TREE TIME

Good Morning Prim Folk,  yay!!!! Friday is here and I am off this weekend, so time to go out and bring home a Christmas tree.   We usually go and cut our own down but with the weather soooooo cold,  I think we will venture to one of the many tree lots around the city. I have to have a real pine tree for Christmas, just one of those traditions I cannot break, since my childhood to now, need that real tree, would not be Christmas with a fake one.  But I do have a wee skinny tree I put in up  in the living room early, I do like this prim tree but will not take the place of the pine, the smell of pine in the house  is what Christmas memories are made of........ Angel is all ready for Santa to, she has been a good girl all year long........................Wishing you all a warm wonderful weekend, say that tree times fast, :) Blessings Francine.

good little miss Angel

 

MERRY WEDNESDAY

Morning Prim Folk, still stuck in the deep freeze here but it's cold everywhere it seems, Ole Man Winter is back with a vengeance. Never the less,

 I am venturing out into the mall this afternoon to do some Christmas shopping, should not be to bad during the week, I am hoping. Will try to enjoy, take in the sites and sounds of the Holidays,  might even wave to Santa if I see him...... Speaking of Santa, I   received  this wonderful prim Santa  on a old bobbin in the mail the other day, love him so.   I ordered him from a fellow Canadian blogger at Heritage Homestead De'cor, her name is Darlene, talented gal and a sweetie. Nice  that she is also in Canada, don't find all that much primitive goodness around these parts, so was excited to find her and a Merry Christmas to me!!!!................Keep Cozy, enjoy  the day, Warm Blessings Francine.

TORTIAIRE MEAT PIE RECIPE

Greetings Prim Folk,  Happy Monday to you all............Well, I got the secret family recipe out of Cam for the Tortiaire   meat pie some of you were interested in, so here is the recipe he gave me.

French Canadian Tortiaire Meat Pie,            1 lb beef, 1 lb pork, mix / cook together,      1/2 teaspoon onion salt,  1/2 teaspoon allspice,  salt and pepper to taste.                6 medium potatoes, cook / mash with milk and butter,  mix meat ingredient, spices and potatoes together.  Ready for a cooked bottom pie crust, 10 minutes at 350 degrees in oven.     Fill the cooked pie crust and add top pie crust, poke holes on the top crust with fork,  bake at 350 degrees for another 10 minutes till golden brown, so yummy, enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!       Warm Blessings Francine.

CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHERS

  Morning Prim Folk,  really really frigid weather here, minus 40 with the windchill, oh ya, we are a hearty breed here in Manitoba, or dare I say stupid, :).........Came home from work yesterday afternoon and decided to do a little decorating with some  natural ceder greens in the wood trenchers. In the very long trencher I  put in a wooden white goose my Brother made me one Christmas, love it so, added greens and  pine cones.  The shorter trencher more ceder then put in  wooden painted Santa faces  along with  grungy wax oranges, went for a simple look.  A little more decorating for the holidays and the tree then  I guess I will call it quits, I think................Also when I came in from work, Cam had two Tortaire meat pies cooking, oh ya, yummy, one for supper, one to bring to my Sister's for Christmas day.  They are so tasty, made with pork/ beef mixture and mashed potato's, then baked in a pie crust. It is a  old French Canadian recipe,  Cam told me it was  a Christmas Eve tradition with his family. After Midnight Mass, family and friends would meet at his parents  farmhouse and that's what they would enjoy coming in from the cold, hot Tortaire meat pie,mmmmm, I really enjoy it to....................Wishing you all a great day, Stay Cozy, Blessings Francine.

short trencher

long trencher

Tortaire meat pie

    

SWAP GOODIES

Greetings Prim Folk,  Happy Friday, sure is a cold one this morning, Old Man Winter is here to stay...............Yesterday I received my swap package from Donna,  at Dirty Martini Queen, love that blog  name and she sure spoiled me, oh boy, Christmas came early. Inside were wrapped goodies of every size,  I was like a kid on Christmas morning.  A prim Santa, oh love him so, sweet snowman head bag, little felt stocking,  yummy melts, beautiful tree made with old buttons in a frame, a Gooseberry Patch booklet, A Simple Life magazine, cheese ball mix, cotton tea towels, snowman pottery bowl,

prim Christmas love

yummy

love the Santa cookie cutter

Angel says thanks along with me!!!

oh so many treasures, Angel even got a box of dog  treats. Thank you Donna so so much, you really made  me  happy happy!!!!!  Also want to thank Sweet Amy over at Bubble Bee Lane for hosting these wonderful swaps, love them so..........Wishing you all a wonderful weekend, Warm Blessings Francine.

CHRISTMAS DISHES

Morning Prim Folk,  Happy Hump Day to you all!!!! Snowy, blowy here today and   the cold is on it's way to, dipping way down with a biting wind chill,  good time to snuggle in and stay toasty................ Yesterday I  took out my Christmas dishes to use through the month of December. I like to use them everyday,  I think  they are so pretty and plus my Mom and Dad gave the set to me one Christmas in the 90'S. I fell in love with this pattern called Christmas Pleasure so they bought a set for me one Christmas and then every year after that I would receive a piece in that pattern like a tea pot, cream/sugar, salt/pepper shakers, so that I have all the settings  for the table. They are so special to me, then  I came across these beautiful plates called Merry Christmas by the Johnson Brothers  at a church rummage sale, love their dishes. Then at a Antique store I came across these beauties, love the pictures on them both, one called Winter Holiday, another Johnson Bros, the other one Winter, Shakespeare's Sonnets, HOW LIKE A WINTER HATH MY ABSENCE BEEN FROM THEE. THE PLEASURE OF THE FLEETING YEAR, so beautiful.  A little dish my sweet MIL gave me for I loved the old horse and sleigh winter scene on it, called Canadiana would you believe, a treasure now  for she has passed.  I adore picture plates and that's why you will find me looking through old dishes wherever we go, thrift stores, yard sales, hoping to find another treasure.............Wishing you a wonderful day,  welcome  to all the new followers, Warm  Blessings Francine.

CHRISTMAS PLEASURE

MERRY CHRISTMAS

WINTER HOLIDAY

WINTER

CANADIANA

HAPPY DECEMBER

Morning Prim Folk, well,  here we are in the Merry Month of December, wow!!!! can't believe it.  I do love this month even though it can be very stressful and hectic but   I try not to let it get me. I still get that excited feeling like a child around Christmas time. The light displays around the neighborhood, Christmas music everywhere,  and people just seem more jolly, warms the heart. In the darkness of evening, I love to curl up cozy in the house with just the tree lights on, candle glow and  watch a good old Christmas movie and enjoy the magic of the holidays.........Wishing you all find some magic of the Holidays in your heart, Santa knows if you've been naughty or nice, Blessings Francine.