What are your hobbies?

[ladyscroller]

Other than being a slave to the fids does anyone have any hobbies? I cut portraits on my scrollsaw. I am currently working on an order of 150 Keystone ornaments. I got 60 done this morning and hope to get a few more done tonite. I want to get this order done so I can get back to cutting the portraits I have orders for.
Linda

[Dave]

I'd say my main hobby is making websites. I have a few running currently. I also like to bowl. They're not really hobbies, but I also like to read and listen to music.

[pjtadsp]

i miss riding my motorcycle but since i've been pregnant i've had to give that up...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/pjtadsp/lastride.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/pjtadsp/trackday.jpg

i also like to crochet:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/pjtadsp/crochetcow.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/pjtadsp/flower1.jpg
my baby is due nov. 25 - that will be my new hobby, lol

[ladyscroller]

That bike riding is quite a hobby. You'll have to figure out how to strap a carseat on there lol. Do you know what you are having? Here is an example of my pictures.
Linda

[pjtadsp]

hi linda,

wow, that is such a cool hobby - i love your scrollsaw portraits! do you have a website? how do you transfer the images?

it looks like we are having a baby girl but we do have names for a boy or a girl, just in case. i'm getting pretty anxious as i'm due in two weeks :eek:

[ladyscroller]

No I dont have a website. I print the patterns on my printer and glue them to the wood with a temporary adhesive.
Good thing you have names ready for both. My grandson who is 18 months was a girl up until he was born! We had everything pink! We had lots of exchanging to do. Even had to run to store to get him something blue to come home in.
Linda

[ArtS]

I was poking around the site to see if there were any threads that I haven't seen.

This is a fun one!

I wonder how pjtadsp's baby is doing considering she was due two weeks after she last posted in this thread!

Anyone else care to share???

Regards,

Art S.

[birdiemom]

I love gardening. My fav is being outdoors on beautiful day. I also like taking digital pix...

[memmey]

Welllllll I collect white ironstone, plates, tureens, pitchers, platters, serving bowls, regular bowls, big cups .little cups, gravy boats, candle holders, vases, saucers, luncheon plates, dessert plates, creamers, tea pots, coffee pots, figurines.......lol.....and then I collect vintage clear glass, wine glasses, sherbet glasses, high sherbet glasses plates, cups saucers, pitchers, ice water pitchers, decanters, serving trays serving bowls cordial glasess, apertife glasses, port glasses, drinking glasses and the I collect.............lol..... I think you get the picture....



I found a not so good photo of some of it, it's some of the white stuff. I made the top of this hutch out of old windows we took out of a room in my house. I'm sorry to tell you I have 13 tureens..all white......pray for me




http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o243/memmey/home019.jpg

[Azale]

I play the violin ^^

[memmey]

I play the violin ^^




Joshua Bell is the background music of my life..lol:D

[Sally]

I love crafts and gardening. Here are just a couple of photos. I included my favorite furbaby flower! Ha. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/Sally11/PICT0309500.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/Sally11/PICT0249500.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/Sally11/flowerfacegirl.jpg

[ArtS]

I love everyone's responses!

Well, since I revived this thread, I guess I'd better chip in.

I have a thing for creating companies and running things - this sucks up most of my time but can be a lot of fun.

I'm addicted to ebay (my wife will be thrilled with this comment as admitting an addiction is the first step to a cure) - you really can find any piece of old junk that ever existed on there :D . I put together a dinner service of dinnerware made in New Jersey!

I like tinkering with old cars (I think most males of our species do this). I have a thing for foreign GT cars. Here is a shot, from a few years ago, of me Christmas tree shopping with one of my old bombs:
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n10/Suckewer/scan1alt2.jpg
This is a fun shot from when a group of us took over Times Square in NYC:
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n10/Suckewer/330intimessquareel2reduced.jpg

And then, of course, I play with little green birds!

Regards,

Art S.

[memmey]

I would love to drive that old bomb...so the truth comes out EBAY...did you say dishes?????LOL

[memmey]

Sally that Turks Cap planted below your hanging baskets? So very pretty your bird and thumb are green:)

[Sally]

Yes, that is Turk's cap. Not many blooms that day, ha. I also ordered PINK Turks cap!! It is SO pretty. Not much of it for sale yet. I found a place in Nachidoches, Tx. Saw an ad in a magazine.

Pretty car!!!!

[memmey]

Sally do you know the plant pink indigo, it would go so wonderful with pink turks cap.

[musicjan]

I play the piano, like to make greeting cards, calenders, etc. on the computer; love taking pictures with a digital camera, enjoy my 2 pets (Bitsy and a bichon, Beau), play handbells, enjoy reading. It's fun to hear about other peoples' hobbies!

[catfish]

Hobbies? hmm... well between studying, relationship, family, work, and taking care of the animals . . . I do art....charcoal, prints, and acrylic paint for the most part...

[BUUZBEE]

Definaltly my past time behind my family & birds would be my horses! carrrot breath & all! :D

[Sally]

Love hearing about the hobbies. Memmey, I have TONS of plants. No indigo right now. My space is smaller than that takes I think. My mother's huge flower bed has it and it really spreds at her house.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/Sally11/ovalbow.jpg

[kukishin]

hobbies include the martial arts and working in my shop creating custom training tools and weapons for students of our style throughout canada.
and now have my afternoons dictated by my two plets.:o

[memmey]

Are you a black belt? What form, Tae Kwon Do?

