Tuesday 4 - "Hobby Girls"

I have decided to join in with the "Tuesday 4" meme this week, in memory and honor of our dear blogging friend Toni Taddeo, who started this weekly challenge. Now our friend

Annie at Cottage By The Sea has taken on this meme so that we can continue Toni's wonderful ideas. So here goes: 

Hobby Girls..
Tuesday 4     ^#3

Welcome once again to Tuesday 4 where we are interested in helping to make new friends in the blogging community and get to know one another as well as supply you with some blog material!
Here are this week's questions for you to ponder and share with others on the subject of Hobbies and interests. If you don't have a hobby, there are things that interest you from collecting to politics, everyone has something they especially find interesting.

Holly Hobby seems to enjoy quilting with friends!

Here we go!......

1. Do you have a hobby or a special interest?  Do you quilt, crochet, cook, sew, collect things, sing, play an instrument, love dolls , politics, learning, reading, biking, hiking, camping, swimming, flower arranging, watching TV? Do you love to entertain, set a beautiful table or just take a walk? Share it with us won't you?
  Why do you enjoy it? Can you tell us how you became interested or what particularly interests

you about your hobby.
Would you share some photos or pictures of your hobbies or interests or lovely things you've seen along the way?

1.  My hobbies are pretty simple. I don't do any kind of sewing, quilting, or other crafts. I do, however, love to take pictures of God's beautiful creation all around us, wherever we go. You can usually see me with my camera around my neck anytime I am outdoors. Or lately I have been using my cell phone camera quite a bit except for long distance photos. Here is an example of one of my favorite subjects right now, the Canadian Geese on our lovely pond, "Still Waters Pond".

I do also love to sing, and am currently in our church choir. We recently did our Christmas Cantata, and now soon will begin working on our Easter Cantata.

Reading is also a favorite pasttime for me. I recently joined our local library here in our new community and am exploring the interesting options they have available. I enjoy mysteries, mostly Christian fiction and non-fiction, old fashioned romances and adventure stories from the turn of the last century.   Here is a sample of some of the old books that I have and love in my collection:

I did recently read a new book that is a best-seller, Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens. I enjoyed it very much. It was a bit different from the books I usually read, but very fascinating.

Tea Parties and dolls are also favorites.  Here is a link to a special tea party with my dolls!

This link will take you to a page on my blog that will show you more of "my favorite things". It needs to be updated, however!

Holly loves photography

2.  Gardening is a hobby for some.
Do you garden or grow house plants?
 What do you like about it? What are your favorite plants inside or out? Pictures? We'd love to see  photos of you house or garden plants or hear about ideas you have for growing things or creating beauty with plants around the house.

2.  Gardening: Since moving to our new home recently I have not really been able to get started on gardening.  We left behind many beautiful plants and flowers at our former home, and I must admit I am missing them now. Spring is coming and I know they will be blooming.  One thing I am hoping to do in the near future is reestablish a "Secret Garden" here at our new home. It will be different from the one I had before, but still a special place where I can sit and watch the birds, read and meditate on God's Word, and do some writing in my journal like I used to do.   

This is the area in our yard where I love to sit and look at the pond:

Here is a picture of my former "Secret Garden":

3. If you could design a dream garden or park , how would you do it? What would it contain.? Maybe include a picture from the net of one you think closely fits your dream garden.  

3.  I think my dream garden or park will be very similar to what I have here already. A view of the pond, and also a nice place to sit in the shade. I would love a swing large enough for two...that is something to put on the list. I love flowers blooming at different times of the year, so I would plant a perpetual garden that has something different to bloom in every season.

4. Do you like being outdoors? If so, what attracts you to the great outdoors and if not, what keeps you inside?
Do you walk in the rain?Are there parks near you that you like to visit?

4.  Yes, I love the outdoors. I love taking walks and taking pictures of nature, birds, trees, flowers, sky, sunsets and sunrises.  If anything keeps me inside, it would be inclement weather and household duties.  But if I had my choice, I could stay outside most of the day just sitting and watching the birds on the pond (ducks, geese, herons, etc.), or at the bird feeders.

No, I don't generally like to walk in the rain.  I guess I don't visit parks very often. I prefer the more natural state of things...

I hope you enjoyed visiting here today and getting to know a little more about me. Of course, if you have been reading my blog for long, you probably already knew all of this.

Join in.. link back to us and make new friends and get to know what others think and feel.