FALL IS CREEPING IN

 Morning Prim Folk,  hope you all had a wonderful weekend,  middle of the month already, wow,!!!!!! but  I do love these golden days of Autumn that are slowly creeping in. Very cool  last night, dropped to the single digits, was a chilly morning , that hot cup of coffee was soooo good.........Guess that is why I found myself putting out some Fall goodies last evening,  hung in the little red bucket some indian corn with bittersweet,  a gourd from last year under the shoefly, can't believe it lasted a year,  pumpkin potpourri in a small yellow ware bowl, a sweet pumpkin gal on a little stool by the fireplace and on a  pumpkin mat three grungy wax pumpkins that smell so good, cinnamon and clove, such a warm toasty scent.  So far that is all I did, tell myself I am not going to decorate so much for the seasons but then I go into my seasonal trunks and  find things that I hold dear so I have to decorate with them, sigh..............Wishing you all a beautiful day, Fall Blessings Francine.
 



 


gourd under shoefly

 

yummy pumpkin potpourri

 

bucket on old hay hook

prim wax pumpkins

made by Kimberly of The Red Cupboard post

YOU SAY TOMATO

Happy Friday Prim Folk,  hope all is well with you.........Well, going back to work was not so bad, but did enjoy being a bum for my holidays, a person can get very  lazy, well, I know I can so just as well I get back at it...............Cam's tomatoes are turning ripe for the picking,  he just picked these big red ones off the plant,  all you will need is a slice for a sandwich, really huge this year and still many on the vine growing nice and plump. He received a seedling plant  from a lady that goes to the Eagles bingo where Cam is a caller for bingo, she said last year she had very huge tomato's and by the looks of these beauty's she meant it, never grew such big ones before..........Wishing you all a wonderful weekend,  Blessings Francine.

nice mater's

MORNING

Greetings Prim Folk,  it is a cool cloudy morning here,  we came home yesterday morning from the lake for it was raining and looking so dreary,  decided to just  go home,  that's ok. I had some things to catch up on anyway and tomorrow I go back to work,   but I sure did enjoy my holidays so much..............Also I found out I am a Great Auntie once again, my Nephew and his wife have a new bundle of joy, a sweet baby girl, Scarlett Ivy, can't wait to meet her................Want to thank you all on your kind comments on my prim pumpkin guy, Mr. Bittersweet, you made me feel really great about my attempt at crafting, your all sooooo sweet...................Last but not least,  God Bless all who lost their lives on this tragic day, 911, forever in our hearts........   Blessings Francine.

WEE  SCARLETT  IVY

MR.BITTERSWEET

Morning Prim Folk,  hope all is well for you this Monday morning...........It is a rainy day here this morning, we were going to the lake to spend my last 3 days of my,  gulp,  holidays but decided to let the rain stop, supposed to this afternoon, then we will go............So, with the rain falling,  I decided to get crafty, by no means am I a crafter but if I want something bad enough I will try to make it.  Well, I wanted a very simple  prim pumpkin man so I found some things I had  around the house and spent the morning crafting.  Stitched a pumpkin head, then painted it, had a old horseshoe nail I  used it as the nose,  then put the head  on a cinnamon stick . Had a little burlap pillow I was not using so that's the body, stuck the head into the pillow,  slowly coming along,  tied some raffia for a belt, candy corn buttons and used old dried   Bittersweet for arms,  I  really can't get anymore primitive then him.

................Wishing you a wonderful day, Prim Blessings Francine. 

AFTERNOON

Angel and I  on this big chair outside a rest stop

Greetings Prim Folk,  Happy Saturday to you all, it is a fine day here, warm and sunny with a gentle breeze blowing, perfect summer day............We came in from our trip to Ontario  a couple hours ago,  nice to be home once again but had a wonderful time visiting friends.  Beautiful scenery, love being out on the blue lakes, smell of pine trees, so  relaxing.   Yesterday we went fishing in the boat on a lake called Ord, quiet and so tranquil, we really had a great afternoon catching fish, we all caught fish, the other couple,  Cam and I , does not happen very often.   The first fish I caught on my brand new rod was a big Northern Pike, yippee!!! did he put up a fight, wow,  but I finally reeled him to the boat, always wanted to catch a big Northern, and alas I did. But the poor guy was really  scarred up, not to sure what happened to him but   he was 34 inches of game fish,  I thanked him and with a smack of the tail, he was gone, of coarse I let him go.  Then the Walleye started biting and they were all catching them but me,  I  just was catching smaller Pikes, but at least catching fish.... With enough Walleye for a good feast, 7 in total, but still not at the limit.  We went in closer to the shore for a last cast, well,  I felt a tug, reeled in my catch and it was a Walleye, oh ya, now we all caught supper......Went back to the friends home and  she cooked up those  yummy fish, so so tasty, always enjoy a good feed of Walleye........had a wonderful time visiting them but  now back at home till Monday, going to spend my last 3 days of my holidays at the trailer before I go back to work........ Wishing you all a wonderful weekend, Blessings Francine.
 

driving by beautiful lakes

through rock cut

 

fishing on Ord lake

 

my Northern

 

Cam holding up my big fish

 

a tasty bucket of Walleye

 
 

GRUNGY DAY

Evening Prim Folk,  Happy Wednesday to you all.......Was a beautiful day here, cool this morning then just a nice warm sunny day. Went out and caught up on my yard work, weeded, cleaned the flower beds, many spent perennials that have bloomed out needed to be cut, really enjoyed the beautiful day  catching up on the yard work.....Then came in for a coffee break, my mistake was looking on Pinterest, Primitive  Fall  pins, well, such wonderful  pictures and how to tutorials, that did it.  Found one where you take dollar store gourds and grungy  them up to look prim, ok, I can do that and I did, for I had some of the gourds from last year. Like how they turned out, easy peasy too, dip each in melted wax then dust with cinnamon,  they smell good also.  I popped them in a wooden bowl with my old dried sunflower seed heads and now I have a start to some Fall décor, just like that, gotta love Pinterest, but to  addicting........Now that I bored you with my simple post, hope you have a nice evening, September Blessings Francine.

grungy gourds

HAPPY SEPTEMBER

hello
 

Afternoon Prim Folk,  hope you all are well, I have  missed you all, time to catch up and see what you have been up to.  Came back from the lake this morning, was a very relaxing time, didn't do anything exciting, just was nice to be out there, hope you all had a great Labor day long weekend too..... Can't believe September is here, but glad, for will really enjoy the cooler temps that come with the beautiful month, has still been hot and wow, did we have some wicked thunder storms at the lake, sheets of rain, hail, you name it, but then the sun would come out once again........Still enjoying the last days of my holidays,  still a week to go then back to the grind, not looking forward to that but will not think a bout the last  of my week off.....Doing some laundry, then out doors to clean up the flower beds, all these chores to do now......  We are in for a few days then off to see some friends in Ontario for a couple days. They have a house on very beautiful land out in the woods, do enjoy visiting them out there, maybe do some fishing on the pretty lakes in the area too........Wishing you all a great day, Blessings Francine.    









sunset on the lake last night











Humming Bird in the flowers