Thankful - Indeed!  
The weekend was perfect - from the latenight homemade french onion soup with homemade french loaf to the turkey dinner with all the trimmings - & at least 3 dead trees that needed to come down - came down!  Woohooo!
One tree in particular we noticed the first viewing, 'that trees got to come down, I was not concerned - I knew Norm could do  it.  We've taken down a few trees in 27 years.
Painting over the summer,  listening to the trees' I could hear that one tree in particular creek & moan & hoped we would get to it before it took out the bird deck.. lol  whew. 
The tree is down.  I am beyond thankful for these two who worked  - what a team & I did the dinner! Most of all for the stunning Canadian  thanksgiving weekend weather & backdrop that keeps me in AWE - and they are our trees.  Trees covered with woodpeckers, bluejays, nuthatches, chickadees and more!  We are only removing dead trees.

It was a perfect weekend.. I am very thankful.
Time to make Turkey pot pie & think - VOTE art & ONE year legalization art 
&  my round canvas which I'm starting next..  blessed - so much to be thankful for I'm gonna BURST!  Burst out in song- I'm teaching the dogs "Amazing Grace!" lol 

I'm thankful for all those in my life - those who add to each day like a background color that completes this canvas!

With TLC & THC
​Georgia 

That moment Tinkerbell realized 'Edibles' are not as harmless as she thought...

I love edibles! My prefered is carrot cake that I make myself with medicated coconut oil that I also make myself- it's easier than you think.

Have you watched Rotten: Edibles on netflix?  I enjoy the Rotten series - very enlightening.
I know about edibles but I did learn a few points to ponder. - Edibles have a side effect that most don't consider - I bet more women than men do.
Weight gain.  I have gained 6 lbs since moving up here - 6 that I keep on!
Thank you Country Bakery - lol.

Weight gain is a problem for most & edibles are a very easy way to get - carried away.
I know. First - they taste so good - you want to eat more and all of it.  Don't - read the instructions, you won't die but you might get very HIGH - uncomfortably high, almost everone I know has a story to tell about edibles and having too much of a good thing- but there is also the problem of 'the munchies' - on edibles.  

Weight gain is on the increase as are weight related disease - please use caution.
I encourage all I know to have healthy snacks ready - just incase you get the muchies.  
Better to much on grapes than gummies! & IMO EVERY thing tastes better on cannabis - even carrots!  Medicated cookies- gummies, drinks - you name it - you'll see it soon.
Edibles are are the way IN.  

Interesting to note some think bud will fade - HA. Bud will never fade, many love bud as it is - no sugar needed.  Most of the time I medicate without all the "goodies"  but it's nice occassionally for a sweet treat'. 

I had so much fun painting tinkerbell - I painted 2! 
Tinkerbell giggling in the forest as happy as can be!  Double art day!
Give thanks ;) 

Happy Thanks Giving Weekend! 
Enjoy all the goodies - Medicated or not - Give Thanks! 
Cannabis is legal in Canada! 

With TLC & THC
​Georgia

Netflix has 2 new documentaries: Weed the People & (I preferred) the Grass is Green 
I guess because I learned more from the second  that I did not previously know & one does discuss children but I know what cannabis does for children. Thank God.  If you don't, then watch both.

Why are people still being punished for cananbis use?
Studies - we need more studies - fuck studies - talk to others, open a history book - talk to rock stars & past presidents, there are many famous tokers of cananbis.
& then there is still ignoranc in the workplace & I thank  this guy for educating in Halifax: https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/halifax-man-denied-job-because-of-cannabis-use-wants-others-to-be-aware-1.4428094    so, there you go Eh! WTF Canada- lets get the facts right- I think a company should be more concerned about drinking on the job - much more common - do they test for that? How about Opiates?
 I personally would not want to work for a narrow minded company anyhow.
On one chanel you can watch a documentary with babies medicating - on another you have a company not hiring - because a grown man had cannabis  LEGALLY in his system.
It all takes time I guess, I'm hopeful- we are this far-  after all! 

