Guardians.

Photo copyright Aji, 2022; all rights reserved.

Our guardians are here routinely now. I don't know whether it's simply that they're hunting more now, or that something is coming and they're here to let us know, but they've been making sure we see them. That was the red-tailed girl yesterday; I snapped that just after I captured one of her mate taking off from the branch below her. They're both outside now, and watchful.

And it's not just them. On our way to in Wings's doctor's appointment on Thursday, I saw one of the two perched along the highway on our way into town; a few minutes later, I saw Grandfather, the kestrel, who hasn't put in an appearance in months. On our way home, we saw what we thought was her again, the giant red-tail, circling overhead. It wasn't; it was the young golden eagle who's been appearing here intermittently.

Gifts, all . . . but given that they also serve as guardians and guides (and the golden is the War Eagle), it would be dangerous to ignore their stepped-up presence.

Whatever it means or doesn't mean, there are all the usual stresses beyond a government trying to kill us all with COVID and World War III already under way. I have to figure out how to keep all the gears moving properly at all times. We are out nearly $700 cash just this week on medical stuff, and there will be more than $1,300 in cash costs next week as we pay for the horse vet and farrier for Miika and then for my own 6-months-overdue eye appointment. Which means that I really need to sell one, or both, of today's featured works, or something comparable, anyway. Trouble is, I can't even block out any time to chase sales.

Which reminds me, for my Patreon patrons: March and April are tax months here, and also medical appointment months, and I am going to be snowed under. I will not be doing daily postings for that period. I'll try to post as often as I can, but I can't in good conscience commit to every day (or every night, as the case may be) when I have all of this stuff hanging over my head. Things will lighten up in May, presumably.

And on top of all of that, I'm still trying desperately to get caught up on a bunch of the things I haven't been able to do these last two weeks, having been so sick with this godforsaken lupus flare. It's slowly easing a little each day now (never by enough, but at least there's a measurable difference now), so I'm trying my best to get things done. Next week we have Miika's next vet/farrier visit and then my eye appointment [at long last]. The bad part is that they're back to back. So the next couple of weeks will have me on the run again. And there's always the need to keep the land alive, and its indigenous spirits, fragile and less so.

Among that list of things I need to do is still the need to make sales, and that new heart bracelet went up last week, here. It's gorgeous, and that stone is jut amazing. There's more in the pipeline, too, and it's incredible stuff. Links are here, and there's a lot of new work up, with more to come:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (priorities are first and foremost, the other ladder and the Bissell vac);
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

We're still hoping to put aside enough for a new well when the ground thaws enough to drill in the spring, too, so now's always a good time to make a purchase. And there's lots of fabulous new work, so please share all of the links. 

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