We all know the Scarecrow had a brain all along.
Imagine if he was planted in a cannabis instead of corn field...
What do you THINK he would THINK about that?

I think he would be fine right where he was, no need to venture further.
Why search out flying Monkeys? 

God has each of us exactly where we are meant to be.
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With TLC & THC.
Georgia

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/senate-passes-government-pot-bill-1.4713222?cmp=news-digests-canada-and-world-morning

By 4:30 today we will know the date! #promisekept  
tomorrows painting is simply to give thanks and celebrate. Ashes to Ashes.
Ironically there no cannabis in it- but I smoke a lot while painting.
#cannabisforarthritis 
#promisekept 

I'm hopefully guessing July 22!  or the later Sept 22- to celebrate the first day of fall
​or the harvest- after all it is a CELEBRATION.

What to paint for 420??
Clearly my mind is anticipating legal cannabis is Canada SOON!
& I'm thrilled  - just like this furry, fun loving bong bearing beaver!!
Who being an artist &  has carved a leaf from a log just like Michelangelo - setting it FREE!
How will I celebrate today?  Just like every other day...
Offering thanks to God and Storm for providing this plant medicine  which allows me (& many) to paint, function, live... chop wood & carry water. 

The FACT that less people will be going to jail in Canada over this PLANT is more than I could ever hoped for - and this will soon be the case! 
With legalization comes education and experience and AWARENESS
.. & less Alcohol & opiate consumption (positive thinking).

*Have you seen the new  doc on Netflix?  How  ADDERALL is only a tweaks away from being legal meth.. phhhbt..     I really  had no idea - you see  (& I type 'SEE' because you can read our journey here on cannabis for the past 10 years- living PROOF!!!)  this is what happens when your teenager gets LEGAL permission (thank you Dr.D & Health Canada) to use cannabis for medicine- a natural plant option... with wonderful healing potential;  neither of us was/were (?kids- learn your grammar)  aware it was as serious a problem as it is.  At one point a mom in the doc. remarks - about her own son- who she put on Adderall  when just a kid actually suggested it was due to the pills he was where he was NOW with his art... How fucking presumptuous is that? Hearing this - I thought: 
 Yeah lady, what ever helps you sleep at night.

 Seriously it blows my &^%$#@! mind how incredibly  judgemental people have been over cannabis as my sons medicine (never mind mine- after failed brain surgery) including some of our own family - you know who you are - and STILL are - yet this???
THIS frame of mind is o.k.?  This is better for our (your) children.  
I am  grateful for this education on every f*cking level!  

Not only has canabis helped save my sons life - it's set us free from living with & hearing from ignorant, judgemental people who would rather take the time to speculate than to KNOW... who instead of listening to family  - listened to the media and it's fear mongering and turned their backs on us...  "family".  We are far better off NOT being around this type of mentality - related or not - it's certainly not one based in love.

Rise & Grind - Wake & bake
Give Thanks
AMEN!

With TLC & THC 
Georgia

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

Steven Spielberg.. how disappointing & judgmental.
I would never have guesses such a creative genius would be so closed minded. 
Thank you Seth for sharing your honesty and I will be happy to support  you!  
I do like him very much - I feel he has a HUGE heart -and is a really nice guy -
Canadian too. 

About movies.. occasionally I'll see a movie - just to watch a movie-  you know as well as I do- you can't always tell what the movie will be like-  we don't even agree with netflix "ratings" as some movies with poor ratings we really enjoy  - 'Downsizing' would be the most recent example and of course there is the opposite end of the scale -  we watched the worst movie.  It just made me feel -  I WASTED over an hour of my life and infuriated me.   The SHIT they do nowadays to amuse/entertain is  unbelievably ignorant and seriously MIND wasting/rotting.
This movie:  Game Over man.  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3317234/   First of all there is the biggest 'Jack Black WANNABE'  I've eve seen..  it's so obvious it's kinda sad -  they show his penis (seen one seen em all) and then again and again - yep, there's mind stimulating content- Phhhhbt - oh my gosh- I should have left but I was tired so I just sat there- BIG mistake- they proceed to put a small chihuahua in a fish tank - we watch as it swims tirelessly..  they then explode the do in the fish tank.  ??   Really?  I left.
Clearly the person who wrote directed- is at a loss for anything truly creative when they resort to such petty entertaining ' tactics. 
Seriously? WHY DO WE PERMIT GARBAGE like this to grace our minds?  Enter our homes?  Enter our sacred space called our minds.

