'S no big thing

August 11, 2005 11:36 PM

Everything you want to know about snowflakes from the unusual to the artificial to the ones that are just really pretty.
posted by DeepFriedTwinkies (9 comments total)

It's Friday, so have fun cutting your own at Make-a-Flake.
posted by cenoxo at 11:51 PM on August 11, 2005

today i found out via this wikipedia entry on hapax legomena that,

"Flother, a synonym for "snowflake", is a hapax legomenon of written English pre-1900 found in a manuscript from around 1275."

pretty word, methinks.
posted by ori at 12:19 AM on August 12, 2005

They look smaller in person.
posted by TwelveTwo at 1:42 AM on August 12, 2005

More snowflakes.
posted by languagehat at 6:04 AM on August 12, 2005

Very pretty DeepFriedTwinkies and definitely a big thing here as yesterday snow fell in our area for the first time in twenty years. We woke up and found Narnia. It only lasted for a couple of hours but at least the local children got a chance to throw a few snowballs before it melted.
posted by Tarrama at 6:12 AM on August 12, 2005

Very relaxing to look at, nice find :D
posted by cleverusername at 7:55 AM on August 12, 2005

Very cool Tarrama. I live in Minnesota, (North Central) US, so it snows every winter here, which I love. However, it gets really cold too! Once in a while close to -40 degrees in the north of my state.

Deepfriedtwinkies, awesome find. Those snowflakes are incredible.
posted by gauchodaspampas at 8:12 AM on August 12, 2005

Yeah, thanks for a nice, pretty post.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 8:48 AM on August 12, 2005

I'm saving this one for winter. They're all beautiful, though.
posted by MikeP at 10:56 PM on August 14, 2005