It's wayyy past time!

Here it is almost JULY and I haven't even shown

you the rest of my photos that I took June 3rd at

the antique store in Michigan.

The first seven photos are another favorite booth of

mine in the mall. Leslie's french booth was number

one and this one was number two.

They had several old clock faces that were neat.

First time ever that I have found vintage clock faces

to buy that was not online.

This person just has a knack for making neat

displays, but I did not find a business card in her

booth. Maybe I missed it.

Love these banners made out of book pages.

See the clock face in this photo underneath the bloom banner? It now resides in my house. :)

Neat chippy white pieces...I know! I just couldn't buy everything though.

Vintage opera glasses along with many

other goodies.

This was what I saw when I first entered

this booth.

Love this table which was in a booth very close

to Leslies.

Can a person have too many flower frogs? I have several so I left this one for someone else.

Yet another area that I thought was nice.

Can you believe the gorgeous chandelier is marked

SOLD? I can!!

I seriously considered this birdhouse because

I need a new one for outside, but after I

found Leslie's booth I didn't get it.

I try to reason things out when trying to decide

what to buy. Now I know my

hubby can make me a birdhouse very easily,

but can he get me vintage items all the way

from France?? Not so easily...so the vintage French

items won out!

There was quite a display outside before you

even got in the door of the mall.

Love how these mailboxes are embellished.

I see a mailbox makeover coming on soon. Oh boy won't my mailman love me!!

Neat white door, but would have had to strap

it to the top of the car and I don't think hubby

would have agreed to that. :)

I hope you enjoyed yet another tour of the antique mall

in Michigan. Once in awhile when I let my mind wander

I think of all the places out there in the world that I have

not seen. I know it must be filled with all kinds of treasures

because I haven't even scratched the surface and I

am amazed at what I find.

Just in case you missed it before:

Memories Antique Mall 4036 W. Grand Blanc Rd. Swartz Creek, Michigan 48473 {just off of US 23 a mile or two}

Happy Thursday!! Blessings~

Porch curtains, flowers and cutie patooties!

I am just thrilled with how my galvanized tub has

performed for me this year. Last year we had tomatoes

planted in it and it looks so much prettier this way

don't you think?

I planted ivy geraniums, hops, allysum along with an

asparagus fern.

The allysum (snowdrift or snow something??) is spilling over the edges very nicely.

Very light pink geranium

Oh my look who snuck into my post!! Aren't they just the cutest ever!!! Big sister Keira and little brother Kanaan.

My oldest son's children. Can you tell that Keira loves him to death??

{I don't think he minds being loved on either!} love this picture of them!

{Kanaan got his boo boo when we were out there

last time to visit, but he took it like a little man!}

my back deck...don't look too close ,but I spy greenish

stuff on part of it so I guess it is time to get out the

power washer again.lol.

{The fence came home from my booth}

Here is my front porch from a couple posts ago where I

didn't get this shot added. Thought you might want

to see the whole thing.

and WA LA......I hung curtains on the porch!!!! What do you think? I posted on facebook that I think the neighbors

think I am batty for putting them up, but I don't

care. Sure makes a nice peaceful place to sit and I

love it when they blow in the breeze.

I didn't buy one thing...took these out of my stash

from a garage sale last year. I think it was a huge

scarf type curtain. I ripped it in two and love it!

It has been an interesting time here lately at the Wayside

Treasures household. Last week we had to have a new

starter put on our car (2003) and a four wheel alignment

($400), this week new struts put on (over $600 , but

thankfully not the $800 they quoted us),

$250 spent on roofing materials for replacing a

tiny roof, and a yet to be seen price for a

lawnmower part. Hubby will pick that up tomorrow

after work. Can you believe I push mowed part

of our lawn today? We have almost three acres,

maybe two that we mow and I would NOT

want to mow it all that way! I sure got a

workout though!

I was trying to find a silver lining in all this

money going out and I did. Thankfully it happened now

and not when hubby was laid off a year and a half ago. God is good!!!

Now scoot on over to Faded Charm where I

know Kathleen has many lovely white posts

for you to view again this week.

{PS disclaimer here again...still can't get to many of

your WW posts because of my slow dial-up internet,

but I do keep trying. One of these days!!}

For those of you who asked the antique mall

where Leslie's french booth is:

Memories Antique Mall

4036 W. Grand Blanc Rd.

Swartz Creek, Michigan 48473

{just off of US 23 a mile or two}

Blessings~

A *french* story of amazing kindness!

This is a story about a shared love of all things french,

a person who I have never met {Leslie},

and random acts of kindness...

they were bestowed upon me...of all people me!

{isn't this french correspondence letter just lovely?}

Remember when we visited my daughter a few weeks

ago and we stopped at *the* antique mall with the

vintage french booth?

{You can read about it here if you missed it}

I mentioned that I had looked and looked for a price

on some vintage french paper pieces in the booth,

but decided they were just for display.

