stating to strangers regardless of their thoughts?  & he's done  it before...

It is a mental illness problem for sure - but to blame it solely on cannabis is absurd. 
It was just an EXCUSE. Cannabis is a scape goat. He lost it..  (obviously)  
Road &  immigrant  hate- rage. My mom once gave a driver the finger who cut us off.. he too  followed us and when we stopped, he got out of his truck and started walking at us with  bat! I can tell you the fear that came over my mom and I instantly - was insane.  We never forgot.   Imagine HOW those people felt  & still do - now that the judge blamed it on cannabis and NOT a NASTY HUMANS ACTIONS.
Might he be free because he is a lawyer - who's also the great-grandson of Nathan Phillips... this is the first case like this of it's kind where the judge ruled it was due to a 'cannabis induced psychosis'.    Bullshit.  

Lawyers have a lot of stress.. I get it.  Still he lost control and physically  hit a stranger with a bat!  I can't help but wonder - had this been a average black man (Yep- I'm saying it)  who attacked a white family with a bat - cannabis or none - he'd be in &  going to JAIL. 
Yikes- I wonder if he's married.. I wonder what his temper is like when not out in public hitting people with bats?  Do you think he's calm and never losing control.... right.
​I'm sure his family is aware of his condition  - long before cannabis. To have the anger he did - I feel pity for him. I get angry-  I can even throw stuff from time to time  but YOU don't pick up a Baseball Bat and beat up others...  unless YOU are mentally, hatefull & ill.. with or with out cannabis. 

​I have had thoughts of wanting someones leg broken with a bat :(   Really. I think of him (only when I have to drive by his business) -  an adult (hearing professional) who lied to and took advantage of Storm with of all things - his hearing aids. I've blogged about it in the past.. it still hurts me - because I thought to myself (first time)  Storm is old enough - I'll let him deal with this guy on his own..  and HE TOOK advantage of him and sold our deaf son - A (one) hearing aid and insurance for only one fucking ear.   ?   Storm has worn 2 hearing aids since diagnosed a 4 with sever hearing loss.  He can't hear without them.
 Who only  insures one hearing aid? .. oh, but we could insure both for an ADDED fee.   I saved the papers - I can still prove it.  So .. there was a reason-  lol -  a pissed off mom and I own a bat- Did I drive over and take a few wacks? No.  
Now that I know (according to this judge)  if I had smoked a few joints before hand - I might have gotten away with it- it might have changed my perspective.   I am being sarcastic.  

He mislead Storm (called him "Stupid") when I confronted him and he verbally abused me- terribly.  I couldn't figure out how he did it - with others in the office at the time- HE was YELLING and threatening me at the top of his lungs'- until I spoke with another  hearing specialist who said - "he phoned you from the sound proof booth..."   wow, what kind of sick F*ck uses his sound proof booth to call and intimate  others. I know one.   I'd bet I was not the first or the last.   He knows and I know... God knows.  

No, I did not resort to violence but I do share the story with everyone I know and  people  pay attention...  If you need new hearing aids-  'Upper Canada Hearing'  in Newmarket is where to go - who has been helping Storm since he was a toddler - why we ever went to the other was a mistake - close to home cost us big time $ and mentally.
Karma  not a bat will take care of him,  when I realized this- it was easy to let it go.  
But I did think of it... many of US 'think of it' at one time or another in our lives- especially if  you mess with our children.  Do we do it?  No.. Never.   Cannabis or not.
He smoked  3 joints i think I read- so obviously  it's not his first experience with cannabis either.   B U L L S H I T .

Do you know how Karma works - everyone will look at him NOW & know what he is really capable of, the hatred he clearly has inside...  who wants this guy for a lawyer?   Phhhbt.   

Please think rationally about this for a moment..  
​How long has cananbis been around? - A really LONG time- it's been found in mummy tombs- it's said to be an ingredient in Jesus's healing ointment 
How many people smoke cannabis .. then and now?  LOTS! Just wait till legalization..
​How many times have we heard of someone 'high'  who attacks people with bats?  
NONE, this is the first 'person' ever.   

