It’s time for another sporadic Friday post. I’ve been accumulating links to share, and I finally have enough to warrant a full post. However, first, I have a housekeeping detail to get out of the way. If you read the blog in a feed reader, you may notice that the posts are now truncated, making you click through to read the full post. Here’s why:
Frequently, I use affiliate links, and I’ve always been straightforward about that. Some of the networks I use do not allow affiliate links in e-mails. If the entire blog article comes through your e-mail in any form, that is a violation of their terms. To stay in compliance, I have to truncate posts or stop using affiliate links altogether. I am in no danger of getting rich off of affiliate links, but they do provide a meager income. It’s always my goal to stay as transparent as possible when I make a change that affects all of you. I’m crossing my fingers that you’ll understand.
Fun Links
Speaking of Housekeeping,
- Imagine Cleaning One of Buffalo’s Most Iconic Homes – The Martin House, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright is closed for ten days for a deep clean. There are over 8.5 miles of woodwork, and there are 750 panes of glass in the Tree of Life stained glass windows! What a project.
Are you looking for a unique working vacation?
- For the summer months, the Department of Natural Resources is seeking keepers for the historic Tawas Point Lighthouse on Lake Huron. The two-week assignments cost $75, but you’ll stay in the lighthouse apartment, greet guests, and perform other daily keeper tasks. (Yes, please!)
- A little farther from home, a small, remote Irish island is seeking a couple or two friends to run their coffee shop over the summer. The field is competitive. It looks like about 24,000 applicants thought this sounded like a good idea. No word on whether they have filled the positions or not.
In the market for a $1,500,000 fixer-upper?
- This house showed up on one of my old house feeds this week, and I have rarely been so affected by the beauty of such an expensive home. Usually, a crazy-high price is enough to make me forget about it. However, I can’t seem to get this one out of my head. For the full effect, be sure to scroll through all of the photos on the listing. Does it need a lot of work? Sure. Do I need a house with 16 bedrooms? No. Do I have 1.5 million dollars? No, I do not, but just look at it!