What I didn't tell you was that I picked up the

seller's business card and sent her an email

telling her how much I loved her booth

and that I will be visiting it whenever we

are in the area.

I received a very kind email back from Leslie

and she happened to mention that if there was

ever anything I was looking for to let her know.

Once again I replied and told her that I loved

the vintage french papers and did she have any

for sale.

{a vintage french medicinal glass and wicker carrier

along with an eiffel tower postcard!}

She replied and told me if I would give her my

address then she would just send me some.

what??

{it even says "made in france" on the bottom}

Totally surprised I passed it along to her

and I was shocked at what appeared in my

mailbox within a few days!

A huge package with all kinds of vintage french paper

ephemera along with a french skeleton key and

a french bin number.

I was just amazed at each and every little thing

and looked them all over very carefully.

A random act of kindness that left me speechless!

Beautiful photos on french papers.

French cutouts of wings and butterflies

this vintage french correspondence letter along

with the french skeleton key.

more paper goodies

several beautiful vintage telegrams.

You name it...she sent it!

A day or two later while still corresponding with Leslie,

I asked her if she could check the price of the little wicker

glass carrier with glass inside and get back with me.

She assured me that she would when she was at her

booth again. We agreed that I would pay by check

or paypal.

When I asked her the price a few days later this

was the exact wording of the email she sent to me:

Hi Sandi, wanted to let you know that you

should check your mail in the next few days

for a wonderful little package.... Leslie

You have got to be kidding me! I emailed her

again and asked her what I owed her and

she replied back:

"just enjoy it.....

What I did to deserve these acts of amazing

kindness I don't know, but I am so grateful

for her kindness to me and I told her I too

will pass along a random act of kindness.

My wonderful package arrived today and I

was thrilled to open it and find this little

treasure. She told me that a doctor in France

would order mineral spring water for many ailments

so the ladies would have their own wicker pouch and

glass and take it to the spring to drink from.

She has found three of them and all three had

differences to the glass. What an interesting

little piece that I will always treasure!!

She also told me that she started traveling to England

many years ago and always would buy anything french

at the english flea markets.

She has been to France several times in the last few years.

Last summer she spent a month about 6 hours south of Paris,

rented a fisherman's cottage ( yes it really was)

from an English couple and traveled to the brocantes with her.

Can you imagine?? What a dream to be living in so I will

live vicariously through her!! :)

Thank you so much Leslie and may you be

blessed many times over for your kindness

to me!

a very grateful french lover...

Front porch serenity

My ivy geranium on my front porch has really

taken a growth spurt lately with all the rain

we have had and I love it.

I don't know if I have ever told you, but we live on a dirt road

{what other kinds of roads are there in Michigan!}

in a two story house that was

built in the 1890's. We have lived here for over

29 years

and truth be told we will probably always live here.

Once in awhile I get the urge to pack it all up and

move ,but then when I think of all the work

involved ...yea, it stops me dead in my tracks! lol.

Our home sweet home still needs a lot of

work! We went through several years of babies,

lay-offs, machinist strikes, etc. and the time

just has never been right to fix it all up

like it needs to be.

We did replace the siding ourselves one

year when the kids were still at home, hubby

was working 10 or more hours a day and he was

also coaching our sons little league team at the time.

He would get home from work, we would literally

throw a couple pieces of siding on the house

and then run off to a game. I don't know how,

but we finally did manage to get it all sided

that year.

However those little *finishing touches* like the

soffit, trim etc never got all done. Almost , but not totally.

We are hoping to get that accomplished this

summer but once again...

Hubby is working a lot again so that doesn't leave much

time. We also need to replace a few of the windows.

Hopefully within a couple years we will get that

accomplished too, but God is good and I do enjoy

my little corner of the world...most of the time!

Remember this mirror? I think I had photos up

of it last year when it was dark green. I gave it the white treatment and it goes so much

better now don't you think?

A birds nest that I found while trimming bushes one day.

There is still part of a broken egg shell in it.

I purchased this wicker stand one year at a garage sale for $5.00! Still can't believe that price.

I love anything architectural!

I love this bush when it is in bloom. Also loving this plant

stand that I purchased for 5.99.

Don't look too close! The allysum in the pot is almost

dead I think...but it is coming back now slowly

but surely. lol.

View from the west end of the porch.

One of these days I would like to paint

( I mean...I would Mr. Wayside to paint) the green

table and chairs white and our dark blue shutters

white as well. I also want to get a new market

umbrella for the table. All in due time.

I just planted a lilac bush at this end too so am

anxious for that to grow and fill in the space. Once in awhile I toy with the idea of hanging

airy curtains at this end of the porch too.

What do you think?

Hope you enjoyed your tour of my front porch.

Maybe next time I can get better photos of the

glider and other items that I missed.

Blessings~