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We've reached the closing curtain of our beautiful Snowflake Challenge 2026. It's been a whirlwind month of fun, community, and lots of creativity! One of the best parts of this challenge is that it truly lives up to its name and its original inspiration: every single year that we come together to celebrate is a unique circumstance of participants, mods, prompts, graphics, challenges, and celebrations. Every year is a unique snowflake in and of itself, never again to be replicated in the exact same pattern. I hope everyone felt some enjoyment and appreciation during the past month, and of course please continue to post your responses and fills because there is no deadline to this challenge!

Thank you so much to all the participants. Thank you especially to those who took the time to interact with fellow participants and make the community feel so alive! And of course thank you to all the mods who went above and beyond and especially to

tjs_whatnot, our co-admin who has worked really hard this month to keep everything running smoothly.

We do have a poll below to get your feedback on the challenge, if that's something you're interested in doing. We really appreciate it and we take all your responses into consideration when planning for next year.

Peace and happy late winter season to all!

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The post-Snowflake Friending Meme has been such a rousing success that we’ve made it a permanent fixture here at the Fandom Snowflake Challenge, so come and make some new friends!

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... *trying to think of something interesting to post*...

Well, screw it, nothing interesting is happening because we're all huddled in our homes waiting for a thaw. XD I was supposed to get my hair done yesterday, but my stylist's kids' school was closed due to extreme cold (small, rural district means old buildings that don't heat well). I'll be going Monday morning instead. She told me she hadn't left the house since the big snowstorms, so we're living identical lives. LOL

Dink came over--or I should say we drove into the city to pick her up, to save her the gas money; our electric car isn't as efficient in severe cold weather, but it's still pennies on the dollar compared to gasoline. We had a nice Friday evening chatting and watching television and laughing at Boom's silly antics.

This morning the temp was 1F with a windchill of about -15F when we got up, so hubby chivalrously took Boom out for me. Since hubby has retired, we take turns taking Boom outside, but when the weather is this cold, it does no favors for my rosacea and hubby steps in (or out, as the case may be). One of the perks of having him home 24/7!

We're getting used to retired life pretty easily. I was afraid I'd miss my quiet alone time, but he's off to the basement for his workout or out in the garage doing whatever needs done and things of the sort enough that I've had plenty of "me" time. I'm also getting used to the idea that I can do my own things--including not really talking much in the mornings--and it's still fine. I don't have to be attentive to him 24/7. Whew. LOL We've yet to experience to more fun part of retirement--the freedom to just pick up and go do something in the middle of the week--because the weather has been so atrocious. That will come with fairer weather, though. He's reveling in not having to slog into work on icy roads.

Okay, I've dredged out every possible half-way interesting tidbit of life. Tell me what you're up to this weekend.

Happy Saturday, all.

snycock posting in

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Please join us for the TS chat on Saturday, January 31st, at 7 pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)/19:00 UTC. That could be as early as 11 am if you’re on the west coast of North America, or 2 pm if you’re on the east coast, or 7 pm in the UK, or Sunday morning in Australia or New Zealand.

We’re in the usual place: http://us25.chatzy.com/81935648447483. There’s nothing to download or install, just choose a name and a color and click on “join chat.”

It’s the fifth Saturday of the month, which means it’s time for Pimp Your Fandom! What have you been reading or watching lately (other than TS, of course) that you love, and why would TS fans love it, too?

See you there!

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