I am here, entertain me !

I was thinking not to long ago as I was looking at one more quilt I have yet to finish from last summer's project...I just don't want to finish it. 

Every summer for a long time now, I have started a new hobby. 

I move from school work to hobby work with the same intensity. I have started quite a few over the years. 

First off and still continue but not to the same degree, quilting. This I love, this I still fumble at, this I will probably continue.

Knitting/crocheting I use to be good at both, now I am not at either. I have bought the needles and hooks. I have started and not finished. I can't seem to remember how to make a sweater.  I think I could get into this, but I have started and stopped too often. 

Jewelry making  I was hot on this for about 6 months. I broke apart all the pearl necklaces I was given as gifts to make bracelets, earrings etc.  I remember this being a lot of fun. I also remember that I did not make them good enough for gifts and you can only have so many earring and bracelet's. 

Wreath making I had the vines, I bought the silk flowers at thrift stores and this was so much fun. I still have some down in the basement and every Christmas I bring out my Christmas wreath I so lovingly put together. I gave them away, I thought about bringing them to a market but then, like all the ones before. I had made enough for me, some for friends and then... 

I have an interest in bonsai and watercolor. I have the stuff, I do not yet have the impulse to start. Now, painting and creating with watercolor has been my interest for so long but it overwhelms me. I do not know where to even start other then buying the stuff and looking at it longingly. 

Bonsai...I don't know which plant I have I want to destroy.

Oh...Plants and Gardening  I LOVE ALL OF THIS. I have many house plants that I talk to and water and grow. I seem to be good at this, because they grow and do well. My garden, all the pictures are from flowers in my garden is also doing well but maybe still a bit chaotic. 

Taking Pictures and Writing  This combo may be my favorite. This one, I have done longer then all the rest except maybe for quilting. 

With all these hobbies, I have also listened to audio books. I have this impulse to cram as much information into my brain as possible while I am doing something creative to make what I am dong productive. I have loved the multi tasking feature of this production. 

This summer is different. I have not started anything new. I can hardly finish what I started last summer and I don't seem to want to listen to audiobooks to learn anything. 

I have needed something else. 

 

I think it is because there are so many many voices trying to get into my head about politics, theology, self help, the news, the wars, the news about the wars, the influencers that should not be influencing, the opinions that just keep coming. I can shut it all out but then I feel I will miss something important. 

I went outside today and sat in my camp chair and loudly told the back yard...I am here, entertain me!

I waited and the birds, and the dog, and the flowers and the bugs did their best and I took it all in. 

Maybe, I have a new hobby after all.