Hobbies

Hi everyone

Was just wondering if everyone has a hobby or something to keep their minds off of the increasingly shorter days? I try and do my drawing and painting, i also make cards and ive just signed up for a floristry course on saturday mornings at my local college. I like things where i can use bright colours and express myself, i find the brighter the colours the happier i feel!

I also read in the evenings and can quite easily read a book in 2 days.

:-)

Anything that can alleviate introspection is usefull.

Me too Piglet....

Mountainbiking and hillwalking at the weekend.
Swimming (lessons) and squash in the week. I want to go to Tai chi, get back to running and learn to snowboard (manchesters just an indoor ski slope). The wintersun holidays will be mainly surfing in the canaries.
Having said that I'm now dinking cider and about to start playing computer games - call of duty.

I had to look twice there Paulst. I thought you had taken on a new lease of life.....lol

I admire that you have the motivation to go walking and do your photography.

Ahem.... I listen to Radio 4 sometimes, when in the car to and from school etc I listen to podcasts, I prefer speech to music. World service if it's the middle of the night.

i do yoga and meditation, it really helps to focus.
graphic design photograpy making art
actually those last few things are not a hobby it's my work ;-)))
only not doing too much of that lately, distracted by motherhood and coping with my life,
this time of year 11 years ago i lost my boyfriend in a climbing accident in scotland, so darker days are even darker for me since then.

I've got back into reading again. I'd devour books as a child but I read much much less now. But for me it's a nice, comforting thing to curl up in a duvet and warm clothes with a cup of tea and read a good book.

I am walking my dogs a lot more too, to actually get out during the daylight and get some exercise and it seems to be good. Kirsty, your dog in your avatar is so cute! What an expression! ^_^

I want to get back into crafty stuff, but my house is in chaos - total replastering and redecorating, it's driving me mad! Something to pick up in a few months I think.

Yoga is great, though I don't do it much. When I do, it makes me feel really good.

Trick is to keep busy. I've learned that if I stop and start thinking/ brooding, I have to force myself to get up and do something, because I know it will only make me feel worse otherwise.

I find cooking hard work in the winter, it's a lack of concentration thing I think. We're just having a new kitchen fitted, it's the end of a big renovation/extension project. I haven't had a proper kitchen since the beginning of May!