Lines and shadows.

Photo copyright Aji, 2021; all rights reserved.

That was yesterday morning just after dawn: clouds and color, lines and shadows, fire and light.

The lines and shadows spill over into everything anymore.

We got our errands run yesterday, including groceries at long last. I paid quarterly taxes yesterday, and I have most of our regular monthly bills yet to pay, plus vet fees for the pups' shots at the end of the month. Wings has his audiology follow-up on Friday, and if they think we can pay $1,200 for those aids they're very much mistaken. One form said they were approved, so I'm hoping that means the cost is covered, but I know better than to bet on it. Meanwhile, I still have not scheduled my eye appointment, which I need to make sure the lupus meds aren't damaging my vision (and to reorder lenses I'm a year overdue in ordering), because the whole thing is likely to set us back at least another grand, probably more. The lines are all the costs; the shadows are what's lurking without any income.

But the worst is the constant fight to keep the land alive, and the animals, and ourselves. We need that well, and we can't even get on the drill list. Yet another tree is dying.Oh, and now? Saturday I had to order a new burner for the propane tank that heats Wings's studio, another $100 our the door, because the one we bought last year is deader than a doornail, and in this season, there will be no silverwork without heat. The kicker? They sent the wrong one. He went and filled up the propane tanks today (another big bill), but we don't even know if this one's going to work. If we have to send it back, he'll be without heat in the studio for that much longer.

I've got to bring in more income, and without sales, there's no way to do that. We're also dealing with the same supply-chain issues as everyone else, and at some point soon, Wings is going to have to get silver and stones to produce holiday inventory, and I'm hearing that the price is already spiking on the metals. I've posted a ton of new work by Wings: another new pair of silverwork earrings Sunday night, here, and three all new pieces here two nights ago, in addition to other recent ones here and here (one of those is now sold) and here, and here. If I could sell one of the big works, 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. 

Anyway, lupus pain is spiking badly and I've got a ton of physical stuff yet to do, including errands, so links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (priorities are first and foremost, the ladders, because see above, and coffee coffee coffee, which we're finding it harder and harder to get locally);
• 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 cover all this staggering outlay somehow and get us through what's left of the year. And right now? I have no way to do it.  But there's lots of fabulous new work, so please share all of the links. 

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