Yep this is me!
No make up, messy hair.. I' was so happy to share this photo with a few closest to me.  It was me Saturday (on the new medication)  you have no idea how hard it is even to get a photo with both eyes open due to my hemifacial spasms... this is me getting a break & being able to smile!  
This morning I see a post on IG where a woman shows her 'before & after' -what the difference  hair & lipstick does for your 'confidence'.  Fuck that!
Oh my gosh, enough with teaching woman we need lipstick and our hair done to be confident!  If you can go out into this world and be yourself as is - THAT is confidence!
Why let anyone define you other wise?  
If someone judges you on your outside appearance - the problem is with them.  
Women are ALREADY subject to all sorts of double standards - imagine how successful we would be if we could be like men and just be respected for who we are and what we do not for our "make-up" or our cleavage/booty.. imagine if MEN would only feel confident if they did their hair and put on some lipstick - such bullshit.  
Why encourage it? Why promote it?
Don't get me wrong- I've worn make-up and still do from time to time - I'm an artist & like to play with ALL canvas & some women (and men) are truly incredible make up artists  BUT    
                                Makeup does NOT define my level of confidence
                                           and it should not define yours.

PLEASE do NOT teach this to YOUR daughters!
Teach them to GO out into the world - head held high with a smile on their face - even if she forgets her LIPSTICK.
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 In the news:  This woman- for the record DOES not represent the majority of Canadians - she say's NOW "that's not who I am"  bullshit-  then WHO ARE YOU!? lol Cause you sure appear to be a racist nasty, threatening, redneck bitch (alcohol or not)... the crap that comes out her mouth - you don't say stuff like that if you don't believe it,  she's confident and wearing lipstick (it appears) there is an old  saying: Lipstick on a pig. 
Forget lipstick - focus on YOU.

I did too much this past weekend - because I felt so good to get a 'break' from twitch-  Saturday was great - reduced by almost 70%, the next day.. I'd say reduced by 40% .. Sunday good too but yesterday was only by about 20%.. I am happy to be able to smile even if for only a few moments interrupted. Lipstick or not- if you don't find  me attractive- fuck off- lol, I could care less.  I am not here for you. YOU do not define me.

BYW- Do you like my tassels? lol (image below)
A woman from Florida - Kat (I've never met) sent me this 'painting smock' - she bought  it & knew it would be 'big'  but she said it would be comfortable to paint in and artsy to boot!  
​I must say- I put it on to paint and it is super comfy!  
This is me.

If you don't like me- due to my looks or personality - stop visiting this blog.
It's that simple.

With TLC & THC
Georgia

NEXT, I am promoting for YOUNG woman to get ready to GROW Cannabis & why.
With a cute little painting called  'Girlfriends in the Garden'.  I named this girl "Honey".

What a BEAUTIFUL day!  It started with me surveying the backyard & making Norms TO Do list.. we know you forget so- it's how we help'. lol & what a list it is- 2 days full -last night we had a wind storm- Im sure damage was done in the city - we had no internet until about 11. our neighbours fence was blown over Norm tells me after checking the mail- I infornmed him we have serious fence damage out back - a few rotten posts (25 years later) & that wind - add it to the list. It's how it is when you have a backyard & we have a big backyard. which I LOVE!

I'm out there watching the birds- returning home some are... planning a garden, checking out how well everyone did this winter and getting my 'outdoor painting station' ready- hee hee.  It's a beautiful day in the neighbourhood - dogs all barking hello, kids giggling, we had to go around and get everything that blew around the backyard & put it all into place with only a causality of a flowerpot, it's lovely to be out puttering - distracted by daily news.

I don't think I'll read the paper this weekend... I'm already infuriated with Trump and his NRA antics...   I am amazed there have not been assignation attempts on him (perhaps there have)  - so many are angry with him, I wouldn't want  that many guns around me. - would YOU? Do you?

And what's UP Canada! COME on!?  Really  - the price of GAS?  With oil being as low as it is.. are we stupid or something? & it's NOT just gas.. food, books, anything from the USA we pay MORE - way MORE.. not just on the ticketed price. I think many Canadians are getting fed up, I know almost everyone I speak to tries to buy Canadian - do you blame us! OUR HYDRO is HIGH, OUR GAS, FOOD, art supplies.. HOUSING! OUR GOVERNMENT has the largest alcohol monopoly in the world..  Justin -  what's up? For all who admire Canada - It's getting a little costly.