So are we to understand that if he had not smoked cannabis  he would never have had such racial slurs? Not think such thoughts? Why did he have a bat in his car? Does he play baseball?   I doubt it. 
This judge has set precedent with this case.
It only adds to the confusion of canabis coming to Canada and it is not o.k..
​Why is Justin watching this and allowing it to happen?  That bothers me.
That hurts.   

Canadians  should be upset- what a message to send to others...  it's o.k if a stranger beats you with a bat - in front of your family - because you are not white and do not speak a language they like- BUT as long as they smoked a joint- they'll get away with it.

What a joke- no one is laughing. 
If some want to blame the cannabis - so be it.. it will be their mistake.
Nasty people do nasty things -  you can  blame drugs for his obvious  hate crime..  or you can see it for what it is..  an excuse   &  fear mongering as we head into legalization.

With TLC & THC
Georgia 

More on cannabis next..  
I'm going to bombard the world with POSITIVE, lovely  cannabis ART!
 

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

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
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Some think and are claiming 'Guns are a God given right.
When was it said: Here take these and kill each other.
Have you read the bible?
It amazes me -  people shouting the loudest about 'God given rights to own guns-  christians, catholic - church attending, hard working -praise Jesus!  Good people.
"It's My God given Right!"     How about the 10 commandments?
How about:          
 YOU SHALL NOT MURDER.  
 - it is not imbedded in the constitutional rights to own assault style weapons.
  A shot gun to protect yourself IF someone tried to enter your home with intent to hurt you (your choice) as well as a hunting rifle- for the days when people needed to actually hunt for food (no longer relevant for most of the population)  are the only guns mentioned. 
I don't think that would have been the case - if the founding fathers realized the extent of mental health issues, global instability, American internal conflict  and students shooting up other students- or perhaps the laws would be much different.

I do understand why some are so fearful- on Pin I've noticed an increase in posts suggesting..      "you don't need guns" the police said...
"Get on the train" the police said.
with an image of  people getting on trains leading to concentration camps. Yes, I do understand that fear- especially with a madman running the show and deciding who should stay and who should go.  I get it, but it's only getting worse.

About JustinTrudeau & India - after seeing the continued headlines about the Trudeau family and their 'over the top outfits' & family vacation in India - ALL the NEWS this week- it made me think:   GOOD, this means there must be No mass shootings, No blown up buildings, No more gay men found murdered, no more ingenious girls missing,  No more kids being abused and starved, beaten, sexually abused...  

Go ahead- if that's all you got- compared to a president who only days ago talked about his usual hate encouraging, wall building, give teachers guns mentality - a war hungry, sexist pig who NOW expects teachers who  do not get paid or appreciated enough as it is to  make themselves human shields? WTF? How much does America spend on the military?
With such ernest he claims: We really do have to be better with the  background checks.
He talks about the man who was trained all his life but did a poor job- yet the thinks teachers and coaches NOT trained all their life to protect-  will have an easier time, if not they will be 'cowards'.   & the crowds cheer...   yikes.  

Yep, that Trudeau! Look at the example he is setting - encouraging peace!
How dare Justin & his lovely family promote peace...  What will India think of Canadians?
The nerve - showing how important family is, accepting other cultures and welcoming their traditions - enjoying  the moment!   Shame on them...
Shame on us for being apart of the pettiness called 'politics'.


Phhhhbt..  I know without a doubt who I would want representing my country
no matter what he wears. Trump is always in a suit- proving clothes don't make the man. 
I noticed a few photos, all lovely have a look and see what the media chooses to focus on.


It's eye opening for sure.
I am thankful to Justin Trudea & his Family for  how they are representing Canada.
About the cannabis- its coming!  Thanks for that too.

with TLC THC
Georgia
It's 11 out and I have a new marino wool top all the way from Norway! 
Lets Go out &  explore Poppy, Scruffy & Daisy!  

I made 3 angels for my tree, representing missing angels - Missing  indigenous women in Canada, around the world. Women of color go missing more than white women...  
Woman of color are abused more than white women.  
Women of color suffer more than white women.  
Why is it the color of our skin to some also  represents our worth.  It does not.
WE ALL have the same blood flowing & hearts beating in our human bodies.
We are not different.  
We are women.  Mothers, daughters, sisters...  missing. 

