Always new chores to be done.

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A different task for yesterday, but there are always new chores to be done. He was staining 2X4s for eventual use in blocking up gaps in the stalls for winter. That was in between all the other stuff that needed doing. And I was utterly useless yesterday, the pace of the last two months, plus the ongoing autoimmune effects of the booster, all having caught up with me at once and absolutely flattened me. The pain last night was on a scale I haven't experienced in quite a while. It's not much better today, but even an incremental amount of "better" lets me get a little more work done, so there's that.

And it's been a busy day already, to say nothing of an expensive one. Today was the annual empty-the-septic-tank day, nine o'clock this morning, and boy, howdy, have his prices gone up. I don't begrudge the guy that at all; it's filthy work, and I imagine his income is down after two years of pandemic nonsense, too. But it's another expense. Add to that the fact that I had to place a big order today with an overseas supplier for beads and cabs that he needs for stuff in the works but can't get here or from SFJS or Rio Grande, and . . . yeah. Today has cost us quite a bit.

So yeah, it always comes back to needing to make more sales. A lot more, because we have two years' worth of a shattered pandemic economy to make up for, by which I mean we need to gain more ground ourselves financially to be able to be sure of making it through the winter. And again, if you're planning on commissioning gifts for the holidays, DO IT NOW. [And that includes just ordinary orders for the holidays, too.] Yes, I mean NOW. We're 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. More to the point of what customers care about, we also can't guarantee shipping times this year, because see above. But I've posted a ton of Wings's new work lately, and there will be more in the days and weeks to come. If I could sell one of the big works, like one of the belts, maybe I could get us on the drill list for the well that is the only thing that's going to keep this land alive. But I've got way too much to do and too few hours and other resources to do it. 

Anyway, I have GOT to continue to make sales, so links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (priorities are first and foremost, the ladders, because see above);
• 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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