WELCOME

WELCOME,PULL UP A CHAIR AND COME SIT A SPELL WITH ME. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE A MESSAGE OF JUST SAY HI,BE MY GUEST,LOVE TO MEET NEW PRIM FOLKS, BLESSINGS, FRANCINE.







Sunday 31 March 2013

EASTER GREETINGS

Morning Primfolk, wishing you all a  Happy Easter, may you have a great day shared with loved ones and eat lots of sweets, I know I  will...................We are off to my Sister`s for Easter supper of ham and all the fixins, yum yum........I am bringing dessert, last night I made  lemon merinque pie, sure hope it tastes good, .............Enjoy this wonderful day,` He Has Risen`, Easter Blessings Francine.

Friday 29 March 2013

GOOD FRIDAY

Morning Primfolk,  hope all is well for you this day, a long weekend for many, not me, working today and the weekend............Finally Spring is in the air here in Winnipeg, the temps are in the pluses, YAY!!!!! snow is melting, I can  even see patches of grass along the sidewalk...........Yesterday I noticed a little female Purple Finch start a nest in the pine tree in the front yard, exciting to me, good sign Spring is near.............................The new windows look great upstairs, the guys sure knew their job, had them in  and cleaned up after themselves  in no time...............now the redecorating, will take me awhile to get it done..............The other day after reading the Country Sampler I did change the porch around, that magazine does it to me every time, :)Wishing you all a great day, Spring Blessings Francine.

Wednesday 27 March 2013

HAPPY WEDNESDAY

Morning Primfolk, middle of the week already,  and where did March go??? well, glad it will be over, maybe April will bring some  Spring weather, sure hope so..........It has been rather nice lately, sunny with the snow melting slowly, that is what we need here in Manitoba, a very slow melt for we always are in Flood mode in the Spring, we sure have had doozy`s of flooding water other  years.......................Bought the new issue of Country Sampler Home Edition, yay!!!!!, enjoy that magazine......the only problem is that after looking at all the wonderful prim homes I want to start changing things up in my home.......oh well, maybe that's what I need to help me start with the Spring cleaning.................Tomorrow we are getting new windows in the three bedrooms upstairs, will be great, that also will get me going on the cleaning and decluttering, here`s hoping anyway.................Wishing you all a happy hump day, Spring Blessings Francine.

Monday 25 March 2013

HAPPY MONDAY

Greetings  Primfolk, another weekend gone by, hope you all enjoyed it,  was a quite one for me...... I did not mind, curled up with a book, should start the Spring cleaning but did I , NO!!!...not yet, think about it but will have to get in gear soon, for once the weather warms up, I will be outside, but at the rate Spring is coming here, I have time..................Had a great visit with my Brother and S-I-L Saturday evening,  shared many laughs,  good treats, she is a heck of a great baker, yum yum, Easter cookies filled my tummy.......Brother had a toasty fire burning in the fireplace, all was good.......She gave me a little Easter present, the cutest sleeping prim bunny, love it, so thoughtful...........Yesterday I placed him in a wooden bowl with some tiny carrots, sweet.............Wishing you all a wonderful day full of sunshine, Spring Blessings Francine.

Saturday 23 March 2013

PAY IT FORWARD GIFT

Happy Saturday Morning Primfolk,  hope this day finds you all well...........A little milder here this morning, the sun is trying to shine, have my fingers crossed, would sure like some of this snow melting...........................Yesterday I received a surprise gift in the mail from dear Kendra from The Stone House Primitives, we both are doing the Pay It Forward from the beginning of the year, you have all year to send a little something to the chosen one...........well, she sent mine and I must say she was very generous, inside was a beautiful wool hanging pillow with a pretty flower on the front, wonderful work Kendra does, love it so, and she also remembered I collect and love old flower frogs, so I found two old frogs inside the package too, with a sweet gardening postcard.......oh my stars!!!!!!, love them, what a great surprise........Thank you so much Kendra, you sure brightened up my day yesterday...............................This afternoon I am off once again wash and curl my sweet Mother`s hair, and then this evening going to visit my Brother and S-I-L, I  enjoy looking at all her Spring time decorating, she has many wonderful old bunny candy containers and molds, might bring my camera along to show you them, great collection, I can only dream, :).................Wishing you all a happy day, Spring Blessings Francine.

Friday 22 March 2013

HAPPY FRIDAY

tweaked the shelf
Good Morning Primfolk,  first weekend of Spring but you would never know it around these parts, no Spring flowers blooming just snow banks three feet high,  oh well,  at least the sun has been shining, makes the cold  a little more bearable......................Feeling restless being cooped up indoors, here is where the tweaking comes in, besides the Spring decorating, I have been starting to change things up a bit, starting small but who knows where it will end, cabin fever does strange things to a person,......................Wishing you all a great weekend, sure hope it`s a lot warmer in your neck of the woods,  Spring Blessings Francine.

Wednesday 20 March 2013

HAPPY SPRING????