I read if you work a minimum wage job in Toronto everyday- you'll still not be able to afford a 2 bedroom apartment- ever. I feel bad for younger kids. 

Better get a good education and as fast as you can- to try to get ahead' IF that's what you want.  I don't think everyone achieves this by 'traditional  schooling' anymore either.  

Kids- stay away from dugs- they might not destroy your brain (they might too) but they might distract you from reaching your fullest potential when you are at your  SPONGE mode of learning! Don't waste your life and time sitting around getting HIGH - accomplishing nothing but a new level of video gaming... life passes quicker than you realize.

Time for me to get outside and create how about you?  I'm painting some Catcus !
Cause the idea is so cute  CATcus! hee hee  It does not take much to amuse me. :)
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With TLC & THC
Georgia

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

Books find me.  Want to read a new book... there only a million to choose from, by the time you find one after reading through all the selections - so I let books find me.
People gift me books so theres no lack of any selection. Usually there are 3 books (at least) 'on the Go'  - Fact, Fiction and Inspirational. 

This last book I watched Oprah mention on isntagram and I had just been thinking, Im ready for a new book. Talk about a book finding me.  I knew only what Oprah said, not one thing more- I asked to have it picked up that day from Costco.  If not having to break for painting, dogs, dinner - the book would have been completed in a weekend I enjoyed it that much.  Not only is the main character an artist- she makes dolls her name is Celestial but her husband calls her Georgia. Roy starts letter to celestial- asking 'can I still call you Georgia?'.  

It was an awakening. I know about incarceration in the USA and how unfair it is to black Americans,  I've read statistics but this book  helped me understand on a completely different level.  Filled with emotion, it's about determination and the promise of love and marriage, An American Marriage - it all sound like it's 'too familiar'  - and it is for these people intros book.  Here sits a white middle class woman who will never experience what they have., yet each taught me what it is like.  It is wrong, to have to life your life with the constant 'fear  your life could change in an instant- many lives effected and for what- wrongful imprisonment because of the color of ones  skin.  Will this ever change?
I hope so.

I found myself constantly thinking what's she going to do now?
I'm grateful for the new perspective - it found me.  How it ends, how she feels are exactly how I'm feeling at this stage.   I would recommend this book and I will look into others by the author Tayari Jones, the book flowed effortlessly. I also am a snail mail fan - so  I loved the idea most of the book is in form of letters.

Reminded of another Georgia (Willie started singing Georgia as I typed this blog) who is strong & full of love and determined to do the best she can.   Amen.
Her faith in God. Perfect.

My name has been mentioned in books, movies and documentaries so much recently- and in very meaningful ways- it made me actually feel slightly 'weirded out'... 
I asked God: Are you trying to tell me something?  Am I dying?  

Nope.

Not yet.  I just renewed my www for 2 more years!    lol
READ! Explore, learn about love & marriage & being black in America.

with TLC & THC
Georgia


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Love is in the air!  It's February and I'm making valentines! 'A little early  -you might add.
YES! I have to make it early so I can share it with you - in time for you to make one too!
This little card turned out better than I expected- it made me smile when i was complete and - it actually worked! 

Roses are Red Cannabis is green- this is the cutest little 'canancard game' I've ever seen!
Spin the centre & You'll see - who your Valentine Bud  is to be! Hee Hee Hee
A interactive card - Let's Play!
Not sure how you'll spend Valentine day? I've taken some of the guess work out for you!
Give it a spin- start your evening with what the Canna Wheel suggests- heck spin until you sample them all!  Once complete- I found myself spinning just for fun, Storm was impressed and gave it a spin too.  The best part of this Valentines Day Card- YOU don't need a partner! Make it and 'play with yourself.   ;)   Show yourself some love.

I' have included the Free Download links below - click on the link  to print it in color or black & white. 

I painted my card on water color paper- so it is stronger...  
If you are printing yours I do suggest these steps:

1. Print your card
2.Color your card
3.Glue the entire sheet to a piece of cardboard- an empty cereal box would do
4.Let it dry over night
5.Cut it out and assemble as in the steps below.

Supplies needed:  Scissors, white glue, crayons, pencil crayons, paint   & one Brad (found at craft supply stores & the dollar store- IF you don't have  a brad'  use some string with knots tied to hold it into place.

