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@Kathleen, I like saving/collecting old china, and using it, too. I have many of my Mom's small serving plates, German crystal glasses, Vaseline glass, teacups and saucers, vintage towels, potholders, and aprons. Most everything gets used in a rotation. A few pieces of our furniture were family pieces, too. And like Kathleen, if it can't be used it don't get kept!
I used to do a lot of needlework, but the old fingers don't cooperate anymore. I did hold on to a few kits, supplies, and cross stitch books, but I'm not sure that they will be put to use again. However, I can really appreciate and admire
@medtran49's petit point; the smallest gauge I worked with was a 24-count (24 Xs to the inch) image of a Christmas wreath. It was an insert to a glass-topped serving tray that I made as a gift for my MIL one year. My Mom really admired it and hinted that she would like one, too. I did make one for her - on 6-count Herta cloth with yarn. Himself framed it and Mom hung it above her mantle each year for the Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year's holiday. I now use both items at the holidays since both Moms are gone...
We have done some traveling. I've managed to do something more than drive through (and pit-stop) in 34 states so far. Hoping to see the other 14 contiguous states before I go toes up.
I've done a lot of gardening in the past. Not much when we lived in MA because tick bites were a real possibility. After seeing how miserable Himself was while battling a bout of Lyme disease, I pretty much abandoned yard work unless I was on the blacktop, covered all in white clothing, and sprayed to the hilt with bug spray. Ticks are a much smaller problem where we are in OH now. Got plans for the front yard, what there is of it. Now I also have grandkids to enlist for hauling dirt and mulch!
Used to play guitar a long, long time ago. I can still remember when. But it has been decades. Each time I think about going back and seeing if I can still fret, I remember how much fun it was building up callouses on my fingertips.
Started on a Woolworth acoustic in high school; Dad bought me a Harmony for Christmas one year (can't play it anymore since the back is separating from the side of the body, but I still have it for sentimental reasons); I had, then sold, a Goya D100; and still have my Guild F-212. I bought it around 1972? from a friend of a friend, who had modified it for lower action, that is making it easier to press the strings down to make contact with the frets. She's a beauty, and a joy to play...but building up those callouses? Not such a joy.
I love to read. LOVE it! I usually have a cozy mystery and a non-fiction in Libby, a large print book for reading while on my recumbent stationary bike, and sometimes another book for the reading group that meets monthly at the library. We have a small library of our own, with books from our travels, history, biographies, science (a lot of astronomy and physics for Himself), and nature/gardening. I also have a collection of cook books, which I sometimes read as it they were novels. I did weed out a number of books before we moved because they were mostly place-fillers on the shelves. Happily, Cleveland and the surrounding area has a number of used book stores.
I've also done watercolor painting and chalk pastel pictures. Nothing great, but they were pretty passable.
...I also did not shoot people...
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Although I bet that there have been a few people over your lifetime that you would have liked to shoot, eh
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