We had a street sale today. If we could have sold the answer to what this plant is, we might have actually made some money. 🙂
This plant is called a Red Hot Poker, Poker Plant, or Torch Lily. It’s pretty impressive and definitely stands out in the garden. Best yet, it’s a perennial, so it just keeps coming back every year.
Actually, we did profit slightly from the street sale. We sold $9 worth of junk and spent $3 at other people’s houses, so we’re up $6! Woo Hoo!
Hat tip to fix buffalo today for running across this excellent video clip on Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. This building has always been at the top of my list of places to go see, and even without seeing it in person I know that it’s my dream house.
Amanda and I were early adopters of the East Aurora Cooperative Market. We signed up as member-owners back in 2010 after learning about their ambition to open a member-owned food market focusing on locally produced items. Earlier this year, the coop announced they were looking for board candidates. The group is set to announce their site location on…
I love the Tax Foundation because they tend to uncomplicate tax issues so that everyone can understand them. Their annual Tax Freedom Day report was released today. It tells you, quite simply, that if you started giving your entire paycheck to the government on January 1st and weren’t allowed to keep any for yourself until…