cross stitch & felt applique
course fishing
fly fishing best fish 6lb 7oz rainbow and 1lb 9oz brownie
sea fishing not very good at it though can't catch fish reckon i am using the wrong bait :-(
my two gsd's
Gardening
cooking and baking
walking

Cordelia

dogs,naturally :)
cross stitch,when I have time
tapestry,doing a steam engine at the moment
steam trains,I have a huge layout in the loft oo size,but prefer the real thing,but one of those won't fit my loft
gardening (we only have a small one though)
snorkelling (but only in foreign seas!where it's much warmer and no-one knows me in my cossie) :o
sign language,but so far have only taken stage 1 BSL
cooking (but really shouldn't eat it all myself ;) )
reading,mostly fiction and autobiography's
correcting other people's spelling errors in newpapers,letters,memos at work,well actually anywhere I find them,unless I think that person would be horribly offended :D
visiting craft and country fairs whenever I can
I think that's enough for now he he

p.s. I do get horribly offended when people find errors in my spellings ;)

prepare to be offended :D  Why do you have an apostrophe in "autobiography's"  and why is it mis-spelled? :d :D :D

LOL @ Tohme! :D :D

On this subject I was given the book "Eats, shoots and leaves" for Christmas - hysterical!
:)

Yes I have that one too as I am somewhat obsessed with grammar, punctuation et al!

When we were in school we were taught about subject, predicate, object, nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, collective nouns etc etc.  We could actually construct a sentence without the use of "you know" and "know what I mean" and "yeah" "right" etc etc etc.

Nearly forgot the ubiquitous "basically" :D

Sigh :D

The trouble is now that even the teachers haven't been taught the rules of English grammar and spelling , so the poor children don't stand a chance. :(

Going to be really boring here and say that my "hobby" is Staffords . Especially the whole "history"  of how they came about etc and I love the showing side of things too and like to keep up to date with that .
O and my Health and safety course too :rolleyes:
If you had asked me about 5 years ago I would probably have said clothes and drinking ;)
A sure Sign that I am definately getting "over the hill" and closer to the big 4-0

Oh being 40's nothing at all (says she who cried the night before).  Just have a huge party and invite lots of much older people than you and then you feel very young :D :D  You're only as old as the man that you feel :D

CG

My main hobby is genealogy (of humans :) )

Daisy

my hobbies are  horse riding ....dogs and going swimming

i love clubbing to.....

My horses. I just love them. I love grooming them, riding, standing in the field chatting to them, fussing them, learning about them, talking about them - the lot. And my very favourite thing is sitting on the bench outside my house, looking at them grazing or rolling in the field and seeing how happy they are - I just adore them :)

I just love your post Chloe.......in fact I had a tear in my eye when I read it.  You obviously adore your horses and put it in words so well.  I feel the same about my dogs......nothing is nicer than looking out of the window watching them in the garden when they are off guard.  Aren't we lucky.......I certainly think so...

:) I agree - very lucky

I am feeling particularly happy this week as I have managed to get my chestnut mare's "owner" to sell her officially to me. She had been abandoned for years, and was wild and would rear up at anyone who went near when I took her on. Now she's 100% mine, is 100% to catch, traffic, farrier and today came out for a 2 hour hack with me on my horse and my friend riding her - and she is so brilliant my 9 year old daughter has started to ride her out on hacks aswell.

Even better, she's a full bred arab, is only 18 (I was told 26!) and is the nicest natured mare I have ever known underneath the stroppy exterior :D :D

Good on you Chloe.......hope you have many many happy years with her.

R we twins? You sound just like me. I can sit in the field all day watching my horse, the dogs love the open space too!!.

The other liveries on the same yard wonder if I'm 'all there' but I don't care, its not just about having a horse to ride, its about loving the horse for his character and I feel proud of my horse whatever he's doing and he makes me smile and definately brings me plenty of happiness.

Truely. :-P

ouch tohme! autobiography 'noun' meaning one's life story as written by oneself,but maybe the plural would then be ? autobiographies? I stand corrected :D :D

In no particular order:

Dogs.
Gardening ( repairs after the dog).
Wreck diving.
Underwater photography.
Digital photography.
Tropical fish.
Sea fishing.
Astronomy.
Walking.
Off roading (not so much now I've got a new 4X4, don't want to bend it).

I also was given, "Eats, shoots and leaves" for Christmas, its great, but, isn't: life' to:short- to! look, for. mistakes? :D

Robert.

Reading

Baking - liver cake mainly nowadays but I do fancy birthday cakes/bread when the fit is on me

Learning about birds while dog walking/watching the garden

Boxercise

Mine is Campanology!!!!!!!
Ok, Ok, am 26 and a bellringer!!!!!!!!
Lea :)

OK - her goes (not necessarily in the order given: :D)

1.     Dogs - owning, showing, breeding, researching breeds, corresponding with owners (and of course Champdogs :D )

2.     cats - their nature, breeding ( a bit ;); not breeding (a lot ;) ) grooming, and researching.

3.     My children/grandchildren/OH/other family/friends - talking to/aruging with/ corresponding by email, phone & face to face :D

4.     Travelling (and not jusst C-2-C :D )

5.     Reading, writing, attempting to study the remaining modules for my BA (Eng Lit)

6.     Cookery/needlework/knitting - attempting to teach my skills to a younger generation

7.     Anarchy/politics

8.     Deciding upon a career (:D :D :D  )

9.     Housework/ironing.

I find that No 9 is generally neglected :D :D :D

Margot

dogs
darts
dogs
clothes shopping
dogs
drinking, no not water
dogs
music
and dogs :D

Tapestry
Knitting
Ancestry
And most of all taking the dogs to the caravan Roll on the summer

Jean

Well mine used to be Dogs, Sewing (soft furnishings, no dress making) Needlepoint, Embroidery, Reading, Writing, decorative crafts, but  for the past few years  any of the above (apart from Dogs )which cannot be manipulated into a fund raising thing (for Dogs, of course) had dropped by the wayside.
bye
Gwen

Hi there,

My hobbies are:

Dogs, horses, animals in general
Showing/showjumping, having a go at sidesaddle this year too!
Writing
Internet
DIY
Crafts
Gardening (especially water gardening)
Addicted to Ebay and now Champdogs!
Sheet metal work
Meeting new people/making friends
Oh and talking - I think I like my own voice :-) really!

Truely   :-P

God, there are just too many.  I thought I didn't have any hobbies as such, but reading through all of yours..there's so many things there that I love doing...

Reading,
Writing,
Internet,
Crosswords/word puzzles
DOGS...of course!
Showing the dogs..
Breeding (dogs)
learning about the dogs...keeping the dogs fit and healthy.everything that goes with owning dogs!!
Cats
Horses
spending time with OH/family and friends
Drinking (yes, alcohol!)
swimming
Egyptology (don't know a lot, but it's all so amazingly interesting)

Loads of things!!

Lisa

I decided a few weeks ago to take up 'Glass Painting' as I don't really have a hobby as such.
I have looked on the 'net and everywhere and I can't find any classes.
I have a load of 'Paul Masson' wine carafes. NO I'm not a plonky. It's just really nice wine.
I am planning to learn  how to paint glass so that I can give all my family/friends a personal present for Xmas this year.
A carafe & glass painted with their favourite theme.

D4wn