I've always liked the look of a well stocked tank, especially the larger sized tanks. When I lived in London a few years ago, my neighbour had one whole wall of his living room set up with very large tanks filled with large colourful fish.
I did think about having a tank myself a while back, but when I looked into it, it seemed a lot of work. Another factor against getting a tank was I had to move around every 2 or 3 years with my work, and having a fish tank didn't seem the best idea at the time.
As for my own hobbies. After I gave up my photography business, photography has remained a hobby through the rest of my life. Sometimes I've got a bit obsessed by it and at other times I've taken a bit of a rest from it. It is something I just find very enjoyable.
When I retired I took up a few hobbies that I'd had a passing interest in over the years.
I like gardening, but I wouldn't really call it a hobby. My disability prevents me from getting to enthusiastic about it, but I do enjoy cutting the grass on my little ride on mower.
I had a go at a bit of woodworking. I was always a bit of a dunce at woodworking at school, so I decided to see if I could make anything worthwhile.
Amongst other things, I made this grandfather style clock.
I then went onto a bit of astronomy. I bought a telescope and built an observatory for it in the back garden. I used to have some great nights with it and loved to take pictures through the telescope.
Here's some of the pics I took.
Here's the observatory I built.
The Apennnine Mountains on the Moon.
The Pegasus Star Cluster.
A Comet passing the Andromeda Galaxy.
Running alongside all those hobbies, I was also into computers. I used to build my own and loved tinkering with them to try to get the most out of them for the least money. Although I'm not doing much building these days, I still have a house full of old computers and cupboards full of obsolete computer parts that I just can't bare to throw out.
Last but by no means least, since I retired, I do like a good drive around the countryside now and again. Having the new Antara has spurred me on to find a few new places to visit.
So there is plenty of stuff to keep an "old git" occupied in his old age, and long may it continue.
Edited by: Inchindown
I did think about having a tank myself a while back, but when I looked into it, it seemed a lot of work. Another factor against getting a tank was I had to move around every 2 or 3 years with my work, and having a fish tank didn't seem the best idea at the time.
As for my own hobbies. After I gave up my photography business, photography has remained a hobby through the rest of my life. Sometimes I've got a bit obsessed by it and at other times I've taken a bit of a rest from it. It is something I just find very enjoyable.
When I retired I took up a few hobbies that I'd had a passing interest in over the years.
I like gardening, but I wouldn't really call it a hobby. My disability prevents me from getting to enthusiastic about it, but I do enjoy cutting the grass on my little ride on mower.
I had a go at a bit of woodworking. I was always a bit of a dunce at woodworking at school, so I decided to see if I could make anything worthwhile.
Amongst other things, I made this grandfather style clock.

I then went onto a bit of astronomy. I bought a telescope and built an observatory for it in the back garden. I used to have some great nights with it and loved to take pictures through the telescope.
Here's some of the pics I took.
Here's the observatory I built.

The Apennnine Mountains on the Moon.

The Pegasus Star Cluster.

A Comet passing the Andromeda Galaxy.

Running alongside all those hobbies, I was also into computers. I used to build my own and loved tinkering with them to try to get the most out of them for the least money. Although I'm not doing much building these days, I still have a house full of old computers and cupboards full of obsolete computer parts that I just can't bare to throw out.
Last but by no means least, since I retired, I do like a good drive around the countryside now and again. Having the new Antara has spurred me on to find a few new places to visit.
So there is plenty of stuff to keep an "old git" occupied in his old age, and long may it continue.