This topic has been incredibly difficult to research - it's endless.. it's not just missing - its underpaid, abused, beaten, subject to humiliation  this  'awakening ' regarding abuse of women in the workplace- if it is THAT bad in PLACES OF business - it is WORSE  ALL around.  Only 10% of women they say are being vocal.. only 10%.. but the rest are growing stronger ever minute. Imagine when it gets to 40%.

One memory floods back today - this is what happens to us- we have triggers':  I worked at SELECT ART Galleries in Newmarket - many of you know it-  The owner back then (his son actually)  'Bill' who ran it when daddy was not around, constantly made advances towards me - when I declined & made a point to  SHOW him my boyfriend (in hopes he'd back off)  suddenly 'cleaning the toilets became part of my job description  &  they 'tried' to  take from me a piece of art the artist Seery-Lester had personalized for me- I told the artist and they  had to apologize and let me have my art. I quit.  I should have reported him! I should have shut him down, I didn't but I will share - I will share NOW- YEARS later, why do we keep it inside- DON'T.  BE brave. 
 
Never mind NEVER being able to comfortable when working in the same building with this person. It's not right. It's not fair and I completely understand why women do not come forward- because we are fucking exhausted = we are 'USE to it!"

Women can't win in many cases- if they can't 'fuck us' they make our lives miserable for a paycheque.  To pay rent, feed ourselves, our kids.. many women continue to put up with bullshit- because they have little choice.  Today, I read Alabama (? I think),  is expected to vote in  a representative of the American people-  another Political Pig-  a child molester with NO respect for women.  Make American Great again?   American will never be GREAT again... as long as women are treated like trash with PIGs like this in power.
Canada will never be what it once was, now that I've learned statistics on missing women in Canada.
 
I'm grateful for Trump, Weinstein & all the men who can't control their peckers- we are finally seeing them for what they truly are.  Nothing, cowards, lowlives  who NEED to abuse to feel POWERFUL.  To feel like men'.. pitiful.  Once known for great things - many will be only remembered for being the pigs that they truly are.

The king of Pussy grabbing' leads by example - He has started a movement,  the others .. you know they have to be wondering if the next victim' will be smart enough to record them - Lets hope so.

I've exposed a few personal experiences' here the past few years, this topic is sensitive for me- I have been sexually abused 100's of times - BULLSHIT my entire life- why because I AM A WOMAN.  I can't begin to tell you the number of times I was called a Fucking Bitch', cock tease', cunt'  to name only a few terms presented to me by MEN- why? Does it bother you to read? It hurts more to hear- over & over with NO justification - OFTEN from COMPLETE strangers.  Think about that.  

I  refused a drink, refused an advance, said 'No thanks', 'I don't want to dance with you'. 'I'm not interested..' It was worse when I was younger - why do you think women dance with other women? Because, we can't stand your constant bullshit- we just want to have fun.
I was followed by strange men down a street late at night, followed in a vehicle one night when my friend and I got stuck in the snow.. Followed off the subway, bus after working the late shift.. not a fun walk alone - carrying my keys in my hand ready to punch someone in the face. A fellow employee slipped me a date rape drug when I worked in the car business- I NEVER shared then, I was so confused, humiliated - waking up NOT understand  HOW I got there, or remembering ANYTHING. He had the nerve years later when he saw me with my baby - "I still have your earring!"  A trophy no doubts.  I have the feeling he had quite the collection.  Ron Butler was his name. I imagine he reads this.. I imagine he calls me up and says 'Georgia- you bitch.. "               BRING IT ON!!  I am NOT who I was then.
I would charge him now... NOW:
I WILL CALL YOU OUT FOR YOUR ACTIONS & FUCK with you like you did me.
Happily.   I do have issues with forgiveness I guess.. I'm working on it.
How can anyone heal when it is a prevalent problem?  STILL!?

I am NOW a  53 year old WOMAN  and STILL was SENT an UNSOLICITED  'dick pick' this year.. do you know what THAT ass said when I called him on it:
"I meant no harm, I thought I'd make your morning brighter"
Phhhhhbbbbt!  Please,  leave it to a HUGE EGO (& not much more) to think just that.
A photo of your penis will make our days brighter? 
I sent him an e mail right away asking who the f*ck he thought he was?! & I did NOT appreciate his dick photo.  
What made him think my day would have been richer for seeing a pathetic dick first thing in the a.m., before I even had my coffee.   Yuk      Turn on?   Hardly.