Morning Primfolk,  hope all is well with you on this first day of Spring,  sure does not feel like it  arrived here in Winnipeg, temps are way down in the minuses, a wind chill today and way to much snow, no signs of Spring here.......Last year at this time we were enjoying temps in the 70`s, I was planting Pansy`s in pots outdoors and visiting the gardening centers, not this year, oh well, I guess I have whined enough, nothing we can do about the weather, Spring has to come sometime though......................Look what hopped into my mailbox yesterday, a wonderful prim bunny made by Mandy of Bittersweetfolkart Primitives,  she is a great prim crafter,  sure made my day finding this wonderful bunny, love him.......  I have the cabin fever blues real bad,  so finding it in the mail box yesterday was what I needed to help cheer me up................Wishing you a day full of warm sunshine,  Spring Blessings Francine.

Monday 18 March 2013

MORE SNOW!!!!!!!!


pretty blue eggs
Morning Primfolk, hope you all had a great weekend and ready for the start of  another week ahead.................. Guess Winter does not now when enough is enough, we received 5 more inches of snow last night, yuk, no Spring yet around these parts, still cold with wind chills this week.....................Had a quite weekend, Saturday went to another fish fry supper, this time at the church with my Mom, Sister, her boyfriend, Cam and myself,  was so good,  love Walleye,  so yummy, then we all came back to the house for a game of dice, I will tell you I did not win, but we all had fun together.......................Sunday, just had a relaxing day, but I did  paint up some little  eggs blue,  then grunged them up, popped them in a small blue bowl with some branches, ahhhhh... a little bit of much needed Springtime around the house............Wishing you all a good day, Blessings Francine.  

woke up to this, Angel`s little tracks

Sunday 17 March 2013

HAPPY GREEN DAY

Top Of The Morning To You..........Hoping  you all a Happy St. Patrick`s Day, enjoy the day........do a gig, drink a green beer and find that pot of gold,  :).....................Still no sign of Spring around these parts, in fact we are in a Winter storm watch for this evening with amounts of snow and cold wind chills, boy oh boy.....just what I want to here, NOT!!!.. then cold all week, where oh where is Spring............Wow, finding  many changes on my computer, what`s going on????........Wishing  you all a great day, Irish Blessings Francine.

Friday 15 March 2013

AND THE WINNER IS......



names in bowl :)

Morning Primfolk, Happy Friday, any plans for the weekend gals?.............Still Winter here, cold wind this morning, not anything new, suppose to be cold all weekend with a windchill, guess it will be a stay in cozy weekend,  that`s ok...................Thanks for all your Anniversary wishes on my  first year of blogging Monday, so many commented, warmed my heart, wonderful bunch of gals you all are........................For my giveaway, I  put all the names in my yellowware bowl who entered, then this morning  pulled out a name the old fashioned way and the winner is.............Tammy from A Country Girl At Home, Woo Hooo!!!!!!! Congratulaions Tammy, sweet as pie she is...............I have your address already Tammy from the Pay It Forward so I will pop the package in the mail today.............Wishing you all a warm wonderful weekend,  Spring Blessings Francine.

winner, Tammy

Wednesday 13 March 2013

COME ON SPRING!!!!!!









Good Morning Primfolk,  hope this Wednesday finds you all fine and dandy.........Weather still cool and cloudy, desperatly need some warm sunshine to feel like Spring time, where oh where is Spring?.....Those of you who are lucky enough to already have the milder weather, started to play in the garden, I am jealous, so would like to get my hands in the dirt, but it will be a long while till I can get outdoors to enjoy, so much snow here still............ I found myself looking at such beautiful Spring pictures last evening, longing for Spring so that is what I will put on my post today, come stoll with me into Spring, ahhhhh, can you feel the sunshine on your face?, smell the fresh air and flowers......would be so nice..............I am off to my Mom`s this afternoon to visit,  they lost their hair dresser at the place  my Mom lives so Mom asked if I could wash and curl her hair, well, the washing I can do but will try my best at curling it for her, will do anything for my sweet Mother.................Enjoy the day, wishing you all bright blue sky`s and warm sunshine, Spring Blessings Francine.


Monday 11 March 2013

I YEAR GIVEAWAY

Morning Primfolk, hope the weekend was a good one for you all, seems to go by so fast...............Well, one year ago I started my blog, March 11th was my first post, I was so scared but look at me now...........I can`t believe how much fun it has been and the wonderful gals I have meet......So grateful for all the friendships I have made through blogging, so so many caring, giving gals out there......Still hard to believe I have followers on my little ole blog, blows my mind, but very thankfull for each and every one of you, you have enriched my life, being there to laugh, cry and pray  with me, I am so happy you all are in my life...............So for my one year blogaversary I am having a giveaway to celebrate, since Easter is near, the giveaway will be goodies for Spring..................Rules are easy peasy,  please leave a comment on this post that you would like to be entered, open to Canadian and U.S., old and new followers welcome,  if you would like to post on the sidebar for a second entry, be my guest.......I will pick a winner on March 15th in the morning, would like to send out the package out so whoever can recieve it for Easter, sloooow mail here...........Good Luck to all  and thanks again for all your kindness in welcoming me in this wonderful blogging community, Warm Blessings Francine.

felt Easter runner, nodding chickie and vintage egg cup with egg candle, maybe a surprise or two thrown in.


