Ended Official BYC Mini-Contest—What's Your Hobby?

[muddy75]

Here's the flasks after casting.

Wow…..I had forgotten how much space and equipment for casting

 

[GigitheBackyardHerbilist]

Those are beautiful!!!! Thanks for sharing

Those are beautiful!!!! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you! I retired from doing historical reenactments about 6 years ago but I still do a lot of their custom pieces. Especially for the hunters with their elk ivories which are pictured in the heart-shaped pendant and the earrings that he had me make to match a couple years later.

 

[GigitheBackyardHerbilist]

Wow…..I had forgotten how much space and equipment for casting

Oh Lord it's a whole room! You have to have your kiln you have to have your vacuum machine you have to have a place to mix your investment and a place 2 cast. You also have to have room to store your oxygen and your propane. I have a small room built 10 x 10. And it's really not enough room I wish it were bigger my shop sink doesn't fit in there.

 

[muddy75]

My hobby is to take photos. I have won at least $200 AU this year on photography and I am thinking about starting a business...

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@Kiki at the floofer!!!!

 

[GigitheBackyardHerbilist]

#2 Hobby I'm an herbalist. My husband says I make the family eat dirt. Lol
I grow and dry herbs, make tinctures, syrups, poltices and gel cap supplements. I also make lotion, lip balm, shampoo, and teas, and (not herbal but important) colloidal silver.
I also make extracts pictured, tangerine, lemon, lime and vanilla. Here's a few things. Extras, oils, lip balm, mullen (which will be part of my teas) rosemary tincture and wild lettuce tincture.
This June I was invited to give a lecture on this subject and teach a class.

 

[GigitheBackyardHerbilist]

#3 Hobby I'm a competition shooter.
I'm the gold metallist for the lady's aggregate shoot in the NMLRA in 2019.
I'm the gold metallist in the ladies woods walk in the National Championship of this year.
Picture#1 two silver (engraved fire starter boxes) and the gold was the cutting board in the ladies shoot.
Picture#2 Woods walk
Two bronze, one silver, one gold medal.
You get real medals in the "Big Boys Shoot" lol Men and women compete together.

 

[GigitheBackyardHerbilist]

#4 American Sign Language I am not fluent but have a fairly strong vocab.
My aunt was deaf, she taught me her sign language. Which was back woods Kentucky sign. ( Her own made up version.)
She was born in the early 1900s living on a mountain in Southern Kentucky. The only child in the family that was deaf. I believe it was from scarlet fever. So she knew how to talk before she lost her hearing. She learned a few words and the alphabet, other than that she made it up. The family learned along with her.
But I acquired a sign language book when I was about 12 and just started to eat it up. I now teach my grandchildren sign language.

 

[casportpony]

@GigitheBackyardHerbilist, those are awesome hobbies! Do you haver pictures that we can add to each one?

 

[GigitheBackyardHerbilist]

@GigitheBackyardHerbilist, those are awesome hobbies! Do you haver pictures that we can add to each one?

Sure, I didn't think about it. Well the ASL is a bit hard other than my favorite ASL book

 

[muddy75]

#2 Hobby I'm an herbalist. My husband says I make the family eat dirt. Lol
I grow and dry herbs, make tinctures, syrups, poltices and gel cap supplements. I also make lotion, lip balm, shampoo, and teas, and (not herbal but important) colloidal silver.
I also make extracts pictured, tangerine, lemon, lime and vanilla. Here's a few things. Extras, oils, lip balm, mullen (which will be part of my teas) and rosemary tincture.
This June I was invited to give a lecture on this subject and teach a class.

Great skills to have!!!
@ “my husband says….”