More rain on the way.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

That was this evening, just before sunset. Gorgeous fog, lots of clouds and color, and it was still raining even at that moment. There's more rain on the way overnight, too.

It was warm today, but blustery enough that it felt colder than the mercury registered. It's nice to have it finally feel like fall, instead of just lingering summer all the time. But my allergies have been out of control all day, because we still have not had a hard freeze. We're easily a month overdue for that.

I didn't get things done in the order I intended [I never do], but at least I did get a few things done today. Wings did, too; he's got two new and incredible gemstone-bead necklaces, one with buri palm nuts [they're giant hollow beige beads marbled with dark brown], rare purple chalcedony in matrix, syenite sodalite [the syenite is UV reactive], and lepidolite.  [I could not, however, get a shot of the UV color shift, because my blacklight is dead, and in the process of us trying to get it to work, I fell off Wings's wheeled stool in the studio, onto the concrete floor. Badly. The kind of fall you're always afraid of having, and I hit literally everything on the way down, from head to toe. So I'm sore everywhere, my head is splitting, my left knee is partially dislocated, and I'm fricking miserable. And I will be much more miserable when I wake up tomorrow morning.]  

Anyway. I've still got to get caught up on all the rest of my work. And I've still got to bring in a lot more sales through the end of the year. This year has been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got some other big-ticket things to take care of between now and then, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I've added a few new items, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, towels and bath mats];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, a year that, so far, has been very grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

The Illuminating Power of Fall's Golden Glow

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for perfect autumn days, aspens turning and the sunbird's feathers spreading light across our world. It's a pair of earrings wrought in sculptural form, hand-milled, hand-cut, and hand-scalloped and set with sunny citrine, manifest as all the illuminating power of fall's golden glow.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

A need to make it rain.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Beautiful clouds tonight. No rain, at least for us, but based on the radar map, I'm guessing tomorrow and Monday will be very different.

For now, though, we have a need to make it rain in the metaphorical sense. We've got an enormous expense coming up Monday, plus smaller ones over the course of the week. I've got to bring in enough sales this weekend to cover it all, and so far, nothing. Of course, none of that's helped by my health. This is not an autoimmune "flare"; this is a full-blown crash, and I have no idea how to get out of it.

But this weekend, whatever, I've got to get caught up on all my work. And I've still got to bring in a lot more sales through the end of the year. This year has been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got some other big-ticket things to take care of between now and then, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I've added a few new items, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like sheets, towels, bath mats];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, a year that, so far, has been very grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

A Scarlet Sun For a Windswept Autumn Sky

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for the rolling fire of the sun overhead, for crimson leaves and bonfires and the woodstove's warmth on early nights. It's a pair of classic concha earrings wrought in an old traditional design and set with fiery carnelian, the embodiment of a scarlet sun for a windswept autumn sky.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Friday Feature: A Storm Gathering Within Fall's Scarlet Fire

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's our Friday Feature at The NDN Silver Blog, with an all-new work, completed only this afternoon, featuring an extraordinary rare material and manifest as a prayer for the fire. It's the latest in one of Wings's longest-running signature series, works in the form and shape of Eagle's feather, this one set with a jewel that seems to hold a storm gathering within fall's scarlet fire.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Out of order again tonight, because we have new work coming.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Finally, a full range of fall color. That's the larger fire maple, and given what happened with the smaller one [leaves already dying in July because of the drought and excessive heat], we were afraid that we might not get any color in the larger one, either. So far, it's turning both on schedule and in its usual spectrum of color.

Out of order again tonight, because we have new work coming, which is why everything's so late. [Well, that and the fact that neither my body nor my brain is cooperating these days; I cannot get free of this crash.] But what's coming this evening?

Absolutely phenomenal. And I mean that literally as well as descriptively. [Hint: It involves a rare material, set into a work from one of his signature series, but probably not any of the ones you think.]

Anyway. It would great to sell it this weekend, plus a few other big-ticket items. We have a big expense coming up early next week, and I was given to believe that it would be half of what it's actually turning out to be, so we need to sell enough to cover that. 

This weekend, come hell or . . . well, it sure as hell won't be high water here, but whatever, I've got to get caught up on all my work. And I've still got to bring in a lot more sales through the end of the year. This year has been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got some other big-ticket things to take care of between now and then, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I've added a few new items, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like sheets, towels, bath mats];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, a year that, so far, has been very grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Strange weather.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Strange clouds, and a strange rainbow, too. Strange weather all the way around, for that matter.  It should not be in the eighties now. 

And still no hard freeze. My eyes feel like sandpaper, between the Sjögren's and the chamisa pollen that just will not die. My joints hurt constantly; so does my connective tissue, which keeps failing, allowing the joints to dislocate repeatedly. And I'm just so tired all the time. 

I've got to get a lot more rest than I have been. I also have to get caught up on all my work. And I've still got to bring in a lot more sales through the end of the year. This year has been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got some other big-ticket things to take care of this month, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I've added a few new items, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like sheets, towels, bath mats];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, a year that, so far, has been very grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.