Weeee! 2 weeds for a long weekend - I've been gardening all day & am ready to pass out now..  so much gardening thanks to some guy names monty on netfilx.. lol - & the police open! wooot woot - or should I say Scruffy said Woof Woof!
 Time to imagine some relaxing fun.  ​Time to Go for a joy Ride!

Tomorrow is all about the Bees tho- being world BEE day.
& a I'm terribly disappointed in Georgia's decision - a statement painting that applies to both! Have a  lovely long weekend- I hope not to many fireworks are let off - if so please put ear protection in your babies ears!! Fireworks can cause everlasting damage to ones hearing.

With TLC & THC
Me! 

O000o Oooo just monkeying around for this mothers day!   It's a time for plants! What are you getting mom this year? How about her own potted cannabis planter for the patio? It's legal!    Imagine in a year or so you will see them at garden stores along with your petunias & hanging floral baskets!   We visited Leslie gardens today  -they have beautiful assortment of  healthy plants - it's looking very bee friendly out in the gazebo.

Have you watched the new doc on netflix Grass is Greener, it's well done & I learned a thing or two...  to still be arrested for  personal cannabis in the USA is absolutely shameful &  I completely understand the anger & frustration those incarcerated must feel watching all the white men in suits' now making millions.  
With education comes change.  

Happy Mothers day!
I still have animals on my mind as you can see..  I was obsessed with the little monkey in the warner brother cartoons  that wore a hat & played with the organ grinder.. who better for  my mothers day delivery.  

with TLC & THC
​Georgia

A little something for everyone! 
If Storm was home I'd give him the mushroom card: I love you this MUSH! 
The fox - WTFox- lol I don't even know where he came from (not one of my best I must admit).  The Bear I thought would BEE a neat little reminder from someones lunch box one day...    The Canna BE yours? Makes me smile that cute little BEE - a mushroom BOOKmark
because my gift of  LOVE to 'all' is to encourage the gift of reading! 
I'm currently reading:
How to Change your mind (still) & 'loving every page the Canadian History makes me proud!  

It's Valentines day & I LOVE me!  LOL   I've snuggled with the girls, listened to music, played hide & seek & sent Norm an e mail suggesting what would be great for dinner!  With a glass of wine- a craft beer for Norm - cannabis for me & Ice cream for his sweet tooth - I can't wait.  'I' cut my hair (short) - that's ALWAY refreshing!
Yeee Hah - Self love watch out! lol - All kidding aside- we've been together 26 years and have a common LOVE so why not enjoy the evening and acknowledge the love we've had for each other & still do, especially as the parents of our son &  doghters'  hee hee.
Why not- who needs an excuse for a good meal made with love?  
If your single & you LOVE to cook- are'nt you the lucky one tonight!   

Sorry these Valentine are a bit late, it was important that I show myself some love today, 
I imagined a studio barn - big enough I can have the girls run from one end to the other to chase balls - and work off some of this winter restlessness - I remind  them frequently-  Spring is not far NOW!  It's never too late anyway - that's the thing with Valentines day  & I don't agree with is the 'DAY' part.​  IF you NEED a day to tell someone you love them - well,  I guess it's better than not telling them.  I know some people struggle with such issues like saying 'I love you' (& meaning it), I get that too - if your single enjoy treating yourself to something  a little special tonight - WHY wait for someone 'else' to TREAT? 

Use your Valentines anyway - don't forget to tell yourself FIRST.  I Love YOU.
Who needs a day to say I love you? Say, text, email it any day you please, PLEASE! 
No one knows what tomorrow brings... hopefully a funky new fungi painting.  

;)

With MUSH love on this day Universe!
 TLC & THC
​Georgia   

Click on the image for a printable image! Have fun - xo!

