Snowflake Challenge #1

[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.

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Re: Hello!

[faitsu]

I'm located in Ontario, Canada and there are inches of snow so everything is dormant right now. We have a lot of plants that come back every year. Being from Ontario, I probably have to source my milkweed locally and I would get hit by those tariffs.

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!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I'm located in Ontario, Canada and there are inches of snow so everything is dormant right now. <<

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!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I'm located in Ontario, Canada and there are inches of snow so everything is dormant right now. <<

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!

[faitsu]

The "Blackfly" animation is something everyone at leave twenty-five and older has seen here.

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!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>The "Blackfly" animation is something everyone at leave twenty-five and older has seen here.<<

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.