My Miracle At The Dump Today!

     Since I wrote my last blog, I was thinking about about my sign at the dump that I painted so many years ago, and I wanted to take a picture and blog about it.  Today I was not working and the dump was open, so I gathered all sorts of junk together, including my recycled items, and off I went with my camera.  As I turned into the entry and drove down the road, I could only see one sign, and discovered my sign was gone.  I was so disappointed!!  I have been looking at my sign for nearly 20 years, watching it wear away with time and weather, and at times I would think, "I wish I could take it down before someone throws it away".  I went to the transfer station, got rid of my junk and recycles, then I decided to walk around to see if it was perhaps taken down and put someplace safe on display.  I did not find it.  So, I asked the man working there if he knew anything about the sign being taken down and he didn't realize there ever was a sign.  Then he called to this young guy in the office and asked him about it and also never knew there was a sign.  It was nailed up high on a telephone pole, so, it is possible that people did not look up at it.  I left, feeling sad, but realizing there was nothing I could do, then this is when my miracle happened.
     As I drove back down the road, I looked at the poles again, then the corner of my eye saw something white.  I pulled over, ran over and found my sign on the ground face up, waiting on the ground for me to get it and bring it home! The wood was broken where the top nail was, but the hole for the bottom nail was intact.  I picked it up and put it in my car.  At home I took a picture of it and now you can see it!  It is so beat up and peeling, but it makes me happy.  This is the logo that someone else designed.  I drew a grid over the tiny logo and created the design on paper, then transferred it to the board, then painted it.  It is trees, a lake and jumping fish. I am very happy to have my sign back, I never expected it would happen like this!  Thanks for reading!