'If the 3 kings were to bring Jesus gifts NOW.. what do you think they would be?
Would  he get the newest iPhone?  Ferrari?  Gold Rolex? Hell yes!
He's Jesus! & deserves the finest this life has to offer  - lol   perhaps.. BUT  true gifts I believe would be the gift of knowledge - represented by a book (for one) -not an iPhone thats going to distract him every 3 seconds and dumb him down .  ALL  the bling are just things.    Should the 3 wise men arrive this evening in 2018 .. I believe they would bring gifts that have been provided by God himself- natural Medicine  from cannabis for peace & healing to mushrooms (psilocybin) and LSD, gifts to open the mind to experience ALL that life offers.  Was blind but now I see...

In my own experience, I attribute my drug experience in direct correlation with  widening my compassion towards the rest of the world & becoming a more forgiving individual myself & thinking individual...  caring.   Before I would simply be angry - rarely considering the 'other sides opinion,  if anything 'now' I try to consider the other side' first..   If that isn't reason enough I don't know what is.  

I've just watched a documentary called the Psychedelic Pioneers:
The story of the psychedelic pioneers is part leading-edge medical research and part utopian idealism. Three gifted psychiatrists, in combination with an extraordinarily power drug, resulted in one of the most fascinating and controversial periods in Canadian history. Before LSD burst on the scene as fuel for wild psychedelic trips, it had an amazing, yet little-known history. A surprising part of that history was written in a remote corner of the Canadian prairies. Over a span of fifteen years, from when the drug was first administered in 1952 until it was banned and made illegal in 1967, the use of LSD ranged from leading-edge psychiatric research into schizophrenia and alcoholism to volunteer testing on the general public. As word of LSD’s amazing properties began to seep out of the laboratory, artists and intellectuals such as writer Aldous Huxley, filmmaker Paul Saltzman, architect Kyo Izumin and painter Ted Godwin began to experiment and travel to Saskatchewan to have their first experiences with LSD. The Psychedelic Pioneers takes us through the eyes of the three lead doctors involved in the LSD Saskatchewan Project.

I had no idea the documentary would be about a hospital in SASK. Canada- the the 'instruction manual on how to use them safely  for Dr.s & patients(still used today) was  developed by a Canadian. BACK THEN they KNEW it was helping.  Something occurred to me while watching this.. this TN, this condition that is unbelievable to live with  nicknamed the 'suicide disease' that I have lived with for over 7 years (and has consumed me to say the least most days in crippling pain)..  yes, I have considered death being a better option some days... because I think - I have no other options.. but WE DO.
What does it say about a Country that will allow you do discuss legal assisted death for pain before it will allow you to TRY LDS for pain?  

You might be in a situation where you don't even consider such things... thank God.  

I AM done suffering when I KNOW there are options & this new year I will be looking into ALL of them.  I am a 54 year old woman, this is not about getting high, I just want to be able to function, to run my house socialize with family, enjoy time with dogs, work in my garden & continue my painting.. thats' it. I just want a quality of fucking life - where I am not in agonizing pain  and constant fear from a condition that has me thinking I'm going to die several times a day- is that too much to ask? I think not. Will some judge me for it- yes of course.. will they be educated  on the subject - probably not. 

My son laughs when I tell him God has persuaded me - 'Have No Fear' as we go into this new year! & I DO not... quite the opposite, the 'strength I feel  more powerful that I've ever felt in my life, more confident & CONTENT.  It's the MOST powerful drug - when you truly believe in God, in good - in the universe & in my homeboy - Jesus!  
Happy Birthday Jesus!
If born today you would be given the Gifts your father created for the intended  peace & mind of all his children, that's why they are called 'WISE kings'. 

Did you know the Government really cracked down when people using LSD started to speak up about & against the veitnam war.. and we all know how that really went down.  

Happy Christmas Eve! Merry Christmas & Happy Birthday Jesus!

With TLC & THC
Georgia

​Oh, & I woke up today & painted this cartoon:    Wall  or Ladder? Ponder this:

This year my Christmas gift to 'me' was to paint a gift for someone else...  a young man who uses Cannabis for his medicine. I was  upset thinking he wouldn't get it on time due to the recent postal strike but Canada Post came through! Thank you!   Thank you. Thank you.

