@Chetzemoka It is delightful! I am happy I planted it right outside my office window because I get to watch all the monarchs, bees, skippers, and great black wasps visiting all day.
One of the classes of software that I'm always dissatisfied with is to-do lists. Wunderlist was actually great, until MS closed it down; their "re-imagining" as MS To-Do is not great.
When I practised Getting Things Done I used OmniFocus, which is awesome but not portable enough (I need Linux support, too).
Currently using Remember The Milk, but going to try Todoist for a bit.
@Taffer ClickUp might work for you. There's the ability to assign tasks to other people, schedule recurring tasks, create templates for folders/lists, and has app support for Mac & Linux. The mobile app isn't as robust in terms of creating stuff but mostly works for my purposes. I switched after being similarly disappointed with To-Do.
I went to my happy place, Wehr Nature Center in #Milwaukee yesterday. I'd somehow never noticed the Red Baneberry plants before. Gorgeous red berries! (Don't eat them! Great for #birds, not so much for humans.) And, the echinacea is finally starting to bloom. There were only about a dozen blossoms yesterday. There will be hundreds by this weekend and thousands next week. #flowers#NativePlants#nature
@JulieEmery it's native further south, but have you seen beautyberry? They have really vibrant purple berries similar to the red baneberry. They're edible, but I don't think they have the best taste, so they're normally made into jellies or, more commonly, left for the birds.
@ishotfirst that's common milkweed, a host plant for monarch butterflies! Common can sometimes be a bit unwieldy in gardens (spreads via rhizomes, which some people may not want); I'm partial to swamp milkweed and butterfly weed. There are several other varieties as well, so if you're interested in planting, see what's native to your area and what will work best for your garden conditions.
@sportsguysean it's a type of blazing star, probably dense blazing star, Liatris spicata. Check out eastern blazing star (Liatris scariosa) and prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya) too, all great pollinator plants (bees, butterflies, hummingbirds) with similar shocking purple flowers.