Monday Photo Meditation: A Full Spectrum of Fire In a Late-Summer Sky

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a Monday Photo Meditation for what should be this month's post-storm sunset skies, setting the twilit sky aflame. It's an image that dates back eighteen years virtually to the day, and to a truly phenomenal atmospheric effect, a full spectrum of fire in a late-summer sky.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

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.

All the Power of Petals and Flames

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an all-new trio of works that Wings's newest signature series, The FireFlower Collection, comprises — necklace, loop earrings, and coil bracelet, all wrought of truly extraordinary materials. These works are offered separately, but clearly belong together, collectively manifest in all the power of petals and flames.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

 

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.

There's just too much going on right now.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Yes, out of order again today, because there's new work, some of which is getting featured in today's post. Those are the two necklaces that are currently done; both have coordinating earrings, and the peach-colored one has a coil already complete. The matching coil for the blue one might be done tomorrow.

It's been a day. In addition to all the usual stuff, it's been laundry, linens, etc., plus helping with all of this. He's finishing up three other works to ship tomorrow or Tuesday, hopefully, plus he's got other new stuff going besides the bead pieces. I'll have one of the silverwork pairs of earrings probably tomorrow, possibly the new necklace [a multi-stone figurative pendant, 3 focal and 5 accent stones, on matching beads], and . . . I forget what else. There's just too much going on right now.

Doesn't help that the lupus and RA [and whatever else I have that  to date remains unDX'd] are making me incredibly ill right now. The heat is making that much worse. This summer has been so terrible; we're both looking forward to fall at this point, but that assumes that fall is significantly cooler, and obviously, that's no sure thing anymore.

And I've got to bring in a lot more sales and I can't even get enough time to chase them because of everything else. This year has been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got a couple of other big-ticket things to take care of this month, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff I can't get to yet, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I'll be adding some new items soon, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like some sheets and towels];
• 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, a year that, so far, has been very 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.

That time of year.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

I told you he'd have more new bead pieces coming shortly. This one will also have a coordinating pair of earrings, and I think a coordinating coil, too.  There are other necklaces in the works, but I'm not sure yet whether he's planning the matching earrings and bracelets for them or not.

It's that time of year, gearing up for the silly season of holiday sales. Which I guess is better than dwelling on the fact that it should be the rainy season now, but instead we've got record heat, smoke, and wildfires. 

It's been a frustrating day at the end of a bad week. And I've got to bring in a lot more sales and I can't even get enough time to chase them because of everything else. This year has been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got a couple of other big-ticket things to take care of this month, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff I can't get to yet, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I'll be adding some new items soon, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like some sheets and towels];
• 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, a year that, so far, has been very 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.

The Changing Seasons of Summer

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for these hot days that nevertheless look like autumn, too early arrived, and for what remains of the season's gifts now. It's the oldest of the works in Wings's signature series, The Beaded Hoop Collection, still at its original price point, manifest in the shades and textures of the changing seasons of summer.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

 

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.

It could go either way.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Eerie pink bands in the southern sky tonight. In theory, we should get rain, but it could go either way: spin out around us, delivering absolutely nothing; or a banger that knocks out everything. my guess is the former, but who knows?

It's been a lousy end to a lousy week. I'm so tired of assholes. I'm especially tired of governmental assholes, and I should not be having to deal with them but here we fucking are. I need a break, I need a week, or ten, with no one bothering me, and I need people to do their fucking jobs, but I won't get any of that. I also won't catch a single break from the pain and fatigue, or any of my other symptoms from this stupid disease.

And I've got to bring in a lot more sales and I can't even get enough time to chase them because of everything else. This year has been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got a couple of other big-ticket things to take care of this month, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff I can't get to yet, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I'll be adding some new items soon, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like some sheets and towels];
• 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, a year that, so far, has been very 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: When the Pollinators Return With Fire On Their Wings

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's our Friday Feature at The NDN Silver Blog, with a masterwork by any measure, a bracelet set with no fewer than seven extraordinary gems and featuring two spectacular overlays. It's a cuff wrought big and bold, wide and heavy, the very embodiment of this point in the summer when the pollinators return with fire on their wings.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

 

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.