I follow on Instagram:  SBSK  special books for special kids . I love these two that travel the world interviewing others with disabilities,  God has this young man doing what he is meant to do - the love he (they) continually displays for everyone they interview - if the world had more like him we would be much better off.   I do have an understanding of what it feels like for parents to have a child with a serious illness - they deal with more than you will ever comprehend, lots you definitely do NOT see on social media.  

I would like, if possible to brighten their lives - if I can & have in the past for a few children & parents, Jamies mom & I still text regular on Instagram and I am forget inspired meeting my little rocket man  (in space with his dog)  so when I read about Tres on SBSK I sent his mom a message asking: What did he like?  Her reply: dinosaurs.   That was all I needed & I knew he already used cannabis so I took a couple of days and put love into every brush stroke and I was pretty pleased when finished, mailed it off JUST last week & he will be opening it Christmas day!  Mom loved it so much she is gong to wrap it and give it to him and will send me a photo, I'm so excited. ;))) !! 

Tres mom sent me a message on instagram when it arrived and I believe I have made a family very happy this Christmas, she said she wanted to cry,  I must admit I became quite emotional when painting Tres,   :) tears of joy - riding a dinosaur - I imagined the fun he would have, it made me smile countless times - time well spent.   I thanked Tres mom for the opportunity to paint her beautiful son - that is all I see.   
A beautiful family. Tres mom is trying to educate on her son's illness with her instagram page, I get that too.   *Understanding eliminates IGNORANCE -  sometimes ignorant people are  Fucking CRUEL. Fact.

I think about who  I paint while working & the more I looked at Tres photo (hours) the more I thought he is truly a beautiful boy & was able to capture' what I wanted.. Tres having a great time on back of that  big happy dinosaur, happy to be together, see it in the clouds.  I was also very amused and happy that his two older brothers also want paintings on dinosaurs now! lol That too had me smiling all day.

Someone not long ago remarked  I was 'ugly & anyone would be ashamed to be seen with me',  well aware of my disability,  I am a 54 year old woman who knows better - but it still effected me, more than I care to admit.  When painting Tres, I thought again of these hateful remarks & at first I could feel my hairs stand on end as mamabear growled within  & then it was if  a calm  weight suddenly  gave me a warm hug  - See them for what they are & understand the only thing you can feel for people who think  like that is: PITY.      
                                   
If you only 'see' a disability you are blind. 

Painting Tres gave me strength & enjoyment. 
Tres reminded me what I love to do & what's REALLY important to me.
Tres  has inspired me to keep going - face forward - head held high!  Pun intended.
Tres & his family are an example of LOVE 
My gift to me - because Tres reminded I am beautiful & I am grateful to him & his Family for the knowledge & education, my gift to me.

With TLC & THC
​Georgia 

Tis the season for depression.  That is the reality for too many.  You are not alone.
I've seen friends say they don't feel like Christmas at all,  know of some that are having family struggles (don't we all), custody battles - where will the kids spend Christmas, recent  separations & stress over holiday confrontations or alienation... a couple of girlfriend lost their moms this year and are struggling with the first Christmas without - makes me glad mine is still here & cooking all the veggies  -  :).   At the same time  I see & feel their sadness - one friend can't even speak to me about it - we both TEAR up instantly.. she has a huge family & will survive the holiday I'm confident.  How about those with a small or no family.. do you think Christmas is a happy time for all, hardly.

Then there is the stress of Christmas spending, I'm seeing that almost everywhere - this thing about giving people money - what's Christmas going to come to? A banking holiday?  Not sure what to get someone for fear they won't like it, having too many you feel you should buy for, I read the chance of a heart attack of the holidays increaser quite a bit- is it the food? The excess booze? The stress?   Shovelling snow is often a factory btw.. take care.