One night I woke  and let out a scream as I realized an intruder was peering in my basement apartment windows (decades ago) I lived alone... at 3:00 a.m.  with a small flashlight  and I am a white woman.  'White Woman' was my nick name for years. 
"White Woman.."   once in Jamaica with 3 friends (in my early 20's-  my friends were black)    
we entered a bar to watch a boxing match - www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VI-M9Yw-28
I still remember:  it was said to be the best fight ever.. I had on a lovely long white gingham dress & a tan -  a tall, black man in a suit in the bar walked up to  one of my *MALE friends  and asked him: "How much for the White Woman?"    
I suddenly - in an instant, had become a commodity to be traded without my own consent.   
Imagine if my friend had named a price.   It's that easy. 
It's that bad.

I'm still called 'White Woman' by my black girlfriend what was with me on the trip.. we laughed at the time.  Just another little remark made in my lifetime- because I am a woman.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND what happens? We LEARN to live in fear- with good reason.
We learn to hate.. with good reason.

Please think of missing women their families this holiday & everyday.
#metoo
#whosnext
#missingwomen 

With Love Georgia
 
Below my angels in our tree- they spin' and are glitter on the backside.
A few other decorations- tis the season. xox

The USA is experiencing a drought, California the worst hit & I can not imagine it will improve any this summer...   Do you know how many WATER PARKS California has?   lol  Is it just me? Is it not common sense- to not WASTE WATER when you don't have it to waste to begin with?   Water..  if some have it their way - we will have to pay for every drop we drink and use. 
Moreover, under NAFTA, Canada is also precluded from denying US investors and service providers the same access to Canadian water it allows Canadian companies, communities, and residents.

• In a draft letter to Congress, the U.S. administration has outlined more than 40 goals for NAFTA, including the right to impose tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports; removing barriers to U.S. agricultural exports, which could endanger Canadian supply management; and changing the dispute-resolution rules.

The world is running out of accessible water.
The UN reports that demand for water will increase by 55% over the next 15 years.
By that time, global water resources will meet only 60% of the world’s demand.
This is a recipe for disaster.
The water crisis could affect as many as 7 billion people by 2075.
Africa, India, the Middle East, and Australia are in crisis but so are “water rich” countries.
In China, since 1990, over half the rivers have disappeared.
In Brazil, there is terrible drought in Sao Paulo due to the destruction of the Amazon and the disruption of the mighty “flying rivers” that carry massive volumes of water vapours released by the rainforest on air currents to the South.
Parts of North America are also in crisis, including many US states. The Ogallala aquifer is being depleted. A major international study on groundwater mining says that the Great Lakes could actually disappear in 80 years.
If you think this impossible, consider the once mighty Aral Sea, the fourth largest lake in the world, now all but gone from over- extraction.

• NOW you know.. research
  The next time you are thirsty LOOK at your gass of water & thank God for it.
  It is our greatest lurury afforded by fewer & fewer daily.. 

BOYCOTT Nestle - listen to Rick Mercer Canadians- trillions of litres of water every day- they TAKE.    We may be a FREE country - OUR WATER IS NOT!!

With LOTs of LOVE   -as I drink my glass of water. Thank God.
Georgia 

P.S

Luckily, I DID not look at one photo of Trump - thankfully I was able to create this from my imagination, reading a current article in the Globe and noticed they don't call him President Trump...  'Mr. Trump.  I made his hands too big.. next time.
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New Bear Tomorrow.

Please Read.
It's good for your brain & you learn something every time, your vocabulary increases and YOUR imagination takes charge! Unlike Television your OWN mind creates the visions in our brains and it is a WORK OUT. USE it or LOSE it. I'm going to encourage reading.  I'll admit- my imagination did visualize parts of this book which were... incredibly SAD.  
At the end of the world.  By Lawrence Millman

Storm picked up this book at one of the Mycological Society meetings, the Author was there- I wished I had gone! I glanced at the book on his desk read the inside jacket and thought .. hmmm - this sounds really interesting- wow & realized it is a true story- as it implies on the cover Georgia.. duh.

