Snowflake Challenge #1
Jan. 2nd, 2026 03:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
faitsu
Challenge #1
The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.
I'm Litda or Faitsu (if you met me before 2019). I draw art and comics, but I definitely make more zines (or comic zines really) than whole comics. I'm an overall artsy person. I sewed non-cosplay a lot in 2025, so I need to sew more cosplay in 2026 and finish my HUGE backlog and photograph everything and half my fabric stash (It's like 2.5 giant bins).
For fandom stuff, I like Kamen Rider, Utena, Maria-sama ga Miteru is still my comfort show and knitting show, I haven't been following along with anime because I read a lot of manga. I've been big into 'villainess manga' for the past two years. I play A LOT of Animal Crossing, Fields of Mistria, Stardew Valley, Fist of the North Star Fitness Boxing and Princess Maker.
I lift weights everyday and do Fitness Boxing to help me ease into my workout routine. I like vegetable and flower gardening, my favourite plants are rice, cucumbers, tomatoes and sunflowers. My favourite flower is the Casablanca lily.
I like doing Dreamwidth challenges. I do meet one or two people through the challenge, I'm not good at staying in touch. I'm constantly putting myself out there and hopefully meeting people who click.
Re: Hello!
Date: 2026-01-03 06:45 am (UTC)I'm happy I could help.
>>I saved a jar of marigold seeds with a cloth lid to re-plant this year. It's such an underrated plant. <<
By this point, mine are knee-high, tough enough to sprout in grass, and can take a few hits of light frost before they die. Consequently they're among the last flowers blooming in fall, a favorite of honeybees and migrating butterflies.
>>Growing native plants is so good! <<
Agreed.
>>I'm trying to get more milkweed into my garden in empty spots this year. <<
This is my go-to for that:
https://www.americanmeadows.com/products/monarch-butterfly-wildflower-seed-mix
>>We grow a lot of dahlias, cosmos and flowering bushes in my garden.<<
I don't grow dahlias, but there's cosmos in the seed mix, and I have some flowering bushes like lilacs.
Some dark flowers from this summer:
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/14967827.html
And part of the yard:
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/14953434.html
Re: Hello!
Date: 2026-01-03 07:29 am (UTC)I don't really think about it but we grow a lot of herbs here. I had a glut of shiso that I turned into shiso syrup. We also grow a lot of wax melon, kabocha, bitter melon and chayote on a horizontal trellis "in the sky." Our back yard is small but we use all of it and our front yard. We end up with a lot of tomatoes that I turn into tomato jam and salsa.
Re: Hello!
Date: 2026-01-03 08:19 am (UTC)Oh, wow. Pretty territory.
*laugh* But now I have "Blackfly" in my head.
>>Being from Ontario, I probably have to source my milkweed locally and I would get hit by those tariffs.<<
Local wildflowers are best, but yeah, tariffs screw everything.
>>I don't really think about it but we grow a lot of herbs here.<<
I have garlic chives all over the place.
>>Our back yard is small but we use all of it and our front yard.<<
The best food forest I've seen is small enough to fit in a town yard and has dozens of things.
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/15178338.html
Re: Hello!
Date: 2026-01-03 08:19 am (UTC)Oh, wow. Pretty territory.
*laugh* But now I have "Blackfly" in my head.
>>Being from Ontario, I probably have to source my milkweed locally and I would get hit by those tariffs.<<
Local wildflowers are best, but yeah, tariffs screw everything.
>>I don't really think about it but we grow a lot of herbs here.<<
I have garlic chives all over the place.
>>Our back yard is small but we use all of it and our front yard.<<
The best food forest I've seen is small enough to fit in a town yard and has dozens of things.
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/15178338.html
Re: Hello!
Date: 2026-01-04 07:07 am (UTC)The tariffs are really bad. It's good we both have gardens, cuts down on grocery costs. From spring to fall I have access to fresh veggies. I'd love to can again but we have so many people running around that it's tough.
Garlic chives are a must for every garden!
My yard is pretty small but fits a crazy amount, but it does attract all the squirrels which I am not a fan of.
Re: Hello!
Date: 2026-01-04 08:17 am (UTC)I figured. That and the rocking chair one are two of my favorite Canadian cartoons. My partner is a major animation fan.
>> It's good we both have gardens, cuts down on grocery costs.<<
I've also found afternoon and evening farmer's markets. <3
>>I'd love to can again but we have so many people running around that it's tough.<<
Yeah, it's not an interruptable project, so people can pose a challenge.
... unless you shove a bowl of peas in their lap and make them help. Canning in a group can be fun.
>>My yard is pretty small but fits a crazy amount, but it does attract all the squirrels which I am not a fan of.<<
I like watching squirrels, but I admit they can be pesky.