What good could possibly come from watching that MOVIE? NONE   It disgusted, angered -  it did help in the one way: I WILL never watch a movie like this again- it's a complete waste of life and I will NEVER watch anything with that actor in particular again.  Will it hurt his career?  If making that movie didn't already - I doubt me not watching will  have any effects (lol) but if sure HELPS my mind & heart not to willingly subject myself to crap.   

Watch Jumanji  - It was enjoyable, funny entertaining and Jack Black is in it  and he plays his part very well- had us all giggling.  We felt GOOD after watching this movie.  Where are you spending your money? Time?  Had we paid for the crappy movie - I would have actually e mailed iTunes and asked to be credited for watching the crappiest movie ever.  Where do you spend your entertainment dollars? Who do you support? 
I stand & smoke  with Seth.   Who needs Spielberg- it's just a movie.

Better yet read a book!
My son gave me this: BE HERE NOW.
Its one of the best books I've read to date.  
Creative, curious, factual, entertaining & enlightening.  

With TLC & THC
Georgia
​xox

 Betty Boop on a late night foray.
I guess Kewpie was just the start.. I was also surrounded by Betty Boop' as a kid - glasses, statues, dolls - Mom's - not a crazy collection but still impressive and it grew over the years as friends give my mom clothing, purses, and stuff.  I realized painting Betty- I don't have one! Or a Kewpie - I've decided to ask my mom for one of each to enjoy NOW - in my office... my preferred place, my slice of heaven on earth, where I create & am at my happiest!  ;)  Have you been on an evening Foray?
Did you know some mushrooms GLOW in the dark!?
Betty is NOT dressed properly - just saying.   Stylish, yes - Realistic - no.

I woke up today and SMILED- I feel it- Finally!  started singing that song!:
Finally!!! It has happened to me..
So many 'positive things' happening, a shift and a permanent one at that. I know it.
I feel so positive today - I actually believe Trump won't last another year!
WoooooHooooo!

What do you think of the theory - we are all living in a virtual world- like the Matrix -NOW? I've been learning about this topic - confusing  especially at first but I do 'get i't and it is fascinating. https://medium.com/@yazinakkawi/elon-musk-thinks-were-living-in-the-matrix-if-he-s-right-it-s-a-good-thing-6f5d3cb97334
I like Elon Musk, a lot. Impressive man - on many levels, his father is far from impressive, just another dirty old rich perv.   It's hard not to take what Elon Musk says seriously and it's not just him - there are several very intelligent people who all agree.  

This is a very interesting Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chfoo9NBEow

BUSY Creative BUSY day!  
This is what we are cranking to start this day  (the dogs & I)  Stretch, boogie & get busy although I've been up chatting to God since 5 - what a stunning pink & purple SUNRISE  I was rewarded  with - for my early conversation today.    Hee Hee.
I am a fan of Motown!  How about You?

With TLC & THC
Georgia

What has me smiling & excited & singing!?
This is just one reason:
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I looked up & realized I have forgotten to share  Kermit & Mrs. Piggy!!!
I say 'looked up' because it hangs above my desk & every time I look into Kermit's  face - his smile- I smile back or Mrs Piggy's look of complete contentment..  entertains me.
Ahhh.. when was the last time you felt like this?  
I can't remember... no wonder I paint.  lol

Embrace.
This painting was simply inspired by that glass rose you see covering Mrs.Piggy's nipple, it was sitting on my desk and I liked to pick it up and hold it - Jerry Kelly - who also made my Laughing Buddha made the rose. Amazing these 'glass masters'  and the art they accomplish.   The glass talent you see on Instagram is stunning - so many hard working & creative beings.    