[BUUZBEE]

My daughter is doing karate, shes 3rd degree orange belt :)

[kukishin]

I train in the bujinkan (warrior spirit hall) there are 9 ryu in all and are comprised from 3 ninja scrolls and 6 samurai scrolls. the art is considered ninjutsu. I have also recieved shodan (black belt) for shotokan karate

[memmey]

Thank you grasshopper...(bowing from waist)

[kukishin]

ha. thats rich. I actually started a new kids class for inercity youth at risk and one of the asked if i as supposed to call them grasshopper. that never gets old. well......... on second thought.:rolleyes:

[memmey]

OK OK It was an old joke..LOL

[eneogei]

I'm a music student at university... I play cello classically and in a rock quartet. Along with Louie (Louie Piccolo Naughtybird is his full name), I have two girl doves (I thought they were boys until they each laid two eggs, and their names were Skipper and Gilligan), tentatively named Buckwheat and Bess. I'm starting up a cello studio, do lots of music stuff...

I also have a pretty intense creative drive and make stuff constantly! I do jewelry out of gold and silver, some metalsmithing, work with cello strings... I am also in the process of building a large indoor aviary for my doves.

My housemates and I are into organic gardening, so I dabble in that too :)

I used to be into painting...

Here are some pictures:

http://photos.pe.facebook.com/v63/188/69/25900597/n25900597_31481084_3162.jpg

http://photos-048.ak.facebook.com/ip001/v12/100/18/25911641/n25911641_30174048_7479.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/eneogei/2006_01030009.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/eneogei/2006_01100012.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/eneogei/DSCF0146.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/eneogei/doveeggs-1.jpg

[memmey]

You are so talented It's nice to know this about you. I'm glad everyone is posting their hobbies it gives us a better picture of the people we are posting with, Kinda nice. I love love the sound of the cello. Are those squirrels waltzing? LOL

[kukishin]

omg those are beutifull doves! I had some hand tame white ring necks. but they went to a bigger flock, an enthusiast wanted to add their bloodline to his breeding program so off the went.
I miss their gentle nature and company. but not the cooing due to too many males and not enough girls.

My old roommate plays the cello, good at it to. I really enjoy the music.
good luck with the studio. I know how hard it is to get started. our art studio in the house is just getting started as well, what an ordeal.

[eneogei]

Memmey and kukishin- thanks! I keep myself ridiculously busy most days ;)

The doves are wonderful...they do bicker about who gets to sit on the nest (they're both girls, and just laid 2 eggs apiece), and who gets to eat when, but they're great!

p.s. yes, the squirrels are waltzing ;)

[ArtS]

Now that we have a lot of new members, I thought I'd bump this thread back up to if anyone else is willing to contribute.

Regards,

Art S.

[pudsli]

my hobbies.
coarse fishing, 2 line and 4 line stunt kite flying.
also love heavy metal music and motorcycle racing.
when i have the time ,as i have 4 kids 10, 8, 4 and 13 month old.
all the best steve

[Dae]

freshwater fishing, import cars, gaming/nintendo wii, nintendo ds lite, Darbuka (Turkish drum), Tombak (Persian drum), camping, anything outdoors. :) I used to be really into Muy Thai (Thai kickboxing), but not so much anymore. Mostly when I was a teenager and in my early 20s.

[BCChins]

My husband (Ed) and I like to go ATV riding and Jet Skiing, this yr I may even attemp water skiing! I am an animal lover and owner of 1 Parrotlet Burdy, 2 Boxers, 2 Pugs, 2 Siamese X cats, a few chinchillas, and Sugar Gliders (active in glider rescue). They keep me busy and my day full.
I also have a 21 yr old Daughter Kelly who is a senior in college.

[ArtS]

Dae,

What kind of import cars?

Regards,

Art S.

[Dae]

Volkswagen, Honda, Nissan/Infiniti. I have restored two Volkswagens, 72 squareback, 73 super beetle. Still waiting for the super beetle to get back from being painted.

I have a 96 honda civic that I would either like to supercharge or do an engine swap in the future. We just got an 04' infiniti g35. We're not going to do a whole lot to it, just some bolt-ons. Intake, spacer,maybe a few other things.

[mattz]

Astronomy, otherwise the kids and work keep me pretty busy.

[ArtS]

Neat stuff Dae,

I used to have a VW Westfalia campervan - it was the most fun drive (read scary) under the speedlimit! I needed a bigger challange so, I've now moved on to old Italian cars.

I'm taking a similar apprach to your Infinity with a second series M3 I'm building up for my wife. I'm still waiting for her to come home with her first speeding ticket :cool: :D :D .

Regards,

Art S.

[ArtS]

Mattz,

Do you have your own telescope setup or is there a large telescope availible to you?

Regards,

Art S.

[mattz]

My own scope. It's a 10 inch reflector, good for looking at planets, galaxies, clusters, nebulae. It's fun and the kids enjoy it as well. My younger daughter was doing a school project in Jupiter, she had fun actually seeing it, the red spot, and Jupiter's four large moons.

[PolyPill]

Looks like there's some other gear heads on here. I'm a big fan of customizing the Japanese cars, although I like to do it clean, not stick an ugly unpainted body kit and a loud exhaust on it. Right now I mostly work on my Acura Integra, I made my own custom turbo system for it and imported the front half of a Japanese Integra (they look different there), everything on the car I've installed/built myself (turbo manifold, exhaust, front end conversion, tuning) except the paint. I also do a lot of work on a friend's Nissan 300Z.

Aside from cars I also play guitar, skateboard, snowboard, and play disc golf. I used to play piano too but I had a snowboarding accident and now my left hand doesn't work well enough.

http://www.figz.com/%7Escottd/Integra.jpg
The hood is black due to shipping damages, I told the painter to leave it alone because it was cheaper to buy a new one, but he fixed it and painted it black for free because he didn't want to put a really bad hood on such a nice car! :)