Breathe again--I've got the Baileys!
"I guess "nature study" would be my main offering since my original profession was Interpretive Naturalist at an Audubon Nature Center. Still love to just see what is happening in the natural world around me and often carry field guides and binoculars as well as the small digital camera when I go for walks.
About a year and a half ago I went back to my childhood passion of horseback riding. My trainer succeeded in getting the horse and me over a jump TOGETHER, a couple of weeks ago. What a thrill to go back to what I was enjoying as a teen and find I can still ride and get better too in my ummm 6th decade.
" Nancy, this rally gets more and more interesting. I love to journal, and I'd love to illustrate my journals and do some scrapbook style photos in them, but don't feel gifted in that line, you're a trained naturalist, and maybe you could show us how to do illustrated nature journals and we could adapt that to our AS travels???????!!!!!!! I too loved horseback riding when young. Because of that, I made sure that my daughters had horses, for pleasure riding and showing in 4H and district shows. My trailering experience is mostly from hauling them around the state! I can't imagine getting back up to ride again now (also in 6th decade!) so my riding cap's off to you
And jumping even--I drove, but never jumped. ~G Yeh, I've never seen the Long Long Trailer and have wanted to get it! Okay, ready. . .