I’ve been busy nursing my dad back to health so this is the first post since last week. I returned my dad to his home on Wednesday afternoon, after a nearly 2-week stay with us. He resisted because staying at my house and having me wait on him hand and foot is his ideal lifestyle. He is healing well, so it was time for him to get back to doing things for himself and time for me to get back to my own needs and routines.

Need numero uno was to go to opening day at the March Sweet Salvage event and did I ever find something SWEET! It may not look all that fabulous from this side…

…but turn it around and this huge 2-sided sign is downright fantastic, especially in the shadow of my fig tree.

And even more spectacular under the actual blooming tree! I am not yet certain where the sign will hang, but it will definitely be somewhere in the backyard – AKA “Linda Land” as my dear friends, Steve and Tram, call it.

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