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

September CupboardScape

Good evening dear sweet blogging buddies.
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
I spent my weekend finishing up loose ends for our show
in Holly, Michigan this Saturday.
Hope to see some of you there.
Its going to be a great show!

This month's CupboardScape is a simple one.
Since Bob has not hung my bowl rack yet,
I decided to use it now.

Added one of my colored bowls and two other early ones.
I have always loved blue.
In the early 90's it was the country plaid blue and navy.
Now back to a colonial blue.
It seems through the years my love of prims is evolving.

I started with tins and kitchenware
because it was all I could find in my area.
When Bob and I first started becoming antique dealers,
the owner of the antique mall thought we were crazy 
trying to sell primitives.
We told him we wanted to bring primitives into St Clair County.
He said they won't sell..but I guess you can try.
Try we did.
Bob built a porch and we added a window and decorated
that old new porch with the changing seasons.
We ended up being his number one dealers.
Crazy to bring primitives we joked.
When we found out the owner of the mall was dying of a rare lung disease,
and unsure what would happen with his mall,
we branched out to our own store.

Now a lot of our dealers are bringing in prims.
We educate them when they bring in a repo.
Its ever changing.
Even our home.

I still love my prims...
just looking for the unusual looking stuff now.

More dents.
More patina.
More character.
Well loved and used.
(just wish my pieces could talk to me)

I love anything old.
Now take these corn cobs...
I have had these now for over 20 years.
The mice have managed to eat the ends though. LOL

Old Time Blessings To All!
Janice