Besides Vaping, what are your Hobbies?

[PeppermintPatty]

Hmm, I did not see anyone else with my hobby, speak up if you are a fellow equestrian. I have been riding horses for well over thirty years. I just ride for pleasure, mostly trail riding with arena schooling thrown in to keep me and my horse always advancing our skills, no matter how slow, we always progress.

My current horse is a 12 year old APHA solid-bred mare. She can be a real handful, but she is a good horse for me, a challenge but not going to get me killed. We have been a team since 2005, and we are tightly bonded, I am pretty much the only one that has ridden her since she was a four year old so she thinks she doesn't have to listen to anyone but "mom". We are working on that.

Any other riders out there?

 

[beebz]

vaping
Dogs - Boxers - currently 2 male fawns - and one poodle/chihuahua mix, a poo wah wah or choodle poochi
RC helicopters
Playing outdoors, we have trails on our property
Grandbabies - 2 girls, just had them for 4 days - spoiled
Traveling when I can which isn't enough
NO work - no like work
Family
Keeping my marriage alive after 35 years
Buying cars because they're fun (I miss my F150) wish I never traded her so I'll have to get another - I really miss her bad -
Playing in and out of my house because it's a fun home - a cabin in the woods -
Taking care of elderly parents, 85 and 80. They're like my bad teenage kids now -
Shopping all the time
Sephora
Internet shopping
Friends -- especially my sister friend Rhonda
Reading - I never stop reading, ever
News junkie
Mowing grass in the country - I love to mow acres and acres of land out in the boonies -
Stuff like that - - -

 

[TigerLadyTX]

I make cold process goat milk soap and highly fragranced soy wax candles. I also love to read and am a fairly good amateur photographer.

~Tiger

 

[DarkDays93]

MMA and Target Shooting (real guns, not air rifles).

James

 

[freeatlast!]

Hmm, I did not see anyone else with my hobby, speak up if you are a fellow equestrian. I have been riding horses for well over thirty years. I just ride for pleasure, mostly trail riding with arena schooling thrown in to keep me and my horse always advancing our skills, no matter how slow, we always progress.

My current horse is a 12 year old APHA solid-bred mare. She can be a real handful, but she is a good horse for me, a challenge but not going to get me killed. We have been a team since 2005, and we are tightly bonded, I am pretty much the only one that has ridden her since she was a four year old so she thinks she doesn't have to listen to anyone but "mom". We are working on that.

Any other riders out there?

Yes, another rider here!! (I think there was one more.) Other than length of riding career, my riding story is much like yours. (I was horse crazy as all get out from at least age 3 but was 53 before I finally got a horse - a 3 y/o unbroken, breeding black Egyptian-related stallion - my dream horse!) Now gelded, I am his sole rider. He is a character!! We also have a paint horse (my hub's mount, although he rarely rides anymore); and two mustangs, a mare and a gelding, both of which I ride and work with training-wise.

Current hobbies other than riding/vaping/ECF:

Animals - we have 4 horses; 1 dog right now (down from 3); 6 cats; 4 parrots; 2 parakeets; a lone finch. A fair amount of time involved keeping them all "fat and happy."

I have been into photography (digital) for about a dozen years, and enjoy sometimes using photos for creating digital art with photoshop/editing software. Love the search for a great photo op.

Nature enthusiast and keep track of the wildlife on our property, learned to identify the wildflowers of Kansas, do some bird watching. We live about a mile from a state lake/park, where I often go with my cameras.

I have always been a reader and enjoy a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and nonfiction.

Have had other hobbies in the past, but these are it currently.

 

[battlefield]

Gym - I benchpressed 55 lbs dumb bells yesterday - my personal best and have seen my through put increase since I quit smoking 1st feb. Could hardly cross 35 lbs before this.
Movies - I watch a movie a night. Cant sleep without seeing one!

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Yes, another rider here!! (I think there was one more.) Other than length of riding career, my riding story is much like yours. (I was horse crazy as all get out from at least age 3 but was 53 before I finally got a horse - a 3 y/o unbroken, breeding black Egyptian-related stallion - my dream horse!) Now gelded, I am his sole rider. He is a character!! We also have a paint horse (my hub's mount, although he rarely rides anymore); and two mustangs, a mare and a gelding, both of which I ride and work with training-wise.

