Hobbies
[Work in Progress]
Jack of all trades, master of none. These are my Hobbies!
Beekeeping
I am a beekeeper! Here are some things I have done with Beekeeping
- My partner and I won 3rd place in Georgia and 1st place in Atlanta for Dark Amber honey
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- I setup a hive in my backyard last summer.
- I currently have a hive setup with my partner in Lake Claire Community Land Trust!
Running
I am a runner. It is hard, but good for you. Here are my tips.
- You'll want a good pair of running shoes - injury sucks. Bonus is this motivates you to do it,
- Ignore all girnding concepts here - this is about doing something difficult and taking it easy. Walk as much as you want, no one is looking, but try and be amazed at what you can do.
- Join run clubs in your neighborhood! Runners are nerds and don't care if you're slow. They're excited to see you run!
- Try running just once without music. You'll either love it or hate it, but you can say you've done it.
Gardening
I have killed many plants. I will kill many more, but it's a nice thing to do.
- I've had most success with my plants on my front porch. Summer and spring plants are easy and strong.
- Water them once a week on Sundays, and if they start looking weak after 3 weeks add in Wednesday.
- Last summer I grew Strawberries, rosemary, chives, mint, basil, and tomatoes. All survived great but the Strawberries. Tomatoes were the best I had in my life.
BirdWatching
I have picked up Birdwatching. Here are my tips
- Download this Merlin App
- Go outside with it running and just watch
- In my community I have a lot of Wrens, Cardinals, and Robins!
Stargazing
I have picked up Stargazing. Here are my tips:
- Download this Sky app, the pro version is really needed I just don't like ads.
- Go outside at night and look up.
- Currently Orion and Gemini are looking wonderful. Also sometimes Canus Major
- For a while Pleiades and Jupiter had my full attention. Shoutout to r/itsalwayspleiades
Sewing
I did this a bit last summer. It was really fun and here are my tips:
- Buy a cheap kit, watch a single YouTube video, and then fix an old hole in something you own.
- It's also super easy to add patches to things - this was a fun distraction and makes phenomenal gifts.
- Ideally, also think about getting a specific thimble. It really helped me not poke myself and with driving in the needle.
- In my personal opinion, cheap needle threaders should be taken to the backyard and shot.
You never get worse by practicing.