Ended Official BYC Mini Contest - What is Your Hobby?

[RaZ]

Your coop turned out great! I really like the look of the siding, it fits right in with the trees around it.

Thank you. I'm rather pleased with the way it turned out. Except for the white door it is almost invisible where it sits.

 

[glassdragonfly]

Like glassdragonfly said, I like to re-use junk. I built this coop from left-overs. The framing lumber was excess from a garage construction. The windows were salvaged from a home remodel as was the door. And best yet, was the outside siding. Slabs from a local lumber mill.
So consider this as my 2nd entry. Enter it under the category Scrounging.

Note to BYC admins: How about another mini contest about re-purposing old pallets?

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Wow! That came out great!

 

[Kluk-Kluk]

Oh those sweets are works of art!

Thanks! I do love making them. Tis the season now...

 

[Kluk-Kluk]

Pets are by far my favorite subject to capture, and my own animals are the cutest models!

Beautiful photo of your dog!!

 

[Kluk-Kluk]

Feather collecting
I collect many feathers goose, duck, chicken, guinea fowl, wild birds, turkeys and many more.

That is so cool!!! Beautiful feathers!

 

[MallardMomx2]

Beautiful photo of your dog!!

Thank you so much!!

 

[N F C]

Good morning everyone...today (Monday) is the last day to get your entry in the contest!

 

[N F C]

The contest has ended now, great entries everyone! Please be patient while the entries are judged. Once the winners are determined, they will be announced on this thread.

 

[glassdragonfly]

Good luck Everyone!

 

[Meg-in-MT]

ENTRY #2 - GARDENING

It started with a water garden. When gardening, why not dream big? So when my husband and children went away to visit grandparents for a few weeks, I dug and hauled rocks and liner and plants, and created a small water ecosystem complete with fish and frogs and water lilies that is still going 18 years later:

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I enjoyed creating that garden so much that next year I took a spade and dug up another area of the yard. This time I planted a garden of hostas and astilbes under two tall spruce trees.

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I didn't stop there. I kept digging and digging, putting in a new garden each summer. I had become a hosta fanatic, and before I came to my senses ten years later, I had planted over 110 hostas of 70+ varieties all around my yard. The gardens were gorgeous - but I had to weed them every year!!

Of course I have more than just hostas. Mainly I have shade plants because I live under large trees. I've planted various ferns, wild geraniums, bleeding hearts... And I have over 400 irises, all of them Siberian irises that look spectacular for one stunning week in early June.

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Naturally I photograph my flowers and gardens because my #1 hobby is photography I'm not an expert gardener and I don't make money at it, but I have learned a lot about gardening over the last 20 years. Perhaps one of the most important things I learned is how to keep deer from eating my 110 hostas so that my gardens continue to look good all summer.
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Oh my goodness, your gardens are so beautiful! I love, love, love hostas. One of these days I'll have a hosta garden. I'll have to save this page to refer back to yours! Just lovely