Grandma's Gardens #19: The Front Porch with a few fall touches ..

oh so lovely
I really enjoy visiting – you have such lovely, inviting, things to see!!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Well thank you MsDeb … I appreciate your very kind words. Have to chuckle now cuz a lot of my “stuff” is getting so old and beginning to fall apart despite my best efforts. I know sooner or later I am gonna have to begin really replacing it and I am not sure I want to. Hard finding items that are unique and you just fall in love with.

My big find this year was that basket in the third pic … just had to have it when I first saw it at the Farmer’s Market; and I loved that it was made with bark from Michigan bushes. (I have one HUGE wreath and two smaller ones inside the house that the gentleman made as well from the same type of bushes. They are awesome!!)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Very nice touches GramT.I like your cute little straw lady. :-)
That basket is awesome.You can do so much with it for all seasons.
And the mums are really gonna be show stoppers when they fully bloom.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Wow, nice touches…well, the straw lady don’t tickle my fancy but I do really love the containers of mums…very inviting entry you have there!

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

Thank you Bon and XO … never had a front porch this big, so it’s been fun decorating it.

And yah, XO I didn’t figure you would like my straw lady, as you and I have very different taste. :-) But that’s okay cuz how boring would life be if we all liked the same things. Beauty comes in so many different forms!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

I rather like the straw lady.. Not much of a scare crow however. She’s rather cute. Looks easy to do, as well.. Well, besides the clothing.. The body is easy however.. :)

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

Exactly GranT!!! It’s great to see so many different styles, I hope my honesty never strikes anyone the wrong way hehe.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

XO, Honesty is a good thing … and I never take offense to that … besides life is too short to be offended cuz someone doesn’t like “your stuff” ... as long as I like it, that is all that really matters. And I do like my straw lady – hahahaha!!!

Thanks Scott … you are right, not much of a scarecrow, but in the middle of city, how much of one do I really need?! :-) Just adding a little “straw” to my Fall stuff … :-) She is years old now … almost 15, now that I think of it. My SIL’s friend was making them. So ordered one in blue and one in burgundy. They get moved around the house alot, depending on my mood.

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Your front porch is, as always, very inviting. Just begs one to sit and have a cuppa!

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

Well you know you and Rock are always welcome for a cuppa!!!! Thanks Dini!!! :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Nice porch,.......... gotta love the fall Moms to leave a little colour here and there to brighten the day.

-- Central northish Ontario

Might I continue. I havent done my front porch yet as the giant pumkins arent quite ready yet, nor are the gourds but they should really compliment the front door which my FIL decided to surprise us by painting it Barney PURPLE.

I understand that he didnt paint his front door purple. It’s not that I dislike purple, as some think its the colour of healing, it’s my significant others favorite colour, it matches the manu purple flowers I planted.

The problem I have with a purple front door is exactly that….....its purple. When I walked down the streets of rainbow country in Vancouver there were a lot of purple doors, purple garage doors. Some of the male designers I occasionally work with also have purple doors. I am not of the same persuasion.

I guess its his way of saying that he’s sorry…..................? Now everyday I get to walk past the ponds that look like the Uniroyal tire, the crooked trees, and so on and so forth only to arrive at my purple front door.

Sweet Lord Thundering…............I recite the Serenity Prayer

-- Central northish Ontario

lol oh poor greenthumb… I laugh “with” you and recite the prayer with you. lol

is it a NICE shade of purple?

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Hey Greenthumb, it coulda been plaid ;)-
There’s a house in the south end of town with foundation blocks painted like a patchwork ( about 11 different colors ) and green and red plaid doors. I will say this: it does get your attention.

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

ROTFLMAO!!!!!! Oh you poor thing … purple door eh??!!!! “Barney” Purple too … my granddaughter would love it!!! hahaha!!! It is “the” color this year, ya know. Well at least he stopped with the door …

I should tell ya that the first rental house we lived in as a married couple … purple door and purple house trim, purple living room with purple shag carpet … oh and the orange bathroom with a map of Africa on it. (Owners, her fav color was purple, husband’s was orange – need I say more!!) Needless to say, we did a LOT of painting our first months there, and ripped out that “gorgeous” purple carpet … purple, OHGosh what memories …. hahahahahahaha!!!!!!

Oh and Greenthumb, thank you for the nice remarks about our porch …

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

my daughter used to be a figure skater and there is a coach that we nicknamed Mrs. Purple… she loved purple. Her hair was purple (think mauve.. she was/is an older lady).. her skates were purple and her house was easy to find on the street she lived on .. yes, purple.
I was never inside but I can imagine.
Fortunately it was a soft colour so it wasn’t overpowering

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

I think you either truly LOVE the color or pretty much hate it … me, a nice “Amethyst” colored sweater is pretty. Bought as far as I go with “purple” ...

But hey, differences is what makes the world an interesting place …

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b