Functionally fall.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

That was this morning: a single cloud to the north, one more to the east, a light haze in the southwest.

It's gray now. 

I really thought, when everything cleared so completely late yesterday afternoon, that we might have seen the last of the rain yesterday. To be clear, that would not be a good development, but it's functionally fall, so it's to be expected. But we might have a little rain left in our world yet before the autumn aridity really hits.

I just hope we're in for a good, heavy, snowy winter.

I'm so relieved to have the tax thing [mostly] in the rear-view now that it feels like a ten-ton boulder has rolled off my chest. I didn't realize how little I was able to breathe, and I mean that literally, all summer long until now. Now, if I can just bring in regular, steady sales between now and Christmas, life will be much easier, or at least less capable of killing body and spirit.

But I do still have to bring in those sales, and this long holiday weekend would be a good weekend to start. It would be really helpful to get September under way with a few good sales to start the month, and the fall season. In theory, the truck will be fixed next week, although it'll probably take my whole Patreon and then some to do it. There's the roof replacement, there will always be more medical, there's so much that needs to be covered. And I will need help to make all of it happen.

There is a ton of new work on the site from just the last couple of weeks [with three or four new bracelets in the works currently [one shown above, a wristband], and some collectible items coming soon] the top three bullets are all items completed just this past Sunday: 

• One extraordinary new belt buckle set with an incredible Skystone, here;
• Another new vintage-style cuff with a mysterious Skystone, here;
• Three new pairs of earrings in his gemstone-bead series, here, here, and here;
• Three new cuffs from last week, two set with incredible turquoise focals, one solid silver; go here, here, and here.
• Six pairs of new concha floral earrings in the Earrings Gallery here [larger are garnet, golden rutilated quartz, and malachite; smaller are amber, carnelian, and iolite];
• Art Deco Labradorite cuff here;  
• triangle wire youth bangle here; 
• Art Nouveau vine pattern-wire youth bangle here; 
• small Art Nouveau pattern-wire bangle pair here; 
• malachite butterfly/leaf-wing earrings here; 
• a big solid silver classic cuff here; 
• ten new pairs of the gemstone-bead earrings are also up in the Earrings Gallery;
• and another new cuff is also here. 

There's more on the way very soon. And I need to sell them all, because I still need to make multiple sales daily for us to catch up on the year [and that's just breaking even] and cover all the stuff still in the ppeline that needs covering [truck, roof, more medical, etc.]. So: GO BUY! PLEASE! Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (Amazon cards are probably most useful at this point); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim year, this one already far worse than the last, we really need to get what's left of 2024 onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

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