This is terrifying.

Photo copyright Aji, 2021; all rights reserved.

Two years ago, those trees were still lush. Look at what's left: Everything's dying. That's only a fraction of it; what's out of camera range looks. even worse. The mountains are already looking more green, which means in actuality that the deciduous trees, like the aspens, are already going gold, changing patches of the slopes from a dark blue-tinted forest green to something more like light jade now. This is terrifying. Meanwhile, Wings spent yesterday evening hauling a bunch of heavy hoses up to the north willows to try, once again, to keep them alive, and he's at it again right this moment. Without a well on the north side, everything's literally dying around us now.

To top it all off, my illness is apparently progressing fast. The pain is fast getting unnavigable, and I've had roughly one decent night's sleep all month. The insomnia is mostly from pain, but not entirely; the financial stresses are beginning to mount. We have a firewood delivery due Friday, flue/leak repair in early September, and a lab bill exceeding $400 that I now have to fight over (and will probably lose, because this corporation is one of the worst), and I have to be able to cover it. Since fall is already fully here, I also have to be able to get us covered for all the prep that will inevitably be needed for an early winter. 

If I could sell any combination of Wings's new pieces, it would get us out of this month and well into September. If I could sell one of the big ones, like one of the belts, maybe I could get us on the drill list. But I've got way too much to do and too few hours and other resources to do it. It's urgent now; I have to push everything down to make sales, and there's always something or someone else demanding money. 

I can't do this alone. I can't. I need help, and there is none.

Wings has A LOT of new work, and I'd be grateful to everyone who shares all of it, and of course, if you're in the market, keep us in mind for purchases. After paying our taxes the last week plus some other bills, I really do need to build up some reserves to get us just a tiny bit ahead of the eight-ball of bills.

I did get Wings's brand new ring up, posted here last week, and the other new cuff, up a few  days prior, is here. You do want to see all the images of that one, too. We still have to make it through the month, never mind the rest of the year, and there are also far too many folks who need help (which we did the other day and will be doing more of next week, in addition to having had to pay for the farrier and for an upcoming firewood delivery; fall's here already). Anyway, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (priorities are all the mosquito-prevention items, especially the portables and the patio-surface ones, because Wings can take them around the land with his as he works);
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And if you've been contemplating a purchase? This would be a very, very good time to do it; I've got to make up this staggering outlay somehow. There's lots of fabulous new work, so please watch for all of it and share all of the links. 

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