By gluing your paper to cardboard it will make your card stronger and spin easier.  I have included the version you can color yourself & the colored version to print if you wish.
Come on Give it a Spin! Have some loving creative fun!

* Make this card,  then  #cannaspincard your photo on Instagram with @georgia.toons  or IG in a message & I'll mail you out a set of postcards for playing along & anyone who tries will  also be entered into a draw for a free  original - inspired by and filled with LOVE.
​Only those reading this message here  will know of this contest.  Don't forget when it hits 1000 a big original goes to someone following. That simple.
I am thankful I get to share my gifts with you, it makes me feel good to know when someone gets an original or I've inspired someone to make their own cards to share love - I have helped add love & light - some sunshine to the universe this day.

​*Offer ends at the end of this month. Feb 2018.   You can see my spinner spin on my IG account (if you follow) my account is currently 'Private.   Why? It's just the mood I am in, I also do not automatically follow those who follow, it is not personal  ;) it get's too distracting & I can't keep up & I am using IG as my main source of Social media & way to communicate with some 'real friends'... but i do look at others pages who follow & thank you for your support btw.  Sometimes I contact strangers on IG and ask them if they want an original (like I did with Holly & you will see who's next - I've offered a free logo to a young woman who is setting a lovely example on IG.
Oh - & Georgia's ! Why not.. I'm networking with other Georgias all around the world. Hahaha- It's my current thing! Are you a fellow Georgia? E me! 

Have fun!! I've decided to paint more love..  currently painting a 'cow' I love.   lol
I saw it on my desk this a.m. and almost skipped this post- I'm so excited to get back to my Mushroom cow.  :D

Step by step photos and a few notes in the images below.  I posted it early so you will have LOTS of time to  make your card, lol (I woke Storm just to film the video.. he's a bit jet lag but got up to do it for US'  ;) I love my son)   possibly even a few- I can think of several friends who would love this card.. but I think I'll keep it to Spin on a rainy day.. just for fun - Because:

I Love Me.

Get Busy!!
Made with TLC & THC
Georgia

MORE cards for you to color soon.

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I  tested and printed a version- it prints slightly smaller than the original but works fine!
I'm mailing a printed version to a friend for Valentines day - some assembly required*
​ hee hee hee  <3  

I noticed - The GangaBroWorld has a mascot, her name is Holly. 
I don't know anything about the gangabrosworld*  we met on IG and I asked about Holly - she's adorable!!   That's it.   So, I decided to  have a little squirrel fun.
I found every time I saw her I smiled, then I imagined her in one of their orange toques  
hee hee, cause that's what cartoonist do - in the winter - when it's too cold to go out. 
Up in her window - back & forth-        "Holly! I can relate! Bird too."

I'm gifting this original to Holly, no point keeping it- it was painted for Holly in her GangaBroWorld hat.   More cannabis companies need mascots!    
I've got a few in mind -  e  me.   

Do you have a cannabis pet?  Show me.  I might paint you a picture.
I love animals - they are a lovely distraction from humans.

So other than Holly & what I see - I don't know much else about the GangaBrosWorld - the IG page looks  good. Are you purchasing your cannabis online?
Are you excited for a store front near you next summer?  
Ready to try & grow your own?

Painted with TLC & THC
Georgia

Snoopy & Charlie Brown are having some winter fun!!  & it's just begun...
Once that Christmas display comes down the yard looks lifeless.. the school bus passes  bye & I see the little eyes peering, noticing the giant 13foot snowman is gone... for 11 months. What about the rest of the year? 
Norm has been focusing on his props as it is his "passion' he sold a few of the Halloween props this past year including the  gates! Now there space for more, I figure - why not- lets make something 'small' for every month! I already have next months idea ready to start- you Know it' got LOVE in it.  Norm does the wood working and design how the Props will move.  Snoopy has his ears flapping in the wind. (You can see it work on Norms IG page -Peschel props.)