Current hobbies other than riding/vaping/ECF:

Animals - we have 4 horses; 1 dog right now (down from 3); 6 cats; 4 parrots; 2 parakeets; a lone finch. A fair amount of time involved keeping them all "fat and happy."

I have been into photography (digital) for about a dozen years, and enjoy sometimes using photos for creating digital art with photoshop/editing software. Love the search for a great photo op.

Nature enthusiast and keep track of the wildlife on our property, learned to identify the wildflowers of Kansas, do some bird watching. We live about a mile from a state lake/park, where I often go with my cameras.

I have always been a reader and enjoy a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and nonfiction.

Have had other hobbies in the past, but these are it currently.

Nice to "meet" you! What is horsekeeping like in the midwest? Sounds like you have good trails nearby? I live in the very heart of horse country for Northern California. I live close to the Western State's Trail that runs from Squaw Valley all the way to Sacramento. The Tevis Cup is held on that trail every year ending in the town of Auburn where I work. Many of the trails my friends and I ride on connect with that trail system. To some folks, this area is considered "The Endurance Captial of the World" due to the 100 mile Tevis and the 100 mile Western State's run that are held here annually. People come from all over the world to compete in both.

 

[^Top-Shelf^]

Fishing
Kayaking
Dirt bikes
Mountain biking
Drag racing
Off roading
Speaker building/ stereos
Fabrication/machining
Chasing my soon to be 2yr old son around

And for a few months now my newest hobbies are collecting/listening to vinyl and..... Vaping

Not sure if it's a hobby but after all that I do get kinda thirsty so, drinking beer lol

 

[Burn_notice_fan_NY]

I have an eclectic mix of hobbies I guess... Let me preface this stating I'm a 31 y.o. male:

Music (Violin/piano/guitar for what seems forever)
SCUBA (PADI since I was 15: mainly Fingerlakes but have done a weeks vacation in the Bahamas and Honduras)
Travel (fortunately I have traveled a lot: Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Bahamas, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and ... Canada )
Crochet (out of boredom within the past year)
knitting (my grandma taught me and is quite relaxing)
DJ (all types but do prefer 'electronic' genres)
A/V (used to be a sound manager and recently learned lighting)

 

[skpgoat]

Harley's and Jeeps. I have 3 of each right now

 

[Islandboy]

Firearms engraving
Engrossing (calligraphy)
Trying to design the ultimate rebuildable atomiser

 

[MorpheusPA]

I'm a hugely involved gardener, including breeding my own plants and maintaining mostly organically (I actually follow IPM, or Integrated Pest Management, which doesn't disallow creative chemistry when required). My blog (listed in my signature) chatters on about a lot of that if you're curious.

I make soap for fun, and sometimes scents or lotions. I haven't purchased a bar of soap in...well, a very long time.

I make electronics, mostly LED lights. One enjoyable challenge is getting the most light for the least energy. Most recently, I'm getting into using AT microchips in my projects.

I read. Constantly.

 

[illmatic37]

Since getting into vaping with mech mods and rebuildables, cars and poker have taken a backseat lol.

 

[rizraz86]

Photography..... still using films and developing them myself

 

[coalyard]

Expensive ones! I play guitar and love photography. Hopefully the photography will start making some money this spring, depending on how things turn out with a certain sound and stage company...I really hope that when it becomes work, it stays enjoyable for me.

 

[Warghoul88]

Into motorcycles and hot rods myself.
Also do a bit of hunting and target shooting.

 

[FlyD]

Avid disc-golfer here, just waiting for the snow to disappear from the tracks

 

[opeth115]

I'm a drummer

 

[hawkeye46]

Remote control airplanes and helicopters-- when the wind in Iowa allows. Still golf some but somebody messed up the golf balls--they are not flying as far since I turned 67. They went much further when I was a young man.---Hawk---

 

[acpstunts]

For me hobbies entail:
Working on my car & Drifting with Club Loose
Videogames (never too old ha)
Gym/Physical Activities (planning to enlist into the USMC hopefully later this yearL )