Bowl Rack Reveal

Good evening sweet blogging friends.
Boy what a difference a day can make.
83 degrees and nice yesterday.
 A cool rainy 53 degree day today.
Fall is sure in the air now.

Bob finally put up my new bowl rack.
I added my blue, orange and plain wood bowls.
Do you like?

Draped a piece of blue coverlet.

A bit of inside Autumn
with shades of gold, red, brown and orange.
All the colors of the season.
Except for the blue. LOL

This firkin (sugar bucket) on the right
is my newest one.
I purchased this one from Marie at
the Harvest at The Mill show.
It is natural in color and also a signed piece.
Just perfect to complete my Autumn decor on our jam cabinet.
Do you decorate with painted prims in your seasonal decor?

Taking my mom to her next eye surgery in the morning.
Say a wee prayer for her if you can.

Firkin Blessings To All!
Janice

My Wicked Halloween Winner

Good afternoon sweet blogging buddies.

Hope your weekend is going well for you.

Bob and I went on a pick today.

Traveled up into my old neck of the woods...

into the Thumb area of Michigan.

Picked up a few things...but I

Also ended up buying a really nice

crock for myself.

Will show it off later.

As promised....

I have drawn a name using Random Generator.

First, I want to thank everyone for your comments.

You all were very creative for sure!

I was impressed with everyone's comments.

For my Wicked Halloween Giveaway,

the winner is 

Drum Roll......

Sandy.

Sandy, please email me with your address,

so I can mail out your goodies.

Thank you everyone for joining in.

Saturday Blessings To All!

Janice

Wicked Giveaway Reminder

Good evening sweet blogging buddies.

Just a reminder to add your 

WICKED HALLOWEEN

comments before Saturday.

For more information on this giveaway,

please see previous post.

Also let me know if you posted my giveaway to your blog.

GOOD LUCK!

Happy Hump Day Blessings To All!

Janice

Wicked Giveaway

Good afternoon sweet blogging buddies.
As promised here is my Wicked Giveaway.
My wicked cross stitch grungy pillow
and my pudgy woolie brown kitty.

For this giveaway
you will need to creat a sentence or two
with either the word WICKED or HALLOWEEN in your sentence. 

You will receive one entry into the giveaway for each of the two words.

If you are inclined to write more than a sentence.

then for every time you add these words,

your chances will go up for each of these two words.

Oh yeah,
if you are so WICKED to post this HALLOWEEN giveaway
onto your own blog post,
this WICKED blogger will give you even another chance to win
this WICKED HALLOWEEN pillow and this
 HALLOWEEN pudgy woolie kitty.

Easy enough.
I just used these two words 6 times in my last paragraph.
Good luck my WICKED friends.
Hope you all enter into my WICKED HALLOWEEN giveaway
with your WICKED HALLOWEEN comments.
Be wickedly creative.

Drawing to be held next Saturday
September 27th.

WICKED HALLOWEEN BLESSINGS TO ALL!
Janice

Home Part Tres

Good afternoon sweet blogging friends.
A Big thank you to those who sent prayers and well wishes for my mom.
Surgery was delayed a bit as they could not dilate her eye,
so I was in the waiting room wondering why it was taking so long..
as others were leaving that went in after her.
Her  post op appointment this morning
revealed that her eye is still swelled up,
due to the eye disease she has even after removing the cataract.
She has another appt. next week to see if things are improving.
Her vision is blurry and she will be staying with us for the week.
No sense letting her try to drive home right now.

Below are a few more pics around the home.
this time in the kitchen.

Hope you enjoy.

Autumn Decor Blessings To All!
Janice

Fall Decor Part Deux

Good evening sweet blogging buddies.
Thank you so very much for all of the great comments.
Being part French, here is part deux (two)
of my fall home tour.

Tomorrow I have to get up before the roosters
to take my mom for her eye surgery.
Please say a wee prayer for her.
You all are the 
BEST

I almost forgot...
coming soon...
a giveaway.
Stay tuned.

Part Deux Blessings To All!
Janice

Autumn Is Peeking Through

Good morning sweet friends.
Their is a crispness in the air.
Fog on the river and the freighters sounding out their whereabouts.
The squirrels are scurrying about hiding their food for Winter.
The Winter birds are moving in, while the geese are rounding up to leave.
Yes, Autmn is peeking through...
both outside and inside.

Besides Christmas, this time of year is my favorite.
I love the colors of Autumn.
Off to decorate some more
and create Christmas goodies.

