New hobby ideas?

[TsPoet]

Dog agility! I've always wanted to do it and I finally have a dog that is good for it. Finagle, my new dog, is a natural. Now if I can just learn to do my part right and not screw up, I'll have a pretty good agility dog.
It's great exercise (for both of us) and she loves it.

[shootingstar]

I do view a synergy between cycling and some other hobbies, like my painting that I dabble. Each hobby does inspire and complement the other.

It does require careful planning and packing with art supplies and canvasses strapped to down to bike. I even have a little tabletop easel that folds into a suitcase that I could bungie cord down on the bike rack.


http://jean.thecyclistwebhouse.com/V...d/image001.htm
Yes, most of these paintings are based on what I've seen on bike trips and locally.

Cycling in different parts of the country, during various times of day/year, and its hugeness (scarcely escapable to a cyclist!) has given and inspired me with ongoing new perspectives on colour, shape and light.

I did try some sewing machine quilting before cycling...have to say...there's ton of ironing involved for each stage of the sewing a patch to the growing quilt.

[mudmucker]

Well, this isn't really a hobby. It's just having time to do something that I've been wanting to do.

I'm making a headboard today. It will go along the lines of this. I'm going to make it less high and adjust dimensions to fit the bed and bedroom. I have stain but it won't be as dark in order to match the current platform bed. I do watercolors so I'll put a couple of those on the wall above it, eventually. I'm going to put new lighting in too.

I'm on vacation and decided to hang here, visit with old friends again, and not go on a destination vacation. It still always feels like I'm on vacation when I am in this house anyway. I decided to putter and leisurely finish up house projects while I have the time off, and I will certainly ride the bike lots. I'm spending money so it's an expensive summer. I bought 2 TE jerseys, some bike stuff, generator, had a big car repair, bought my dad a new bike and I plan on doing over one of my bathrooms after. It's wonderfully sunny and I brought my table saw outside. I'm pretty comfortable with power tools but I don't particularly like them. Especially saws. I had to use the chainsaw a little to clean up the immense ice storm damage from this winter. It took 2 months this spring to clean up by myself (everyone else had to clean their property). I also had to burn for 6 consecutive weekends. I'm conflicted about burning and I don't like to do it but there was no way to remove all of that mess. I still have another year's worth of cleanup.

So to add to the expensive summer, I'd love a table top miter saw but I don't think that will happen. I'm cutting my 45's with a regular table top. I think I might splurge for a nailgun. Those are useful.

[msincredible]

Dog agility! I've always wanted to do it and I finally have a dog that is good for it. Finagle, my new dog, is a natural. Now if I can just learn to do my part right and not screw up, I'll have a pretty good agility dog.
It's great exercise (for both of us) and she loves it.

I used to do it with my whippets, but they are retired now.
When you get everything right it feels like you are dancing with your dog.

[Ana]

I started aikido about 9 months ago.

I've also tried to increase my cycling

I also very much like to garden and cook and bake new things. Some of my other hobbies are making jewelry, kayaking at the local park, knitting (although I'd like to know how to crochet), weight lifting and hunting for great deals on cycling parts and gear

I've always wanted to learn how to make my own clothes.

Happy hobbying!

[uforgot]

Oh, I like that headboard. Post pics when you get it finished! I agree about the "finish up projects" vacation. I'm doing the same thing this summer, except today Fastdogs and I are riding in Fenton. It's kind of nice not to have to be anywhere, just pick up and go when you want. I have put a new floor in my bathroom, refinished window sills, shampooed carpets, put up a new ceiling fant, planted some stuff and the list goes on and on.

[mudmucker]

Oh, I like that headboard. Post pics when you get it finished! I agree about the "finish up projects" vacation. I'm doing the same thing this summer, except today Fastdogs and I are riding in Fenton. It's kind of nice not to have to be anywhere, just pick up and go when you want. I have put a new floor in my bathroom, refinished window sills, shampooed carpets, put up a new ceiling fant, planted some stuff and the list goes on and on.

After I do the headboard, I am going to make a floating side table similar to this, although I don't think I want it to go all the way to the ceiling. I'll make final decisions when I see what the headboard looks like.

Yes it is nice not to have to be anywhere. There's something relaxing about meandering aimlessly through the day without any schedule and just moving through from one activity to the other.

[uforgot]

Yeah, but sometimes while meandering during an activity, I'll walk in another room and say "Hey, I should do that" and then I have 50 projects in the works at once.

[malkin]

I'm taking up photography, so that in any spare time when I am not coveting a new bike, I can covet photo equipment.

[malkin]

Yeah, but sometimes while meandering during an activity, I'll walk in another room and say "Hey, I should do that" and then I have 50 projects in the works at once.

You mean there are people who don't do that?

[deedolce]

I think I've gotten into almost every hobby that exists! Almost... I think my life is nothing by trying one hobby after another and spending money on it!

My last big hobby splurge was lapidary and wire wrapping like this:


or this:


But I got restless again! The latest is glass forming with molten Borosilicate glass (think Pyrex) on a very hot torch! Here's my marble from my first class a few days ago:


OMG, and now I'm thinking of starting to buy $$$$ equipment and set up my own studio!! Part of me thinks I'm absolutely NUTS, but the other part says, 'Heck, I'm 50 already! Might as well spend and enjoy life while I can!!"

[crazycanuck]

Dee..way cool & very very nice!

[northstar]

Ok, so the pie discussion is pretty much past, but I took it up a couple years ago and, ta-da...won the blue ribbon at the MN State Fair for apple pie last year.

Baking pie is good because it takes attention to detail, so it's easy to get absorbed in it, and it's a dying art most people appreciate.

Sewing rocks, too. I do some quilting with my mom and we have a blast.

I'd like to learn how to do stained glass someday.

[malkin]

Sewing rocks, too.

I read this wrong at first and wondered how you could do it without breaking needles.

[HappyTexasMom]

I read this wrong at first and wondered how you could do it without breaking needles.

LOL I read it the same way at first, too!