I could NOT put this short, informative book down- I loved everything about it - including the style! I've already said to Storm - I'm getting another of his books! If you want to read a really - simple, gripping, hard to believe story-  over  feathering religion -how interesting - why do we allow each other do what we do?  The Author writes it  at the same time 9/11 happens - it is easy to understand why even at this TIME - the Inuit people struggle with what happened with the REST of the world.
 
What Canadian youngster - does NOT remember Nonook of the North? It was mandatory for every grade school class at one point- lol - I still can hear the narrators voice in my head.. Nanook (you'll learn few things * TRUE Inuit words!) Mushrooms & MURDER..  one of the first ever 'documentaries'.   This was IMO a terrific book full of facts, trivia and relatable events NOW, one moment I'd be snickering at  relatable google frustrations, the next in shock at what I learned, in particular with our own Canadian Government. 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4kOIzMqso0  :   Watch Nanook of the North on YOU TUBE

A book a month - I'll read & share!  
What are you reading? Use it or  Lose it.

With love
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Remember my trip to the museum with my son?  ;) 
I do, I think of it fondly & often.  It was a wonderful day full of ART & artifacts, birds, rocks, drugs (shaman's tools) - it was amusing, entertaining & enlightening!
WELL worth a visit!!
It was the Canadian Artist I remembered to research much later though, Rex Woods in particular &  it is how I came across the ‘beaver art - It inspired me on countless levels. 
Think about what it stood for.    It was one of those ‘Pokes from God’  literally I was working on a different cartoon idea when - ZAP, and the new idea wanted to be drawn first - lol -  it’c called INSPIRATION'.  A good way on this Good Friday for me to think of it.

*I believed when I drew it,  Canada would allow for  small privately owned and operated dispensaries. What happened to the Canadian Dream or as adults and allowing us FREEDOM of expression & to  make our own choices in this country?

I miss the days of  working at small privately owned galleries in Canadian snowstorms…  lol. I would walk around and look at every tiny detail for hours on end, then read magazines, write (no cell phones then) my friends letters- hee hee.
We all have great memories  ‘Growing up Canadian' in country as young as ours.
 
                            Canada is 150 year old this year - so much news.. 
Don’t assume, I’m not thinking of http://www.warmuseum.ca/the-battle-of-vimy-ridge/ missing my dad, thinking of other  family I am missing this time of year. 
I am actually thinking more of who is still here - like my own son, young family  & many others like:  Avery, Mia, Jack, Lilly, Hudson, Tom, Sam, Mike, Ashley, Tim, Lori, Taylor, Sophia, Jackson, Emma, Liam, Adam & Eve - ARE you getting my point?  

What next?  & IF you can’t have a cannabis bake shop - then what is to prevent ALL privately, small owned bake shops for all the same reasons? Home day cares - adios, small Pizza shops- chow Bello, retailers..  you can NOT discriminate against one and not the other. Not one small business is safe,  how many have we already lost to major retailers?

Hotdogs & trampolines  killed more CHILDREN than cannabis ever has.   Prove me wrong.  Do you understand my point?  

Next will it be: ONLY  'these brands may sell in our major chains..'  sigh.
 If you're going to kill this country then at least do it slowly.     Frig  
*not directed at Justin...   corporate greed' yes.
I wrote before - BIG LP's will probably win in the end anyway, as most will flock to them simply out of ease & they have bigger advertising dollars. At lest  people had an opportunity to  try.  There are so many talented  Canadians who deserve an opportunity to be  in this INDUSTRY.

Cananbis is an industry like every other & the hardest working in it have been the growers.  I have witnessed it first hand many times. IF not for them, we would not be having this conversation.  There goes 'our farmers again..  '
Not to mention other not Canadian owned companies will be making a lot of money.
Facts to ponder as you prepare for your first  un-educated “POT purchase.”

What is next?

NOT ALL who are rich are wrong or evil - far from it, we’ve been blessed to meet all sorts on this journey- although not wide my ‘variety’ of friends has been - everyone is the same - no matter  the pocket books.  Nice people &  not very nice people (imo).  Money usually had little to do with it.  This is more about profit at the moment than keeping just out of the criminals hands.  ‘       Which Criminals’ are we  talking about here? 
No wonder our LCBO wants a part.  It is the biggest 'booze monopoly' in the world.  I had no idea... correct me if I am wrong- I heard that on a pod cast the other evening.  