Until next time.

Atumn Happening Blessings To All!
Janice

Store Autumn Displays

Good afternoon sweet blogging buddies.
This morning I helped spruce up a house
 that is being donated to a US soldier.
Our soldiers ~
both US and Canadian
sacrifice so much to keep us free.
When I heard that the bank I work for was donating a house
to a soldier and his family
a few towns North of me...
well I had to help out.

Shawn and Emily and their 4 girls
were given a mortgage free home.
Shawn last served in Iraq after his unit was hit
in a Taliban camp that they were in.
He was wounded, but some of his brothers died.
Their story will be featured tonight at 9PM ET
on the Amercian Heros Channel.
The show is called The Hornet's Nest.
I  wish I could watch it, but I do not get this channel.
His story made me cry
and I was glad we could help him unload their U-Haul
along with the spruce up, so that they can stay in their new home tonight.

His story reminded me of my dad. 
My dad was a Marine in the Korean War.
He was shot in the head.
Fortunately for him, (and me)
he had his helmet on at the time.

Soldiers don't get to call in sick,
or take a mental health day.
They do not get home cooked meals,
and even miss a meal at times.

We are so fortunate to have men and women
who are willing to take these sacrifices.
A big shout out to all of them.

Now for some of our current store displays.

Freedom To Everyone Blessings To All!
Janice

Porch Beginnings

Good evening blogging buddies!
Hope everyone is safe in the path of the upcoming storm.
Our weather folks are saying we will be getting 
these strong storms sometime tomorrow.

 Most of you know already how we chose
our store name
Back Porch Antiques.
For my new followers,
I will give you the short story.

We originally were going to open a small prim shop
in the back room of our home which originally was
our back porch turned into a room
with windows and a door.

Back Porch Primitives was born.
However our township changed their mind and we could not open
our little prim shop.

We set up shop in the next town,
and Bob and I worked one entire weekend
building a porch for the room we leased.

When we moved our business to our own store,
Bob always missed the porch we made.

He missed it so much,
last week he made another mini version.

Made with reclaimed beadboard, paint, old windows. 
Even some old tin roofing we had laying around. 
I think he did a great job!
Do you like our new porch?

New Porch Beginning Blessings To All!
Janice

Fall Is In The Air

Good morning sweet friends.

Bob and I did extremely well at our show

despite the severe weather that moved in the night before.

It hailed and the rain was coming down sideways at times

while we were at the restaurant in Holly.

After reaching our hotel later that evening,

we realized the storm was worse than we originally thought.

No air, no tv, and no lights in the bathroom.

Over 350,000 folks without power.

We even lost power at home as our son spent the night.

For him to be afraid..it must have been a powerful one.

On another note

I visited with many bloggers,

and even met new ones.

Here is a list.

If I forgot you, please let me know.

Earlene

Primitive Passion Decorating

Janet

Olde Crow Primitives

Marg
Margs Primitive Quilts

Lisa
Moonlit Stitch

Kelly
Scarecrow Cabin

Bobbie
The Evening Stitcher

Marie (OLM)
Olde Lady Morgan 

Lauren
Rugs and Pugs

And our gracious host Dawn
Holly Hills Primitives
Thank you Dawn and Dick for a wonderful show!

After the storms rolled through on Friday night,
this morning Fall is in the air.

The leaves are already starting to turn.

Small berries are dropping from trees.

Evn bigger ones too.

My favorite time of year.

Which is why I created this latest penny candle mat.
A one of a kind creation by me.
Available at our store
Back Porch Antiques in Marine City, MI

Is Autumn your favorite time of year too?

Yellowing Leaves Blessings To All!
Janice

New Kids

Good evening sweet dear bloggin buddies.

Today is my Friday.

Yipee!

Meet the new Kids

On the Block.

Hickory, Dickory and

Doc.

Three different Cousins.

Full of humor and Jolly.

Deciding to Travel.

Destination ~ Holly.

They will be Leaving.
Sometime Friday Morn.
Hitchhiking in a Bin.
Amongst kitties, witches and Corn.

Do come visit Them.
Even purchasing if you Can.
As they do not want to Go.
Back in our Van.

Harvest At The Mill
Primitive Show
920 Baird St
Holly, MI  48442
Karl Richter Campus
( 4 miles west of I75)

September 6th
Show Hours: 10am to 3pm
Admission ~ $5.00

Be a little wicked and come on over.
Hope to see you there.

Pre Show Blessings To All!
Janice