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My Qlin showed up a day early. Very pretty, but I’d prefer more colorful qlin. She’ll be up for trade (or sale) if she’s one of your favorites, PM me. Blue eyes, silver markings with some beige highlights throughout.
Has a class photo been posted yet? I just received my email and am deciding on whether to chance going for one of the blues but it looks like only 2 maybe?
This morning I checked Facebook and deviantArt and didn’t see a class photo.
I did see nine or ten qi-lins that had been posted on Facebook including a blue (or maybe grey) one not in the store photo.
Thanks, Etruscan. I took a chance & bought mine today. Was hoping that there were more than 2 blue ones and see some showing up on the thread. If anyone gets a blue qlin & seeking trade, PM me. Thx
Has a class photo been posted yet? I just received my email and am deciding on whether to chance going for one of the blues but it looks like only 2 maybe?
My pair of mallard ducks returned this year! They remembered my bird feeder, but forgot me. This year they flew off when I went out to put more seeds out. Last year they got used to me outside & din’t fly off. Despite the cold weather & snow every couple days, they’re still nesting. If this weather keeps up, they might change their mind & migrate back down south.
Stunning ones showing up today! Natasha, beautiful pastel. BigCatKeeper, stunning dark colors.
Mine came a day early and it was one of my favorites when I saw the livestream, she reminded me of the horses on carnival merry-go-round ride.
The detailing is gorgeous and the rainbow colors were my favorites.
WoW! I’ve been reading all the comments on FB – I think this was the worst case of website crashing I’ve heard of so far in many years! WoW!
Being on Facebook has increased the number of people collecting Windstones. Melody said that she painted 180 of the qi-lins, so a substantial increase over the usual 120, but the store doesn’t have any additional capacity to handle the stampede of people trying to buy one.
I suspect that the number of qi-lin for other Windstone blind trades exacerbated the problem. I hadn’t seen as many of them being offered/set up before either.
I think getting the 404 errors actually increases the problems as traffic increases exponentially with everyone having to keep repeating the processes over & over again. That increases the web traffic needlessly.
I had the same experience. I had one in cart, timed out while attempting to get to the next step in order process. Got another one in cart, & after half hour, finally made it to the Paypal process, which returned me to Windstone with “gateway” error which I think is a timeout on the handshake process Paypal does with vendors. Then my cart time out again, and had to start the whole process again, waiting for one to fall out of a cart that likely was timed out too. Third attempt after nearly 2 hours finally succeeded. I had to do the Paypal thing multiple times until one finally took.
When compared with the Amazon’s & big retailers which handle million of transactions each minute, even small websites should be able to easily handle a few hundred transactions during sales. Windstone might want to consult with performance techies to find solutions. Once my order completed, I looked & it appeared that less than 400 people were trying to access the site. The site problems seem to be getting worse the more Windstone grows the business & attracts new buyers. But, if they have a bad experience trying to purchase, will they return? With those of us Windstone addicts, we do since we’ve not yet completed 10-step withdrawal.
Awesome! Maybe I should put in a pond. What is a merganser? I’ve seen herons over by the lake although never a blue heron.
The eagle isn’t the only predator that comes here for meals. Caught this Coopers Hawk looking for my pet chipmuunks to feed upon.
Interesting story….I hear a big thud on my patio door window & go to check it out not knowing if it was a bird or golf ball from my neighbor’s practice range. I see feathers lying on the ground along with the hawk & thought he was dead but when I went to get the camera, he awoke from his stunned state & flew off.
I leave obstacles for my chipmunks to use for hiding from him and my guess is that the chipmunk ran to my firepit to hide under it, and he chased it and hit the window. Pretty smart chipmunk.
Ela, Do your ducks eat out of the feeder? Mine hang out under the feeder and wait for the birds or squirrels to knock the food onto the ground. I was wondering if the ducks (or their offspring) would return in Spring and remember where they found food. Originally, I thought it was just one pair, but noticed the colors on the female varied and learned later that I had two pairs when they both arrived at the same time to feed, and the males got into a fight with each other. Nobody got hurt, but they sure made lots of noise. I’m going to watch for them. I think last year they first migrated here in March.
