What are your hobbies?

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I know we always talk about the pain and this disease but I want to start a topic about something happy and fun. What are your hobbies? What do you do to make yourself happy?

I love paper crafting. Card making. I also love reading, Doctor Who, gardening, and tea.

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Reading, crochet, wood burning, miniatures… and then to think that I used to not know what to say when someone asked about hobbies haha and now I’m thinking what did I leave out?.. I have supplies for about 100 crafts… didn’t try most of them yet though…

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Hi,

I like long walks on the beach… no, well i would if i lived near a beach.
A great idea !

I am quite nerdy in my hobbies…

  • I like creating android apps
  • developing other software, scripts.
  • Developing my home automation
  • I like to do handy-man stuff around the house ie install wiring, shelves, cameras etc
  • Playing computer games.
  • My wife and I like watching movies, shows.
  • We like going out for dinners etc. However looking after our Bub is a full time job now which we love!!! :slight_smile:
  • I also like to brew beer but havent done it in a while. reminds me i think i will soon
  • Swimming in the ocean is my all time great love. doesnt happen enough.
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Pottery, restoring antique wooden flutes, and also making new ones. Silversmithing, which is a little difficult with my fingers…

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I am notorious for buying supplies for a new craft or hobby and forgetting about them. I am sure I have a few kits around here and I don’t know it. I’ve also bought the same supplies twice, not remembering I bought the first ones.
When you say miniatures, what kind of miniatures?

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I love your nerdyness my friend! The hubs and I watch lots of tv shows and movies together. He also brews beer as well. He’s rather good at it!

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Wow, Jon! Flutes! That sounds fo neat. Can you post some pictures of what you do? I would love to see more.

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https://s30.postimg.org/eabcu2ab5/IMG_5624.jpg
Here is one of my creations.

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Wow! The wood is beautiful. Amazing job.

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Love your hobbies!

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My hobbies are walking and watching wildlife in the middle of nowhere. Sadly I haven’t been able to either for too long now. Just walking sets my brain straight again and gaining some sightings of proper wildlie makes my heart soar. I miss both dreadfully.

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I saw two deer yesterday when I went for a walk, so cool…

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I have 2 dollhouses 1/12th scale… but I figured out those are too big for me… I prefer 1/144th scale (dollhouse inside of a dollhouse)
I made this “room box” and it’s not very well done but I love it

(I hope you can see that even if you don’t have Instagram… otherwise let me know, there are a few pictures there I made everything inside there… I especially love the little dog even though he only looks good from one angle :wink: )

Edit: so it only posts the first picture instead of all of them… And it isn’t done in the first… that’s just there to show size… :frowning:

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I also added my tiny mansion and the tree I made :smile:

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Cynthia, your wonderful creations reminded me that I sort of have a hobby I don’t get to indulge very often. I really like indie films but it’s not often they get shown where I live or indeed where I lived before. There’s a very odd film which is possibly my all time favourite, called Bad Taste. Made on a tiny budget by a group of lads in New Zealand many years ago & it won the Gore prize at Cannes. They made all the props themselves including a house rather like your amazing mansion which rises up into the sky at the end of the film. For some reason I thought you might possibly enjoy it. Not everyone does!

Is that an octopus in the bedroom? Wonderful!

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Cynthia, those are wonderfully amazing! So tiny!!! I had no idea you could make something so small. I have an old dollhouse. It was made by my grandfather when I was 8 or so. It needs lots of work. I was saving it for a daughter but we only have a son. I would like to restore it though and display it in the house. Any ideas on where to start?

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Sybil, I looked up Bad Taste and the movie cover made me spit out my coffee!! It is directed by Peter Jackson, Lord of the Rings guy. I am going to check it out!

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Um don’t do it like I did? I started 10 things but never finished any… that’s why I prefer to do the tiny things… they don’t take up as much time… when I start a project I need to finish in one go or else it stops being fun…

I’ll check out that movie @Sybil and yes that’s an :octopus: haha it’s the first thing I made after receiving the 0,5mm hook in the mail :smile:

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I have been trying my hand at writing now. I have a degree in photography but haven’t done much lately. I am looking forward to doing that more.

I am also a certified hypnotist but had to close my part-time office due to the PsA. I am considering creating a website where people can download self-hypnosis audio files and other things like that cheaply.

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tamac, Very nice! Writing a photography! You should do a book with pictures. Maybe a children’s book? Post some of your photos when you get a chance. I love photography.

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