She is a classy Pig, I don't think she wants the nipple displayed, besides it's nice to leave something to the imagination sometimes...
Jerry has also created the Muppets in Glass, I've been a Kermit fan for as long as I can remember I'm not sure if he has completed Mrs Piggy but I know he's made a few- like Animal!  ;D 

That green soothing voice we heard every morning as kids, always so loving, kind & positive
 (I wonder if we could choose 'Alexa to sound like Kermit- how would that be? Hee Hee) Thank you Jim Henson, it NOW hangs above my desk framed perfectly by Kat- who even made sure she chose a green suede matt -lol,  and roses in the frame itself.   It's the perfect 'boudoir for these two with a guild gold 'bed frame. Let your imagination fun free - this is about as wild as these two 'did get' in my imagination.  Thankfully.

Life is a bed of roses... watch out for the pricks/thorns.  
​If you find your 'Kermie' hold tight.... you don't find gold green like that every day.

With TLC & THC 
Georgia  & Jerry  ;) For the inspiring rose.  
& Jim Henson for the inspiriting love.. & Kat for the fantastic framing. 

Have you seen the new 'Loving Vincent' Van Gogh movie?  It is impressive, although I imagine many won't understand the amount of work that went into it or appreciate it.  Inspire is how it left me, and a bit blue, realizing the torment he must have lived through his last years.  If only he had been encouraged from the start, not that it matters his gift was destine to shine regardless. His style I can verify is  peaceful, easy to get lost when painting how many times I wondered what his painting day was like. It was not easy or cheap to be an artist back then- not as easy as it is for many of us.  It is a wonderful movie for Mental Health, to learn of his struggle and glimpse into what life was like for him - hopefully it will help bring about understanding for others. 

Vincent Da Crow.   It was a lesson in purple.
The next painting  is another tribute to Vincent - I wonder if he had cannabis.
It might have helped. Alcohol was big (go figure) back then, artists use to socialize and drink and frolic because they didn't have the internet to distract them. If you think his style appears easy or simplistic I can assure you , simply from trying to copy  one of his painting, they are detailed, thought out well beyond  our comprehension.   I am grateful we are able to witness ART.  ART has changed the world.  Art inspires everyone.

Tom Petty was an overdose, not from cannabis, from pain opiates... go figure.  
Another life, passionate talent lost to pills.  It's a slipper slope. The drastic changing of the weather - has my pain at an all time high, my hands struggling with peeling a banana (not exaggerating)  teary one day - I was close to calling my Dr.,  I have no doubt I'd be prescribed a powerful pain medication if I asked for one.  The trick is to not ask. 
Instead- I listen to my body and say - O.k. perhaps we'll take it easy and rest, sleep and rest more. Cannabis helps and  other times I simply am learning to live with the pain, it's part of the process for many. What is the alternative? Pain is a part of life.  

I've also started a larger watercolor, inspired by Hamilton of 'Hamilton's Pharmacopoeia,
there is something about him - when he smiles it's very sincere & warm, he smiles - I smile... 
it's been quite the 'eye opening' series.  Guess what I'm learning?  How the Government has lied to us.. go figure.   Mushrooms, Cactus, cannabis, LSD..  all have been used  widely, safely  amongst generations for  - ever -  to awaken, encourage HUMANS to think for ourselves, help heal and simply feel good & even feel better about dying.   Which has been seen by the Political Powers that be not a positive trait when you need  CE slaves to  pay into the system fuelled by consumerism.  It really does  ALL appear to be about:   C O N T R O L.

It's not that they have 'just lied' they have created animosity amongst each other on a global scale with their lies, taught to judge each other for what we "Choose" to put into our own bodies - made to 'appear criminals'  based on lies. 
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The only thing I have the desire to control right now is my paint brush around the paper. 

My tribute to Vincent, Mental health & cannabis next.

