I checked my blog stats on 22 November 2025, and I was close to 12,000,000.
I was backing up my 895th snowflake pattern after 10 p.m. on 13 December 2025 when I noticed I'd crossed the zeroes line again. I missed the turning again!!! (It apparently turned two days earlier, on 11 December 2025.) I had calculated how many days it might take, based on the number of hits I was getting per day in November, and I thought it would be about 6 January 2026. Ha ha.
On the very bright side, it took less than a year to hit the next milestone, back like it used to in the early days. On the dark side, because you know I'm a Star Wars fan, right??? I'm not entirely sure all those hits are real. There may be a lot of bots in there. I should give them a name. Darth Vader bots. Darth Maul bots!!! Naaaaa... R2D2 is my favorite character. R2D2 bots!
I think the reason my counter doesn't show on my blog anymore (at least for me, on my computer) is because of that 8th digit. I'm not entirely sure, but I think I had to do screenshots from my phone the last couple of milestones, too. On my phone, the total visitors is broken into two lines. I briefly looked into other counter options, and I just don't have the time, or interest, really, to set up another account with another provider to use a third-party widget that may or may not work. (And that could come with all kinds of undesirable underlying tech/ad/scam stuff I don't want on my blog.) I can see the totals on my (non-public) stats page (when I make the time to look), and for now, that's good enough for me.
Another interesting little tidbit is the number of people still using blogger. Here's the AI overview... "Yes, people still use Blogger, but it's mainly for simple, free personal blogs, hobby projects, or niche communities, rather than for professional businesses or large-scale monetization where platforms like WordPress dominate due to Blogger's limited features and customization. It remains a reliable, easy-to-use, and completely free option for those who don't need advanced tools." That made me giggle. It describes me to a T. AI actually got it right!
Which brings me to another interesting little tidbit. Many creators these days don't create. They use AI to create. I use AI to generate images sometimes because I don't always have time now as a full-time caregiver to go out and shoot photos to illustrate my blog. Like I used to. For more than 10 years! But every single Snowcatcher blog post, every single pattern, every single photograph, comes from me. I feel for people who don't get absolute joy out of writing their own content. And my heart grieves for people who are unable to write their own content. But I'm also extremely thankful I get to write my own blog posts. And I'm grateful for everyone who takes the time to read what I write. THANK YOU!!!
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