I watched the televised meeting regarding cannabis, some - I plan on watching it all soon.
I had to shake my head at much of what I heard.
I also was astounded at the LACK of education displayed by our Police, government & many 'so called' politicians.  That officer from Saskatchewan -I wanted to ask him - have you been paying attention or are you just going to KEEP re-hashing all thats been already mentioned the past several years? He appeared to me a professional, full grown crybaby and  potential bully.

One politician stated Dana Larsen "has no respect for the law" I wished he would have simply responded - "YOU are correct. For a law that hold no respect for Canadians."
Laws MUST be changed - Rules must be broken. At one time it was illegal to breast feed. Illegal to be married to whom ever you choose-  Illegal to many assumed 'rights'  if you were born ingenious in early Canada.   
ALL changing.
THANK YOU!  Canadians have shown in countless situations.
WE care about each other.  

Frankly, when you know what I do, what millions are aware of and especially- the Canadian Cannabis activists in the community (many more knowledgable than I) know- it angers you.  
Angers because it's still all about lies.  Angry because there is still FEAR mongering about a substance far less deadly than most prescribed medications- yet they speak of Cannabis with a negative stigma- STILL. Not far from calling it the Devils weed.   Shameful.

When will it end?  How can the government in this day and age - rely on ignorance. 
They can't. They will not be able to continue such blatant lies.  Building up fear over a new industry that will thrive and grow. Pun intended.

Canadians are not stupid. 
Canadians are compassionate. 
The legal lies must end so WE can ALL focus on helping each other where we need it most.

Police NEED more money?
Think of all the resources NOW that they won't be busing people over a plant!?
Right??? 
Perhaps they can focus on things that really matter like HUMAN trafficking.  Domestic Abuse, Child Abuse, Animal abuse.. ALL things which actually HURT.

Next- 'You've got mail'... 
NO, I don't,  because it was stopped and SEARCHED & seized in Canada!!
I have warned this before - Someone is taking my mail.  ;(
& for some- it's not nice because I've had some ART go missing too.

 

Keep Creative
Georgia

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

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

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

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

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

With Love
g

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

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.

It's been a difficult week, it's not that I'm having an artist block - I can't seem to stop the ideas,  I'm just not in the mood.  Storm appeared at my studio door -  as long as I'm not 'sketching/thinking' you can speak to me - - - lol.   Visibly upset he reported the new 'proposed (from what I understand they are not set in stone YET) regulations around legalization. Under the new law if you give cannabis to a minor  you could go to jail as a major offence.  Storm remarked: 

"Mom, that means if it was 'now' - YOU would be doing more JAIL time  for introducing  me to cannabis than a pedophile parent who SEXUALLY abuses their kid." 

 I was speechless. Mouth ajar,  it took a moment to register ...   what?  
What did he just say?
Are you f*&%$#@ kidding me?  Is this the USA he is thinking about? 
Storm then turned and left.   

​This is terrible.  Cananbis has never killed anyone - offering a kid cannabis - is not the same as sexually abusing them and messing them up mentally for life!  
*** I AM NOT encouraging kids to use cannabis if they do NOT feel they need it.  Kids today are NOT stupid and I would rather they try IT first before they use pharmaceuticals which ARE proven to alter the brain and even encourage/cause suicide.  
I strongly believe there are many children/teens out there who could benefit from Cannabis.  
***IF ANY ADULT offers a child cannabis or ANY substance with the wrong intentions...
well they are just Nasty SCUM anyhow - there is NOT much anyone can do about it - WELL we could stop focusing on something that does not  physically HURT & focus on pedophiles - that would be a FANTASTIC start.  So many offer kids alcohol  to get them to PASS OUT.   A Strong cannabis edible would also make a kid pass out perhaps, I've never seen it.  Scum is scum.  EDUCATE your kids on SCUM before  cannabis.

Adults (mostly men) who have sex with children are mentally ill. 
Child abuse and child trafficking are on the increase. YOU have more danger today from your child being exposed to a pedophile on-line than you have to worry about cannabis.

Sending someone to jail for offering a minor cananbis - when a child RAPIST  gets less of a sentence is SHAMEFUL & FEAR mongering continued.  WHO made these rules?  More money and resources STILL wasted.  IF it is a NON VIOLENT CRIME
If it is scum offering kids cannabis with evil intentions- sure, give them what they deserve.


​You all realize...  I would be facing a major sentance.
I could be in jail for trying to HELP my son- longer than a parent who sexually abused their child.  There is something wrong with that- and it has nothing to do with cannabis    
PLEASE speak up and out and against this NEW regulation.  
No one deserve their lives ruined over a plant.  NO ONE!
That is WRONG.  Am I wrong?  
Focus.  We asked them to Focus, F-O-C-U-S and NOT fuck us.
Enough is enough. 

With Love
g

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Time for me to Focus. 
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 NAFTA tomorrow- We need to be watching closely!!!
OUR WATER IS AT STAKE.

​I love Kermit!  The Kermit memes have me cracking up...

Storm sat back in his chair - did the pose and made the remark, I laughed and knew I had to draw it.  As I was drawing it - I had the idea to add a PIPE! Hee hee hee  &  OF course it had to be a Jerry Kelly Sherlock Pipe - with a laughing Buddha in it!!!  hee hee hee  

 ALL kidding aside... It is true, and why... why can police seem to catch these Cannabis     "criminals"  - yet we continually read of Fentanyl overdoses.  Pills Kill.  

                   Enough is enough.  >>> FOCUS on what is killing Canadians. <<<

Stop arresting non violent offenders - everywhere, for cannabis a medicinal plant which has caused no deaths. By not speaking up NOW,  we are wasting tax payers money, court time, police time, public time and supporting REEFER madness against a plant proven to help ease others pain...   but that's none of my business.  

I re-did the wording for Jerry Kelly Glass Artist as seen below- he too is a Kermit fan.  Kermit would only smoke out of a Jerry Kelly Pipe' is what I was thinking of when I painted it- with Laughing Buddha in it!!  & a Kermit millie.  Jerry is my favourite glass artist- as in pipes.  :)    Have a peek at his art on his instagram account. 

Popping that pain pill at dinner with beer or glass of wine and then driving that heavy machinery around,  taking the kids to soccer practice...     but that's none of my business.

Think.  
Think before you judge.
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With Love
Georgia