favourite hobbies

how do you pass the time now that you're retired....i love taking my grandchildren for walks....it gives their mum a couple of hours to herself...and i know it's appreciated....i love to hear their chatter...and i love to make up stories for them

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Only retireds or can we all join in ?


I too enjoy the tiny ones in the family, also walk the dogs in different places at the weekends from their normal places during the week. Knit and sew, and we try to find something to do together at the weekends even if it's just take a picnic somewhere or a wander round a garden centre or something.

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yes Julie ..anyone can join...must admit...i like a stroll round the garden centers too....i also like going round the furniture stores....mentally getting rid of my furniture ...and replacing it ....

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I think I love most of my furniture pieces too much to do that, all second hand and or upcycled with a history behind them.

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SOUNDS LOVELY jULIE...

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I have to be making things or I get very uptight, I knit, crochet, make little "vintage boxes", draw, paint, sew, Steampunk stuff, nothing is safe! I sit in a nest of useful objects, glue, scissors etc, I can't do anything for too long though (fybromyalgia & arthritis) but making something out of junk is my passion. If I'm not doing that I'm reading or showing my daughter how to make things! I don't understand being bored!

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Walking in the countryside, gardening, eating out, holidays, seeing our children......nothing too tiring !

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I need constant stimulation. Always like to learn something from whatever it is I am doing, be it watching a movie, reading a book, posting on forums etc. So I figure my greatest and constant hobby is improving my mind.

I feel so very righteous after that .

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I am a member of a local club which goes on Paranormal investigations, i have been doing this about 4 years now and i thoroughly enjoy it. we have all the kit and are really quite professional. We have a number of psychics, and also a few tech guys who set up the equipment. i understand its not everyone's thing, but i enjoy hanging around in graveyards after dark, hehe

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When I stopped working, or rather, when work dried up, I started researching my family history and that led me into photo restoration ~ see my profile page.

Haven't done as much as usual during the past couple of years because of personal circumstances, plus a certain amount of boredom set in, but it's still there to pick up any time I feel the urge.