With TLC & THC
Georgia

AAAArrrrooooooooooooooooo!!!  
2 dogs howling in the night! Snoopy & Zero - getting ready to roll & proceed to the Monster mash!  Charles is proud in the Cannabis/Pumpkin patch - his home made pumpkin bong ready to test.  
It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown & The Nightmare Before Christmas
Two Halloween Classics! One classical animation & the other claymation/stop motion animation, I'm a fan of both.  It's a terrific way to spend the evening after you hunt down the candy! 

If your going out to a party- Please remember to DO NOT Drink & Drive.
If ever you feel intoxicated- call a cab- send for uber... use a broom.

Creatively 
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I JUST started watching Rick & Morty! It's creative, through provoking, entertaining.. 
Of course instantly when I watched 'Pickle Rick'  did 'Nuggy Rick' come to mind!
My tribute.  

Rick.. what do you say about that character, love him & hate him. I also like the sister.
They have done a terrific job with this animated show, I watch the 'art' closely- Cartoons style in particular.

It's provided us with a few giggles the past few day and for that - you must be grateful.
If you have some time to spare - in between being your own creative self - Check it out!

Mushroom adventure tomorrow! 
A serious cartoon Monday - about cannabis of Course! 
Stay tooned!  
I have a glass artist already making my  'Nuggy Rick' design!
I'll show him when complete!

What will you create today? 
​Who inspires you?  
What makes you giggle? Do it.    

Creatively 
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Lions & Tigers & Bears Oh my!!
Rattlesnake & Coyote & Poppy Bye Bye!

On 3 separate occasions people have come up and warned me about Poppy.
I get it and THANK you.  
I was picking a flower today and Poppy was with me, on her leash but still... I was'nt paying attention to her- this Cali foliage has got me 'cra cra ' lol .. I heard "Mam....  Mam... (in a southern drawl)  You need to pay attention to your dog! My dog and I were attacked by 3 coyote the other day!"  She then proceeded to pull out this really cute portable Tazer!! Pink - at that  "I got it on Amazon, you should pick it up, keep it in your hand or purse.. those coyote would steal her up in a second!"  I thanked her- told her I was visiting from Canada - and then she blurted out - "Well then, You better pay attention to the rattlesnake too!"  
OH My gouache! lol   Where are the squirrels when you need them?  
Come to think of it, I have not seen a squirrel.
Tons of tiny lizards- I wish I could catch one for a better look! Bunnies, BEEs, birds.. 
Behind the house is a walking path - amazing views & plants and it leads to a park or you can take it to 'Salt Creek Beach 2.5 miles' I plan on getting up early tomorrow and walking it!  Me & Poppy.  Now we have our whistle (also advised by the lovely stranger), and a walking stick with a  strap! To whack at coyote,  there are many people on the path as well.   We won't see a Coyote (God's got my back- Poppy's too) but we're just gonna play it safe...  a backpack so my hands are free.  We're good to go! & I've painted  new TINY ART drop! I'm so happy a little girl found one- she inspired me to paint  "more fun" than a pelican. 

& WE GO everywhere together! We went to the Movies & watched a movie with Salma Hayek & John Lithgow (I think they are both terrific).. the movie made me cry a couple of times & it touched a nerve with me. ;(  I knew what was coming at the end & just wanted to get out of the theatre. I highly recommend it.  
I am a big believer in fate as was Salmas character.    & love..   & healing.
I don't understand much it appears sometimes and get incredibly frustrated at events or people that enter my life - for a reason presumably - I know God has a plan..   What it is - I give up.  I surrender. I can't even pretend to guess.   
Later while I lay in bed...  I  wished I hadn't seen the movie.

Poppy had a tear in  her eye at the end of the movie- I think it's because she was enjoying the air conditioned room so much and knew we were leaving. lol  
** I had a comment here but removed it as it might 'spoil' the movie**
BEFORE I agreed to this invite I asked my friend "Do you support Trump?"
Had he said 'yes, I'd of said 'no.  Fact. 
I  don't speak Trumps name around here.. I am clearly amongst supporters.

Today were just going to sit out back, listen to the birds and paint & ponder. 
This 'fate stuff' got me all confused today... time to sample some new cannabis I picked up and just enjoy the sunshine and let God do the rest.
I have faith God won't let me down.
 
With Love
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