Monday Photo Meditation: The Light That Limns the Clouds

Photo copyright Wings, 2023; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a Monday Photo Meditation for the first days that feel like real summer, and for the perils and hopes they hold. It's an image from a summer's afternoon nine years ago, one of already-unseasonal magic: a reminder that the light that limns the clouds is still a sign of hope.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. As always, his photos are available in any of the usual three formats; simply inquire via the site's Contact form. We will still need to make consistent sales in this fourth year of pandemic and loss,  and just breaking even means making at least one sale a week, so shares are much appreciated.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2023; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.    

Not encouraging.

Photo copyright Aji, 2023; all rights reserved.

This morning's clouds, already blown apart by the winds.

The long-range forecast is not encouraging, with no real (and no seasonally normal) chance of rain predicted for the next fifteen days, which is as far out as it goes. 

That's not good.

The lack of metaphorical rain isn't good, either. I still have that bill to contend with, and it's adding to my stress, which is adding to my symptoms generally. I am having great difficulty walking now; the pain never lets up, not even a little, and it's making it that much harder to do everything I need to do. I really need to bring in enough today and tomorrow to get this one obligation off my desk, and therefore also off my shoulders. I was so sure I'd be able to get rid of it last week, but that's clearly not happening. I have GOT to bring in some scratch over this weekend so I can mail the payment on Tuesday. It's a long holiday weekend, and such times are notoriously bad for sales, but I need to make some one way or another. Unfortunately, it's also half-over, with not a sale to show for it.

I posted Wings's two new pairs of earrings here the other day; they're moderately priced, and both gorgeous. I expect that he will have a couple of lapel pins hopefully later today. And I can't emphasize it enough, but I really, really need to bring in some sales NOW. All the links are listed below, so please share:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (current priority still the Zero-Odor sprays, because these days we're back to wet dogs again; and the liquid soaps, which we can't get locally); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

There's lots of fabulous work on the site, so please share all of the links. 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2023; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.             

A Storm of Creation

Photo copyright Aji, 2023; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's one of Wings's two newest works, this one a pair of earrings animated by the creative spirit of the nebula. These are traditional, old-style concha earrings featuring equally old-style ingot work, in a storm of creation that births the newest stars. 

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We will still need to make consistent sales in this fourth year of pandemic and loss, and just breaking even means making at least one sale a week, so share are much appreciated.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2023; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.    

Rain that will likely pass us by.

Photo copyright Aji, 2023; all rights reserved.

Another storm brewing. Yet another one with rain that will likely pass us by.

Again.

We've got plenty of wind, though. Chilly, too. And lots of smoke haze. Plenty to contribute to worsening symptoms, but precious little to relieve them. Nothing, actually; it's been a terrible couple of weeks in terms of pain and limited mobility, and today is no exception. Unfortunately, I have to be on my feet intermittently today, and I will probably have new subluxes (and potentially new stress fractures) to contend with tonight.

And speaking of "rain" that keeps passing us by, I also have that bill to contend with, and it's adding to my stress, which is adding to my symptoms generally. I was so sure I'd be able to get rid of it this week, but that's clearly not happening. I have GOT to bring in some scratch over the long weekend so I can mail the payment on Tuesday. It's a long holiday weekend, and such times are notoriously bad for sales, but I need to make some one way or another.

I posted Wings's two new pairs of earrings here the other day; they're moderately priced, and both gorgeous. I expect that he will have a couple of lapel pins . . . well, maybe not today, since he has an eye appointment, but likely no later than tomorrow. And I can't emphasize it enough, but I really, really need to bring in some sales NOW. All the links are listed below, so please share:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (current priority still the Zero-Odor sprays, because these days we're back to wet dogs again; and the liquid soaps, which we can't get locally); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

There's lots of fabulous work on the site, so please share all of the links. 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2023; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.             

A Storm-Webbed Sky

Photo copyright Aji, 2023; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for both the turquoise dawn and the prospect of rain as day and season progress. It's a pair of earrings, bold, simple, and absolutely elegant set with a pair of extraordinary freeform Skystones manifest in all the beauty of a storm-webbed sky.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We will still need to make consistent sales in this fourth year of pandemic and loss, and just breaking even means making at least one sale a week, so share are much appreciated.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2023; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.    

Don't say I never gave you anything.

Photo copyright Aji, 2023; all rights reserved.

Welp. Don't say I never gave you anything. It's not everyone who gets a chance to see a good shot of Wings's butt. [And if you've known us for at least ten or twelve years, you'll probably remember the incident that makes that funny.] The fuzzy butt on the left belongs to Sunny, who thinks it is his job to help on absolutely every task. 

Anyway. He's tilling by hand in front of the chicken coop; then he moved on to the garden plot. Why? Because apparently the tiller's carburetor did not survive the winter (it was covered and stored, but it gets COLD here, and I guess this one didn't like it). So, one more expense: I had to order a new carburetor for it this morning (which is still vastly cheaper than paying a service center to do it, if there even is one near here that handles this brand, which is unlikely). But that's one more expense we weren't anticipating.

And I was so sure I'd be able to get rid of that bill this week, but that's clearly not happening. And I really didn't want to go into the weekend and next week with that stress hanging over me, on top of everything else, but here we are. I have GOT to bring in some scratch over the long weekend so I can mail the payment on Tuesday. 

I posted Wings's two new pairs of earrings here the other day; they're moderately priced, and both gorgeous. I expect that he will have a couple of lapel pins . . . well, maybe not tomorrow, since he has an eye appointment, but likely no later than Sunday. And I can't emphasize it enough, but I really, really need to bring in some sales NOW. All the links are listed below, so please share:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (current priority still the Zero-Odor sprays, because these days we're back to wet dogs again; and the liquid soaps, which we can't get locally); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

There's lots of fabulous work on the site, so please share all of the links. 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2023; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.             

Friday Feature: Even the Strangest Sky Still Lights the World

Photo copyright Aji, 2023; all rights reserved.

It's our Friday Feature at The NDN Silver Blog, with a masterwork wrought in traditional style and shown from four perspectives: a concha belt animated by the spirits of illuminating skies. It's a contemplation, too, of the gifts our planet still manages to be provide — a reminder not to lose hope, for even the strangest sky still lights the world, and its warmth and wisdom are medicine, too.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We will still need to make consistent sales in this fourth year of pandemic and loss, and just breaking even means making at least one sale a week, so share are much appreciated.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2023; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.