Sunday 10 March 2013

SPRING AHEAD



Morning Primfolk, did you all remember to change your clocks ahead one hour?? the day light will be longer, yay!!!.................The weather has been enjoyable here, mild for a change, looks like the sun might be shining today too................Had a good day yesterday,  read my book, did a little more Spring decorating, popped into see my Mom for awhile................In the evening we went out to a supper for a couple who were married out in Jamaica, of coarse we didn`t make it to celebrate with them out there,  so we attended they party here.......was a wonderful time, good food and many laughs, but we are not night owls so we left before midnight, was way past our bedtime, we might turn into pumpkins, tee hee...........all in all was a wonderful day, today just taking it easy..............Wishing you all a great Sunday, Blessings Francine.

Friday 8 March 2013

LITTLE VISITER


sweetie pie Dean



Happy Friday Primfolk,  hope all is well in your neck of the woods,  temps have been rather mild here of late, so nice but still lots of snow.................My girlfriend popped in with her Grandson Dean, he sure is a little sweetie, so happy she has this little guy in her life now, he knows how to put a smile on your face.........She is having a hard time of it,  missing her husband so much, not getting enough sleep, wakes up crying, all I can do is be there for her, try to comfort her but my heart breaks for all her pain.............The Son is recovering well at home but will have to learn to walk all over again, one foot is still really swollen, giving him some trouble but hope all goes well for him in the coming months........................I plan to put out a few more Spring goodies this weekend, curl up with a book, just enjoy my days off..............Wishing you all a great weekend, Warm Blessings Francine.

a little comfort, suckie and blankie


Wednesday 6 March 2013

HAPPY WEDNSDAY



Good Morning Primfolk, in the middle of the week already, hope you all are feeling fine this day..................We really got a good dump of snow on Monday into Tuesday, now really no site of Spring just big banks of the white stuff, oh well....Springs gotta come sometime.................................I recieved two parcels in the mail that made me happy, one is a sweet old slate I had ordered from Barbara at The Cabin In The Woods,  love it, always wanted one but never found any here.....now I need to find some chalk so I can write some sayings on the little slate..............she also added some really sweet little prim goodies  with the slate, so so nice of her, love them all, thanks Barbara........................Then yesterday I recieved a  Spring surprise box I had won from Maggie of Maggie`s Lil` Fixins........I had entered her giveaway and won, yay!!!!! so many wonderful Spring goodies.....Thanks Maggie, so great, put me in the Spring time mood once again to decorate...................Enjoy the day, Warm Blessings Francine.
sweet old slate
prim goodies
Spring goodies from giveaway

Monday 4 March 2013

MORE WABBITS





Morning Primfolk,  hope you all had a good weekend................. well, milder temps here but along with the mild weather comes more snow, oh ya, lots of it, all day infact, YUK!!!, so hard to think Spring when outside is all white....................So inside yesterday I spent my evening decorating with a few more bunny`s and trying to think Spring time,  love my prim bunny`s, many are so special as my crafty Sister made them for me. .................I decided to put a bunny and grungy eggs in my blue and white enamel basin for a change, always have them in a wooden bowl but this time I  wanted a more brighter look for Spring, not to sure if I really like it but shall leave it for now, adds a pop of color anyway.......................Then did a little more decorating with my Spring goodies,  so trying to get in the Easter mode, but having a hard time of it this time of year, will do some more another day...................Wishing you all a wonderful Monday, Blessings Francine.

Saturday 2 March 2013

I`M BAAAACK!!!!!






Morning Primfolk, Happy March to you all.........sure hope Spring is arriving any day now.................Had a wonderful little getaway Holiday, beautiful mountains surrounding the small town of Wendover...the scenery was breathtaking, the snow capped mountains were so magnificent, but was a little chilly there too, but not like here in  Winnipeg and I survived the flight, was not so bad but was glad it`s over...............Our Hotel was really nice,  big comfy bed.......... ate to much, great places to dine, played the penny slots to much....but the machines were good to me, brought back money, sure don`t do that to often..... bought myself some really nice smelling candles too...............Had so many laughs with my Sister, really had a great time but it`s always nice to come home sweet home..............now back to the regular grind, but will be so nice to enjoy the longer days and hopefully milder weather..............Wishing you all a great weekend, oh ya, I missed you guys so much......will play catch-up this weekend.............Spring Blessings Francine.
apple scent candles and melts

shots from the plane in Manitoba

plane picture

mountains in Wendover

where we stayed

snow capped mountains