My main hobby was reading, followed closely by horses. I have, of course, never stopped reading. The horses I had from age 8 until I was 17, then again at 22 until I got really sick in 1999. We closed the barn in October 2001 and have not had horses since.
Now the hobbies are reading and gardening. I started with house plants when I was 20 and when we got our first rented house in 1978 I started my first garden. There weren't really house plants when I was growing up and my mom never did gardens until I was in my mid teens. I found it on my own.
Oh gosh yes reading!!! I read ALOT when I was a kid. Now I think I watch more series on telly, so I think it was the stories I was addicted to as much as the words.
Oh horses - do you still miss them? I do.
Here's me as a kid with my sister.. She's in front on Bayleaf, which became my horse. The one I"m on is Chester, we had him on free lease and he used to do a funny wiggle and chuck you off. I could anticipate it and growl at him but he threw my Dad off so hard once he pissed blood for a week. Dad still tells that story, embellishing with how I thundered ahead on Bayleaf and caused him to fall, and laughed when he did - none of this is true - he just tells it for theatrical detail.
I haven't ridden in absolute years. When I went travelling I gave Bayleaf to a younger cousin who had her til she died. Great horse - she used to flagrace so was super agile, thus great for a young girl who used to like riding bareback on the beach and adventure riding!
This was my pony I learned to ride on. He was 15 when we got him and he lived to 35. He was 25 in this photo. His name was Chief and he was a retired gymkhana pony.
Later we got this half Arab mare. I was 13 in the photo. Her name was Kwaiyis Jauhar (Beautiful Jewel). I think she was 7 in the photo.
Oh wow snap!!! Love the photos .. just gorgeous!!!!!!