This year has been incredibly stressful, I try to pretend it's not- yet I'm having difficulty even leaving my home (my trust in humans is not what it was)  & throw in Trump to the list- I'm positive that  orange ape is responsible for an increase in Christmas depression around the globe.

When I look at the effect the toll of stress has had on my own physical body just since the summer - my one side has completely covered in psoriasis that wakes me from pain at night & the scabs on my back and down my right leg to the bottom of my feet -  I'm concerned it's got out of control...  So,  NO - the last thing I'm going to 'let' stress me is Christmas.  Tis the season - it can be very overwhelming for adults & children &  pets - I don't know about you but I'd like to encourage all of you who are feeling blue, sad, depressed - - embrace it  & say FUCK IT! It's just a holiday, just another day - if you're focusing on Jesus- awesome-  as that is the reason  for the season.. Jesus knows  so don't sweat it-  if you can pour yourself a cup of medicated tea or a glass of nice wine.. roll a joint & climb in a  warm tub like this sweet little ginger & slide in and RELAX ('Im about to do this now)  it will be a great start to melting holiday stress... warm jimmies, movie on Netflix , medicate popcorn sprinkled with cinnamon... GIVE yourself a BREAK &  Fuck it.    

With TLC & THC
Georgia 

How can you tell when a snowman's 'high'?  
I'm not sure.. you should ask a snowman.  
He is high on life this snowman... as it should be.

Tis the season, I woke today with a blinding headache and then heard on the news some fucker threw his dogs out of his truck window on the highway,  why do things like this bring me to tears in an instant.  Who does this?   I hope that person never knows the  gift of a dogs love again.

A new documentary on circumcision  is on Netflix, I learned of this years ago but was reminded and have to reiterate, had I known then what I know now... so many moms crying Imagine your child losing his penis & you find out it was due to a botched circumcision a procedure that is not medically necessary - or even explainable any longer & you chose to have it done to your son.   *DO NOT google image botched circumcisions or you just might cry.  It's a business.   To find out they also hardly use anything for pain.. what a terrible life experience to force them to have only days after  blessing this earth.  Please watch this and consider educating someone else, please don't not blame your parents (one young man is  interviewed and is very upset but I understand his parents point also) -  I have no doubts that many parents had they actually KNOWN what was involved and why- would have chosen different.  I realized due to the documentary - we speak up much more against young girls being mutilated in the same way but give baby boys NO considerations to this decision in the USA & Canada.   I believe it should be a personal choice left for a young man to decide (if he wishes) at a mutual agreed age (what that would be I don't know) 15?  18? 21?  The same age we allow them to drink alcohol?  I'm not sure, you should ask  a young boy considering such things.

It's also a time to be reminded.. not everyone is having a happy time at Christmas, many are alone, missing loved ones, sick, tired, financial burdens, relationship issues, people throwing dogs out of windows on highways  - what ever- there are countless reasons to be depressed during the holidays - and then people have the added pressure of "It's the holidays!"   Don't cave to Christmas pressures - be good to you &  think of others who might be struggling & perhaps you might come up with some small way to make the time a bit brighter for someone else.  

With TLC & THC
Georgia

Crafting, coloring & creating are all opportunities to make memories & teach, what better  time to teach about cannabis, Christmas, natural medicine & more.
Here are some  decorations you  can color, use for gift tags,  attach some string & make a garland or hang them on the tree. Cut out & color each one, stick on a bigger piece of paper to create custom cards. I've even included a mushroom  - a very popular tree decoration in Europe - it is a wonderful introduction to talk about reindeer, wild mushrooms & NEVER eating a mushroom unless you are positive it is safe.

If you bake, clearly mark your edibles to avoid any confusion during the holiday & safely keep away from children & pets.  Just over a week away & Christmas will be here.
​Happy Holidays.

Made With TLC & THC
Georgia
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click on image below to download the color PDF 
or the black & white - so that you can color them as you wish! have fun.
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