What is your hobby?

[Dany]

Wow! It's great to read about everyone's hobbies. Thank you for sharing!!

I like to read as well; however, like Pat, Stephen King scares me! I do own one of his, The Stand, the only one I enjoyed and could endure. I tend to read the classics and every summer I choose one or two, such as Jane Eyre or Homer. (Haven't chosen this summer's yet.)

Outside of finding new things I can do in/with Photoshop, I draw pencil/charcoal portraits and have recently ventured into creating more abstract art with colored pencils. I have been drawing a long time, but it wasn't until two years ago that I really let anyone see. Many who knew me didn't realize I could draw...funny how that works. Here's a link to my FB page that has a few portraits I have drawn, feel free to browse: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Expression-Portraits-by-Danyelle/213364026599

I also enjoy swing dancing and go when I can, putting together and collecting jigsaw puzzles. And above anything else, I love, love, love nature.  :loveit: If it can be done outside then that's where you will find me. I would like to travel more, and hopefully I will soon be able to do so.

[Hannie]

Dani, thanks for sharing your portraits, they are beautiful!
Your drawing skills should come in handy when you do photo restoring as well.

Hannie

[Tori803]

Pat, I've got my lasts made but I need to make them a little deeper at the toe by building up the plaster of paris. Next step is to make a pattern for the top side of the shoe. Then I'll cut and sew the uppers.

Dany, have you read 'The Count of Monte Cristo'? I love all the mini-stories woven into the main one. I love your drawings. Not that we want our restorations to look like drawings, but knowing how to draw can be very helpful in our work!

Tori

[Dany]

Thank you, Hannie and Tori. I hope the drawing skills will help. I have done some minor restorations before, nothing too difficult though. Looking forward to the challenge.

Tori, I haven't read that one yet. Perhaps that is the one I will choose this summer. So often, I hear references made to certain novels and think...I need to read that.

[Jonas.Wendorf]

Margie,

when I'm playing, I'm also wearing the kilt that I received when I got the bagpipes ;-).
Which was quite shocking to my friends the first time they saw me :-).

Well, of course she plays a big role as well, but most of the time I was really doing things for school (so I had to be with her for the rest of the time of course ;-)).

[Mhayes]

Dany, like Hannie said, your drawing skills will come in very handy here---love your work, especially "Humble Reflection."

Jonas, what can I say, but of course!  ;)

Margie

[Hannie]

Jonas, we want to see proof of your bagpipes and kilt!

Hannie

[Jonas.Wendorf]

 ;D I'll take some pictures the next time I play.

[kiska]

We're gonna hold you to it.  >:D