The land is a little bit greener now.

Photo copyright Aji, 2022; all rights reserved.

The youngster is learning. I caught him on the post yesterday evening drying his feathers and enjoying the warmth of the setting sun. Which is good, because from about 9:30 to 11:30 last night, we had a thumper of a storm, with thunder and lightning and howling winds and torrential rains . . . none of which flooded anything here, thankfully.

The land is a little bit greener now. You can even see the change (well, we can, anyway) in the background behind young Mr. Red-Tail there in the photo.

This morning dawned with the very first utterly cloudless skies we've seen in well over a week. Of course, the more ordinary monsoonal sky patterns kicked in on schedule late morning, but they haven't amounted to anything here yet. They may or may not during the darker hours; we'll see.

I am beat. Wings's very expensive bridge broke at the bottom edge last week, and we had to go in to take care of that today, and of course it's going to be ridiculously involved to correct, so we're looking at a lot of appointments to deal with that. To be able to go with him, I've had to stop taking my lupus meds for the last two days, with the result that pain kept me from getting virtually any sleep at all last night, and my joints are in absolute agony today. In the news, everything is terrible, and too many people need help. And nothing changes; we need to make sales consistently, always. Wings' newest cuff posted two nights ago and it's incredible, and you should click through to see it from all angles, here. The new ring went up last night; you can see it here (and it is, apparently, still available).

Meanwhile, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (priorities are first and foremost, the other ladder, the Thermacell lanterns [the flies are already out, so the mosquitoes won't be far behind], and the Gorilla tape);
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

We're still hoping to put aside enough for a new well when the ground thaws enough to drill in the spring, too, Nah, we've given up on the well. No one's available to drill before the latter half of summer, and the tax burden means we would never be able to afford it anyway. But it's perhaps even more of a good time to make a purchase, because Uncle Sam is a vindictive colonizer, and my current stress levels about paying it all are off the charts. And there's lots of fabulous work, so please share all of the links. 

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