Other Than Music ..., What else do you like to do? Options

[Pixie*Porsche]

As you know I'm very into classic cars as well as music, probably more so, spending about 2 hours everyday doing something to do with cars! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) Be that looking to buy one, researching about them, going to meets and fixing my own.

What else are you into other than music? Not sure if music is really a hobby for me, it's more a hobby that has turned into a job but I still love it!

I also love writing fiction and drawing - don't get much time for art but usually get time to write something most days. Doubt I'll ever be published but it's only a bit of fun!

[Susie]

Gardening. Before I was a piano teacher, I was a Biology teacher, so the roles are now reversed. What was my hobby has become my job, and what was my job has (sort of) become my hobby.

But I love reading too, and sewing when I get time (which at the moment is never, but it'll all come round again eventually). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[jm-hamilton]

Gardening, photography, reading are my main ones at the moment. We turned our fishpond into a vegetable patch and have quite a few things growing at the moment. Not that I'm a very good gardener; I tend to look after things for a while and then just as they are growing nicely I neglect them and end up with a couple of measly tomatoes and some herbs.

I've had a camera since I was about 6 and recently bought myself a decent digital camera after several years of having bridge cameras. Trouble is I'm not finding it easy to learn how to use the new one - looks like I might have to go on a course or join a camera club, or something.

Reading's been neglected a bit the last couple of weeks. I belong to a book club which has been great for me as I was really stuck in a rut before. Now I've been introduced to books I wouldn't have dreamed of reading otherwise.

[corenfa]

My other hobby is "being a geek". I fiddle with computers (doesn't help that I'm a programmer). I run Linux. I read geeky books- maths, programming, popular/not so popular science, finance. I used to read a lot of science fiction and fantasy, but I don't really any more because I don't have time (piano always comes first). I also attempt to draw and usually fail miserably.

[Sunrise]

knittng and cross stitch..... Find them very relaxing and destressing - and they keep me awake so I make it to the end of a film! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Blackbird77]

I like reading when I get the chance and mooching around secondhand book shops. I also used to love horse riding and it's something I'd love to get back into when the time is right. Otherwise I enjoy dog training or rather my dog enjoys training me to throw balls for her all day long and have a keen interest in martial arts.

[swimmyfishy]

I enjoy gardening and even though we only have a small town garden I have 2 allotments which keep me busy.I find digging, weeding, sowing and harvesting relaxing and rewarding.

I also enjoy walking/ DIY, decorating and even mundane jobs like getting the weekly food shop. I struggle with relaxing, not worrying and generally keeping a level head. Each day is a work in progress for me.

[anacrusis]

Drawing (which reminds me, I owe recorder magazine some cartoons), knitting, dressmaking, gardening, baking bread, DIY of all sorts, reading, skating.

The worst is not having time to do these properly so they tend to come and go in waves: the current upturn for me is reading, as I got a Kindle for my birthday: I adore books but have run out of storage options and tend to read two or three books in parallel, losing them in the house in strange places. When I got the Kindle I went to the Gutenberg Project page and downloaded about twenty books in one go, so can now keep three books moving at the same time, to match my mood, and in theory should trip over fewer books lying around all over the house.

Drawing is usually pencil, just black and white, and sometimes the more formal shaded this-is-an-item-I've-seen version, sometimes more cartoony. I love having that tranquil time for doing it. Knitting is different, I'm more likely to have other things going on when doing that, though knitting lace is more tricky unless it has 100% focus. Dressmaking happens when a garment is needed for a special occasion: I find clothes shopping dreadfully daunting at the best of times, and making the nicer items is a way around the humiliation of trying clothes on in shops. DIY is a necessity, causes huge upheaval, but I do like being able to lay floors, wire up lights, or do papering and painting. Gardening has taken something of a back seat this year because of other commitments - thankfully the garden is weeny and rather manages to self-maintain...

[Susie]

I find clothes shopping dreadfully daunting at the best of times, and making the nicer items is a way around the humiliation of trying clothes on in shops.

my sentiments exactly (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Cyrilla]

I don't really do anything other than work-related stuff and slobbing out in front of the telly (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) .

But if I had oodles of time it would be reading, drawing, calligraphy...I'd like to do a history of art course...and I used to sew a bit at one time...

However, I've been thinking more and more of late that I need some more ME TIME as I get older...the main stumbling block being money, of course (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) . But I'm starting to formulate a few Escape Plans in my thinking voice...so you never know, my second paragraph might start to work out a bit...

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[Seer_Green]

Music was my hobby, then it became a job, then I think it mostly ceased being a hobby (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Apart from that, I'm a genealogical addict and I enjoy architectural photography.

[maggiemay]

Gardening, knitting, reading.

Choir - although it's music, it's nothing to do with my job. Exploring bits of France.
When we lived in the far east I did ink painting, ikebana and calligraphy.

Don't watch television, and hardly ever watch a film.

[sbhoa]

When I got the Kindle I went to the Gutenberg Project page and downloaded about twenty books in one go, so can now keep three books moving at the same time, to match my mood, and in theory should trip over fewer books lying around all over the house.

Just had a look at that. 3 failed attempts to download. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[Guitar_tempo]

exploring the outdoors when I can.. Reading, learning languages (I speak a little Bulgarian and even less Dutch but still..) and a little bit of photography here and there (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[angelgirls29]

My 'main hobby' is ice skating (but music and ice skating always change around).

I also like to do cross-stitches (3 unfinished ones at the moment...), French knitting (I make bears and dogs), learning (about anyone and anything), looking after my pets (14 snails, 2 lizards) and reading (several books in several languages at a time). I also do 'Adult Ballet' once a week but I'm not enjoying it as much now so it'll probably go soon.

One day I hope to add 'building a model carousel' to this list...

(This list does change frequently!)