Living up to her name.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

You can't see the huge dark clouds gathering directly overhead, feel the rising wind, or hear the rolling thunder, but it was all there when I took this shot. That's StormDog, living up to her name: sound asleep with the gale forming around her. Actually, she's remarkably unbothered by thunder and lightning, unlike her brothers, both of whom dislike it intensely. She came into the studio just as the first scattered drops began to fall.

And yes, we did get rain. Not a terribly long one, probably a half-hour or so, but enough to soak the ground decently. It was definitely worthwhile. And the first woolly bear showed up this morning outside the kitchen door: Came right up to it, then, message delivered, turned back around and went on his way. Yes, he had a message, confirming what we already suspected, that it's going to be a cold, snowy winter. Supposedly the wider the woolly bear's orange stripes, the harder the winter to come, and this little dude's had become one massive stripe, a full third of his body length.

If he's right, and we're right, then it's good news.

The rest of the week is going to be hectic again, more so than ever because late today, we got a call that one appointment has been changed completely, and it's bloody inconvenient but there's nothing we can do. In the meantime, the rest of this week is going to be geared around making sales, because I don't have a choice about that. I'm so tired after all the nonsense of this year to date, but I can't let up, because so far, we're not even breaking even on the year, and I will have to worry about next year's tax bill soon enough. I need to bring in at least on sale this week, preferably two or even three. And Spirit knows he's got a ton of new work up on the site (with a new naja pendant, a new big necklace, and a new dual-strand cuff to be finished shortly, too):

• Completed just three days ago, two absolutely phenomenal new cuffs, here and here;
• Completed the previous weekend, an all-new wristband, here;
• 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 pipeline that needs covering [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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