BTW my love, appreciation for respect for Justin Trudeau has not wavered, I know he is educated on cannabis & is far more concerned with people than plants at the moment.
As should WE ALL BE.  
I STILL have faith in the Canadian PEOPLE to:
         KEEP ALL Canadians  BUSY

 demand  what is right for ALL Canadians!  Not just the Cannabis educated Canadians, ALL Canadians  - For Generations to come - wether you grow or no.  Consume or no.
​The 'Dream/opportunity to succeed'  in this country is a human right for ALL Canadians. 


With Love
have faith
Georgia 
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My 4/20 T-Idea was inspired by another Canadiana, long time a go :

​Tomorrow 'Dorothy from Oz...'

Just home after the weekend at Langdon Hall,  I'm looking over my photos feeling  calmer, rested and rest assured. . How could I not?  Surrounded by Luxury & LOVE  a celebration of Faith, Love & Hope for  beautiful, tiny baby girl who absolutely will rock this world.  lol   
She's off to a fantastic start with her loving parents - awesome big sister, other friends and family who all love her.   The baby has a thing for glasses.. makes me laugh just thinking of it now,  she has already touched my heart & my sons. 

I heard laughter ALL evening - long after I opted for my DEEP soak tub and my custom bath Bomb! With cannabis in it,  OF course. Surrounded also by our Cannabis family in a way...  a family introduced to us  since before the  first EXPO.   I have become friends  with several I've met over  the years  & Storm has made good friends of his own, who have watched him grow into the young man he is today.  Hugged many times over, Oh My Gosh it was so good to see so many familiar faces.  The meal - incredible, I can't think of it now- or I will drool on my keyboard. We made a few new friends but best of all  I had a drawing session with a lovely, imaginative,  talented young lady.  It was, I must admit the HIGHlite of my weekend.  Watch out- a budding new artist on the horizon!! 

I learned a few things...  Langdon Hall has an incredible menu!!
& by far the most comfortable bed I have ever slept on... the next day several people commented on the BEDS.  Chris was another friend of Storms I met and he constantly had me wondering - is there anything this guy does not know about? It's a warm fuzzy  feeling when a mom  witnesses her own son enjoying time with friends who clearly care for him.  
Storm & I  walked the house & property, right down to the basement, we learned of the incredible history and looked at  all the photos. The guy with the 'push mower'- cracked me up.  I would like to see the property in the summer. It was a weekend I won't forget - The Heather Cooper - painting  - I could have got lost  in  for hours,  all the art was  magnificent.

We felt blessed to be a part of the day- to be invited to celebrate in the Baptism of a baby girl alone is enough, the rest.. all icing on the cake.    With fondant cannabis leaves!  
Real cannabis leaves in every centrepiece.  That being said - It was by far the 'classiest' Baptism I have ever been to.  Hee hee hee!  The weekend was as it started at mass... truly blessed.

​Feather YES!! More icing on the cake.. the next morning the talk was all about cannabis being announced: LEGAL in Canada by Canada Day 2018   ​For all those that say 'I'll believe it when I see it...  Believe it.    

At some point during the weekend - surrounded by such Regal beauty - I'm sure I heard - The King himself exclaim... 'Cannabis Growers once thought of as Criminals will start to overnight - turn into Rockstars...      just look at the stock market.'

The sun, the moon & the truth.    Thank God & Great Growers!
I am blessed to know a few of the best!
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Feathers to all who ever doubted.

With Love
​Georgia

Tomorrow:  BIG news! I've been hired.. & more.

Thanks everyone who wishes Us well on FB an other social media. Like everyone else  I like photos - especially with my handsome son ;) - We might never get here again..  I want to thank him. Me:  "Storm, stand here! I want a photo! .. Here.. Over there.. "  lol  I'm like that with everyone - hee hee..  As you are aware - it's difficult to get a good photo.
Storm captured me when calm, strolling, laughing and  not during a twitch.  
This one in the garden was meant to be.. It took 3 tries.. this was the 'end photo' so
​- It's ALL good - thank God.  
Storm just kept taking photos of us and it made me laugh.  I LOVE my son.
He reminded  me .. just keep snapping- you'll come out o.k on the other side... I promise.