It's also called a 'compromise'.  Norm wants work done - so do I & like most working relationships- you've got to give to get - wait until you see the sweet little cut its I've been planning..   It amazes me how  we can't even seem communicate many days- but are still capable of working on these projects together.  
Since I too have a handy man at my disposal- I'll design some props & have some creative fun - for all our neighbours to enjoy ( I hope they do) I know it would give me a little smile to see these little shows of creativity..  who would you like to see!?? 
I think Im going to stick with another Snoopy for Valentines day- after all I LOVE Snoopy & Charles Schultz - "Sparky" the genius, the man, the humble human. IF' I could sit & hang out with someone - it would be Charles.   Others cartoonists- they get me. Some of my best real life friends are other artists/cartoonist... we understand each other to some degree I feel. Ironically,  lol - it was another cartoonist on Instagram- after seeing his office- I was inspired to clean up my act! Bill Alger - I am quite fond of his 'Hippie Protest monsters'- I figure Bill &  must be the same age, his treasures- give me a good giggle, I often think - I remember those! Especially his 'Get Screwed Men',  I'm searching for my own. hee hee hee
Trinkets & pets, surround yourself with love  & smiles. 

You can see Snoopys ears flap on the instagram account.

​Have a peek at the process, below,  Charlie Brown & Snoopy Playing in the snow! 
Please visit the sites i mention & show some support. 
We can all use a little help from our social media friends.

xox
​Georgia
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The King of the Cannabis Jungle would be a Green King. :) I love playing with paint..
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I can think of a few 'Kings of the cannabis jungles' -  I have a favourite even..  
But if you actually google:  
'King of cannabis'
It comes up with someone I've met, respect & like.

The Kings of Cannabis - Watch the Documentary if you've not seen it, I highly recommend.
Get a new appreciation for what the Strain Hunters actually do. I can't help but like any cannabis industry, business, dispensary who is helping a community and you can not deny - they are helping big time & have been for a long time.  To watch the video, we are reminded Franco in no longer here.. he gave his life for 'us' if you think about it - working in the jungle, searching for the perfect strain.  I believe he is watching & helping still and will forever be with the Strain Hunters for generations to come.

Arjan – the King of Cannabis Commitment to Conserve the Genetic
If you’ve been in the cannabis business, be it cultivation or sales, you’d have surely heard about Arjan, who is regarded as the King of Cannabis. And, if you’ve just entered the world of cannabis, you ought to know about this successful cannabis businessman. Arjan, the founder and owner of several cannabis businesses like Green House Seed Company, Green House Coffeeshops, and Strain Hunters, is the only marijuana breeder in the world to have won around 39 high times cannabis cups.

I think what the Strain Hunters are doing with the Africans is incredible & difficult work and they should be praised. They certainly don't have the 'luxuries of home'   I am also a fan of his instagram account - It makes me SMILE.  Many have NO clue of what is really involved..  Arjen educates, makes us aware of life for others less fortunate and is helping an entire community in more ways than  many can even begin to realize to what degree.
It goes well beyond cannabis.  

​These are the people who are making a difference in the WORLD & bringing you quality cannabis. Hard working business men not your average cannabis consumers.'  Certainly not 'stoners'. 

Once considered 'criminals' now the King can sit up on his throne doing what he does best..  Growing some of the best cannabis in the world and trying to make a difference by making  the lives of many easier at the same time.  
I've met him on a few occasions  and believe he is a very 'down to earth', nice guy.  
Professional.  

​You get what you work & IMO he deserves all he's got.
I agree with Franco when he said along the lines.. 'you can't dislike the poor- we've been there and you can't dislike the rich - we're going there." Isn't everyone striving for  better?  If you can improve the lives of others along the way... amen. 

​I respect and admire anyone who works hard for what they get.
I wish there were more like Arjan... there are and I am blessed to know a few.
​* I will say - Arjan has a TEAM of  hard working people behind him.
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​Time to focus on those who deserve the attention and love for they are making the world a better place through cannabis & erasing the stigma AND providing us with Quality Cannabis for all our recreational and medicinal needs.
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More Lions.. more kings..  soon.
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With Love
g
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At last my love has come along! The only love I need.. Cannabis
It's perfect for long walks - on the beach or in the woods.  
It makes me feel better when blue..
It inspires creativity!  Help ease my physical & mental pain...

Rose colored glasses? No thanks, I'll take green.

Just a little painting/glitter fun- Editorial tomorrow Regarding 
our new Cannabis Regulations in Canada... are you F*cing kidding me?
Sounds like an American politician made some of these rules. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTYzrMPgYVn/?taken-by=georgia.toons
^^^ For a  little video of this piece  & NOTE  > Listen to 'Bird' in the background!
LOL he loves this song me too.  

At last.
With Love
g


Editorial cartoon regarding New Canadian Cannabis  regulations 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
​G