The end of winter.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

February 28th. Last day of the month; last day of meteorological winter. 

Felt like the end of winter, too, or, more accurately, that winter ended a long time ago. Mid-seventies today, all shirt sleeves and no jackets. No wind to speak of, either, so it was beautiful.

And terrifying.

But as deadly as conditions are, we got a beautiful sunset out of it tonight, and that's what the northeastern sky looked like, with a not-quite-full Bear Moon rising. 

Another day spent otherwise than what I had planned, so I'm not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priorities are the LaminaSaver, because apparently Miika's out of it again; and the rugs, to replace those destroyed 2 years ago by the leachfield collapse and ensuing septic disaster];
• 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, and so far, it's been pretty 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. 

An Evergreen World of Abundance

Photo copyright Aji, 2026;  all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for these days of vanished winter and the spirits of spring to come, those with a role in creating a prospering world for us all. It's Serpent as you've never seen him before, a tribute to the power and medicine of the diamondback rattler and his work in helping to create and maintain an evergreen world of abundance.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's a new calendar year, and we very much need to make this a better year than the last two have been. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail. It's already the last day of February and we're still a month behind.

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.         

They're done!

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

I said he was promising them for today, and they're done! They're amazing; long and dangly but lightweight, and they hang absolutely perfectly. Those are some old natural stones, too, all uncalibrated material; no provenance by now, but looking at the parcel as a whole and its almost complete lack of matrix, we're pretty sure they're old Sleeping Beauty.

It's been a day, but the whle week has been this way, and frankly, the whole month. I have had no time to myself whatsoever, and no time for my own work, and once again, I'm late with everything. I also apparently pissed off some people today, but that falls into the category of "not my problem."

But this weekend has to be devoted to tax prep and chasing sales, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priorities are the LaminaSaver, because apparently Miika's out of it again; and the rugs, to replace those destroyed 2 years ago by the leachfield collapse and ensuing septic disaster];
• 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, and so far, it's been pretty 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. 

Friday Feature: Alpine Forests and Mountain Meadows

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's our Friday Feature at The NDN Silver Blog, with a trio of works that are distinctive, each unique, all wrought in old traditional styles and set with extraordinary old stones. It's three separate cuffs in different classic designs, all set with phenomenal specimens of natural green turquoise, perfect tributes to our alpine forests and mountain meadows and the gifts of breath and life they offer us.  

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's a new calendar year, and we very much need to make this a better year than the last two have been. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail. It's already the end of February already and we're still a month behind.

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.         

Coming soon.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Yes, more new work, coming soon. These will be earrings:  hand-milled, saw-cut freehand, and set with old natural turquoise cabochons.

He had planned to have them done today, but as always, life has other ideas. Of course, I had planned to have a lot of other work done today, too, and life certainly had other ideas for me, which is why I'm late again with everything.

But I really need to divide the next few days between tax prep and chasing sales, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priorities are the LaminaSaver, because apparently Miika's out of it again; and the rugs, to replace those destroyed 2 years ago by the leachfield collapse and ensuing septic disaster];
• 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, and so far, it's been pretty 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. 

#TBT: A Cold Coniferous Season

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's #ThrowbackThursday at The NDN Silver Blog, with a #TBT featured work that dates back some fifteen or sixteen years, a pair of earrings that seem to span the threshold between winter and spring. These were set with some truly unusual unakite stones, with a remarkable silverwork design on the pendants, elements to herald spring growth and honor a cold coniferous season, too.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. This work will never be duplicated exactly, but if the general style speaks to your spirit, simply inquire via the site's Contact form; Wings can create a version uniquely your own. It's a new calendar year, and we very much need to make this a better than the last two have been. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail, and it's already February and we're still a month behind.

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 moment of peace.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Pink sky tonight. It's actually the sunset's reflection off the clouds to the east, but it's a moment of peace all the same.

It's been an exhausting day, or more accurately, week. It's complicated by the fact that the spring winds are clearly already here, and there is literally no weather condition that does more harm to my joints than the winds. The pain is relentless, and nothing works. There's also the added problem of early allergies, because everything's pollinating, and that makes the pain worse, too.

The chemo finally tamped my inflammation markers down to what is probably the first time ever in my life that they've been "normal." But that has meant lowering the chemo dose [so that I don't feel my cells dying around me, very literally], and having it happen now? I wonder how many weeks I've got before I have to jack the dosage back up again. Probably not many.

Everything else is chaos, and it's partly why everything's late every night this week. There just are not enough hours in the day, there are too many demands on my time. And right now, I've got taxes to worry about, and other expenses, too, and I really need to spend this week pushing sales, but no luck with that thus far. I'm already under unspeakable pressure this year, never mind the need to make up for the last two terrible ones. Our floor for breaking even is making a minimum of one sale per week for the year, and we're now four weeks in the hole on that score. So we still have to bring in sales, and weekly. Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priorities are the LaminaSaver, because apparently Miika's out of it again; and the rugs, to replace those destroyed 2 years ago by the leachfield collapse and ensuing septic disaster];
• 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, and so far, it's been impossibly 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.