Category: hobbies
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half birthdays
Everybody should celebrate their half birthday, especially when it falls on a holiday. In addition to my traditional halving lunch with a friend, 1/2 dozen roses, 1/2 gallon ice cream, watering 1/2 my plants, etc., this year, I am preparing to get myself something special. Finding out Mahjong is very popular here, I thought I…
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knitting blind
Like my mother before me, and my grandmother before her, I come from a long line of knitters. I, however, have added a new, though unwanted twist – visual impairment (due to multiple retina surgeries and complications). Having not attempted (a heretofore relaxing hobby) for over a year, something possessed me to take up my…
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hygge
“Hygge is a Danish term that describes a quality of coziness that makes a person feel content and comfortable. It’s also often used as an adjective meaning ‘cozy or comfortable’.” So reads the back of my latest jigsaw puzzle which, unbeknownst to me, comes complete with a ‘nectarine blossom & honey’ candle. “How to Hygge”…
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knitting break
Still knitting blind (read the details), friends keep finding dispossessed bits of yarn at garage sales for me. I’ve made countless afghans and scarves until people begged me to stop. So, recently I’ve tried my hand at knitting socks. Garnering polite thanks, these quickly found their way into the nearest Goodwill dump box. With this…
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waldo
Meet my companion Waldo (he’s the striped snail), a gift from my adopted daughter. I search for him often, and with my gentle coaxing, he has survived for three days. He lives in the bottom of my two-tiered fountain (gift from a friend), which I am trying to turn into an aquaponic habitat, with mixed…
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aquaphonics
“Aquaponics is a food production system that couples aquaculture with hydroponics whereby the nutrient-rich aquaculture water is fed to hydroponically-grown plants, where nitrifying bacteria convert ammonia into nitrates.” That is my goal for the fountain gifted to me. It’s been a nice diversion, assembling and creating aesthetic appeal. However, my success selecting proper plants and…
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