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From a couple of days ago; the most recent round of pear butter (left) and apple butter (right). One more small batch of pears to go and then it's done. We gave away BUCKETS of pears this year; we got well over a thousand of them off our one small tree, which is a first by a long shot. And we never let such gifts go to waste.
It'll have to wait, though. Right now, we're racing to beat the winter weather coming Wednesday. A few more minutes, and it'll be warm enough to paint, and that's where I'll be most of the day. Yesterday involved a lot of up and down, a lot of kneeling (on damaged knees that can't take any weight or pressure right now), crouching, reaching, stretching, and my pain levels are off the charts today. But it's got to get done, and we can't afford to hire it, and clearly there's no help around here, so . . . .
Thanks to this week's sales, we'll be okay going into next week (although the funds won't clear our bank before tomorrow). But there's a lot of year left yet beyond that, and a lot more off winter to get through (and spring, before real business resumes again). We have got to make sales. Normally, Wings would already be in the middle of multiple commissions in the works by now, but nothing's normal anymore. I don't know what to do at this point; I can't conjure money from thin cold air. I posted two new pieces a few nights ago (links here) and another the night after that (links here). The new bracelet in the works is turning out not to be a bracelet at all; I'll explain when it drops, which might be this weekend. He has a number of other things in process, too; I'll post them as he completes them.
At any rate, my stress levels are off the charts along with my pain levels now. For those wondering about my own health issues, see here, although now there's a new wrinkle I'm not even going to bother to try to explain (suffice to say there's no affording treatment); with regard to the work being done, some of the details are here. Thanks to my Patreon subscribers (not sure who?) who updated their cards; I'm now down only between $25 and $50 for October. Still, I'm going to need help to get all this, the plumbing and everything else, done and handled, and I can't do it alone. Folks can help in several ways, and we really need it now:
Please share everything, because I'm suddenly back behind the eight-ball on a whole additional front, and yeah, I'm scared about covering everything and surviving, too. Thanks.
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