Photo of the Week: Purple Finch at Our Feeder

Raspberry-colored medium-sized bird perches on edge of green bird feeder.

“Wait a minute,” I said to my husband as I peered at the feeder in our side yard this weekend.

“That bird doesn’t look like the brown-colored House Finches.

It looks like it has a raspberry wash over it.”

And the other House Finches on the feeder didn’t seem very happy with it.

The raspberry-colored bird kept chasing the other birds away from the feeder. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Purple Finch at Our Feeder

September 11, 2020: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News

In this week’s web design and development news roundup, you’ll learn whether using face emojis offers benefits for rating options, find a three-day free online course on multimedia accessibility, discover how to use the new Recipe Block plugin in WordPress, and more. Continue reading September 11, 2020: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News

Labor Day 2020 and Coronavirus Survey [Infographic]

Labor Day event in New York City in 1882

While the Labor Day holiday in the United States—the first Monday in September—traditionally marks the unofficial end of summer, the coronavirus pandemic altered the three-day holiday weekend in 2020.

Plans for Labor Day travel, parades, and special events to celebrate workers were canceled or shifted to follow coronavirus protocols to reduce transmission of the deadly virus.

To better understand the impact of coronavirus on workers and Labor Day, WalletPro conducted a national survey of over 400 people in mid-August 2020. Continue reading Labor Day 2020 and Coronavirus Survey [Infographic]