What are your hobbies?

[Connery]

I picked up a birdhouse full of bees on Tuesday and two mentors came and helped me hive the bees yesterday. Here are some photos.

The birdhouse with my home hives...

What it looked like when we opened it up!

Thank you very much! These are great pictures.

 

[Tatum]

Thanks, Connery! I'll add more as I take them. The season for bees will be here soon...

 

[Dixie_Amazon]

My husband's new hobby... http://batonrouge.craigslist.org/cto/2808028197.html

 

[Propeller Planes]

My hobbies in general

1) Photography - Main one, have a modest collection of camera bodies and lenses (I'm a Canon user), surprisingly once you purchase the equipment, being digital, photography isn't a particularly expensive hobby over a period of time.
2) Flying and Aviation - I took up flying with the intention of getting a pilots license. In the end, loved it so much, it is now my career. I also visit alot of airshows and museums across the country and photograph aircraft as well.
3) Road tripping and travelling - Rather than go on expensive overseas holidays, I much rather get in my car and drive across the rural countryside of my state of Australia and check out small towns and old buildings and museums.
4) Model Railroading - Was quite into it in my youth, until I moved out of home and lived at University for a few years. I still collect models, but the goal of building a grand model railroad will be a few years away yet.
5) Collecting old airline bags - A friend (Who's a flight attendant) gave me an airline bag as a present. That pretty much triggered my interest in old airlines and histories. Have a modest collection that's slowly building up right now.
6) Vintage stuff - Which encompasses everything, from attending open days at museums, to vintage car displays, historical open houses, vintage cocktail nights, etc.
7) Golf - Self-explanatory

A few more on the list which I've dabbled in the past. The ones above are my main ones.

 

[Touchofevil]

Sculpting tikis is but one of my hobbies. I use wooden mallets and chisels mainly in addition other hand tools. I will not use any tools powered by anything other than man.

 

[RodeoRose]

Tatum, that's so neat! My neighbors keep bees, and I love eating honey made from the clover my very own neighborhood .

I'd say collecting old things is a serious hobby for me; I never buy at straightforward retail prices, but snoop around auctions, dumpsters, estate sales, backwoods antique shops, etc.

I also love horseback riding, playing my li'l 1940s Electromuse lap steel guitar, and film photography.

 

[LocktownDog]

Tatum, that's so neat! My neighbors keep bees, and I love eating honey made from the clover my very own neighborhood .

Local honey is THE BEST prevention to any plant allergies one might have.

 

[scooter]

These say it all, and I have the scars to prove it.

 

[Gromulus]

LOL, my wife always refers to my journey through life via my latest hobbies. Too many hobbies and not enough time (or money!).

In order of intensity and resources expended:

Weight-training
Camping/backpacking
Kayaking
Guns/shooting sports
Reading
Model trains ("N" scale)
Cycling (bicycle)
Knife collecting
and..........
Hats

 

[Antje]

I got a lot,

dogshowing is my favorite
but also drawing, linoleum cutting, listening music,
watching way too old movies,
collecting Elvis Presley goodies, mmm was that all??

 

[Miss sofia]

I got a lot,

dogshowing is my favorite
but also drawing, linoleum cutting, listening music,
watching way too old movies,
collecting Elvis Presley goodies, mmm was that all??

lineoleum cutting - tell us more Antje, that's got to certainly the most unusual hobby i've heard of.

 

[Antje]

lineoleum cutting - tell us more Antje, that's got to certainly the most unusual hobby i've heard of.

It's like etsing, you have a piece of Linoleum, and you make a design, you cut It out of the linoleum with special little knives, (we call this guts in dutch)
when the lino is finished you have to put ink over it and print it, so you can print your own artwork several times

 

[Miss sofia]

Thanks Antje. Perhaps you could post some of your work, so we could all admire it, i'm intrigued.

 

[Dan Rodemsky]

I believe M. C. Escher used that process for his amazing work. I too would love to see some of your handiwork!

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I collect everything vintage. I'm a bit of a car guy, station wagons, in particular. I also am nuts about music and have a large collection of oldies and classic country albums, and 8-tracks.

 

[Antje]

I will post soon something for you,
Dan mr E.C Escher used a technique that is similar, but way more difficult, instead of lino's he made woodcarvings and gravueres and he made Litho's that are carvings in stone, but both things need to be carved and then printed,
he has done amazing work

 

[Diamondback]

Just got back into scale modeling after a break of several years... First projects are a model of a professor from my college days's Boss Bird back when he ran the local interceptor squadron and a proposed-but never-built CH-53E-derived next-generation Pave Low black-ops helicopter (which is actually the "host hardware" for an Artificial Intelligence character I'm writing on a fiction forum).

 

[AmateisGal]

Just got back into scale modeling after a break of several years... First projects are a model of a professor from my college days's Boss Bird back when he ran the local interceptor squadron and a proposed-but never-built CH-53E-derived next-generation Pave Low black-ops helicopter (which is actually the "host hardware" for an Artificial Intelligence character I'm writing on a fiction forum).

Diamondback, haven't seen you around in awhile!

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Among my hobbies I count reading, drawing, building models, collecting coins, pocket knives, militaria, vintage toys, and watches -- particularly Russian watches (currently my more active area of collecting). In fact I would also like to learn watchmaking.

My growing collection of Russian watches

 

[Edward]

Among my hobbies I count reading, drawing, building models, collecting coins, pocket knives, militaria, vintage toys, and watches -- particularly Russian watches (currently my more active area of collecting). In fact I would also like to learn watchmaking.

My growing collection of Russian watches

Nice! I've got a couple of Russian-made Sekondas, but I'm most fond of my military Vostoks. Fantastic watches, and not excessively priced either.