Room to breathe.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

That look you get when you're tired of being hassled by some loudmouth little punk.

Actually, what's happening here is that Young Mr. Red-Tail is camped out in a tree that's too close to where the magpies have their young, and Mr. Magpie isn't having any. He chased the hawk through all three weeping willows, and finally the latter got fed up and flew off toward his own nest across the road. [Yes, it appears that we will have baby red-tails this year; possibly, we already do, since when I was out in the rain and the dark two nights ago, I heard baby-bird cries from over that way.]

I know how they both feel, just wanting some space to be left alone, and room to breathe.

No chance of that. Another demand today. It's not one where we can say no. If it's not repaid, we're screwed; we have literally no breathing room. And May is going to be hellishly costly as it is: In addition to all the usual, we both have major medical expenses near month's end; there's Wings's ongoing dental; we have some bureaucratic nonsense to take care of; and somehow, I have to squeeze out a big chunk for taxes. And the other demands on me are just as relentless [the ones that don't, directly, anyway, have to do explicitly with money]; there is no help for any of it, and I am at my wits' end over the latter ones especially.

As though that weren't enough, my Patreon is still down by more than $700 a month over last year, and as our most consistent source of income, that is what pays our monthly bills like utilities and groceries and gas and so forth. It's not going to be enough even for that, never mind the taxes and everything else. Somehow, I have to bring in sales. If you're in the market, now would be a really, REALLY good time. I posted four new pairs of earrings a few nights ago, here, all at lower price points than his usual, and three new all-silver cuffs, here. And the other night, I got the new naja [it's extraordinary] posted and sent viral, and it matches an existing cuff! and you can find them here and here. And as always, all the regular links are listed below, with sales, as always, being the most important:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (we'll always need the dog treats for the monsters, and Amazon and Lowe's cards [the Lowe's cards are probably going to have to go on a new fridge, so I'm hoarding them]); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim 2023, and with this year starting off MUCH worse, we really need to get 2024 moving onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

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