My Collection Of Spoons

My Collection Of Spoons

 

Most people I know collect one thing or another. I hardly know anyone who doesn’t have a tiny obsession with a strange object. Let me share with you the object that I love to collect: spoons. Yes, you read that right; I love to collect silverware. Many people are likely wondering why, out of all of the possible objects to collect in the world; I have chosen to collect spoons.

 

Well, great question. My answer began fifteen years ago when I took a traveling writer for a magazine. I got the opportunity to travel to all of these fantastic places throughout the U.S. and around the world. As I began my travels, my friends and family started asking me what I would bring them back from each location I visited.

One morning, I was in a coffee shop when it hit me with “spoons!” I wasn’t prepared for how traveling would cause me to bring souvenirs to friends and family. The idea had never crossed my mind. As I made my first road trip across the country, I began thinking of ideas in my head for what I could bring back from all of the foreign and exotic places I traveled, or even from the state next door.

An Invigorating Family Past Time: Sports Activities

An Invigorating Family Past Time: Sports Activities

 

If you feel bored, listless, and out of shape, you need a new pastime. Sports activities will get your blood pumping and help you get back into shape. Not only will you be getting good exercise, but you will be starting a valuable family pastime. Sports activities are a great way to spend time with your kids. So get up off the couch, put down that soda, and get out in the yard for a bit of touch football.

 

If touch football is not for you, why not play a little kickball with your kids. Set up a diamond similar to a baseball diamond. Now the pitcher rolls a large softball, like a playground ball, on the ground to the “batter.” The batter kicks the ball in kickball and runs to first base. Since the ball is soft, the fielding team can throw the ball at the runner to get him out. Since the kicker will almost always kick the ball and foul balls are rare, this is a classic game to play with young kids and others who are not very athletic.

A Favorite Past Time: Hobby Ideas You Will Like

A Favorite Past Time: Hobby Ideas You Will Like

What is your favorite pastime? Hobby enthusiasts know that spare time is not "spent" but savored. If you have a pastime you enjoy, you will never look at your spare time in the same way again. If you're unsure what time hobby you will enjoy, here are some suggestions.

Many people listen to music as a favorite pastime. There is much you can learn about any style of music. You can learn about composers, famous melodies, and all about performers' past and present. You can develop sophisticated jazz or classical music tastes or collect a large assortment of CDs. Music makes a great pastime hobby.

A lot of people love animals. Pets of all sorts can become your hobby. Perhaps you enjoy watching birds. If you have trouble finding them in the trees to watch, maybe you'd like to get a pair of canaries, a budgie, or a cockatiel. People in the country sometimes become interested in raising ornamental chickens, pigeons, or pheasants. It is exciting to watch a mother bird take care of a nest of young chicks. Perhaps you can even raise some prize winners!

Dogs make a great hobby, too. Walking and enjoying a pet dog is one thing, but breeding and raising show dogs is something else entirely. Show dogs may require an investment, but many puppies are free. There is also the aspect of training a dog in obedience. Dogs give a lot of love back to their owners, too, so if you start a pastime hobby of caring for a dog, you will never be lonely. However, dogs require quite a bit of work and attention, especially when being trained, so keeping dogs is not for everyone.

Bicycles can become your favorite pastime. Hobby bicyclists are becoming more and more common to see cycling along lesser traveled highways seeing the countryside up close and personal. Bicycling requires a helmet, suitable clothes, and a small tool kit for roadside repairs. Or maybe you would enjoy cycling on a smaller scale, simply taking fun rides with your family. The choice is yours.

The world is full of exciting things to learn and do. Don't merely sit back and watch TV. Get interested in a pastime hobby. It's good for your mind. It might even keep you from going senile in your old age if you stay active in a pastime hobby. And it's an excellent example to our kids and grandkids if we spend our time doing something meaningful.

 

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The Universe Of Sun Signs And Their Corresponding Fresh Flowers

 

The Universe Of Sun Signs And Their Corresponding Fresh Flowers

If you are anticipating giving the gift of fresh flowers to your lover on her birthday or to your employer on his anniversary, then the following list will come in rather handy:

Aries: March 21 – April 20

 Flower: You can match the enthusiasm and zeal of Aries with fresh flowers that have the color of passion and symbolize romance like the anything-but-demure red tulip flower. You can make a beautiful bouquet of red tulips, and it will dazzle with unbound energy. The red tulip will appeal to your love with bold gestures and display an appreciation of the slightly unexpected.