Bonsai off season / side hobbies ?

[vp999]

Short term international missionary and disaster relief with the southern Baptist convention. I go to Lamwo, Uganda in November, right on the border of South Sudan, and we provide free medical care.. food, we minister to those who want to hear the good news. The median age nationally is 16yrs old! 2.5 million orphans. We test and treat everyone for malaria, #1 cause of death in Uganda. We deworm them because they ALL have worms.. vision test and we prescribe glasses.. I have repaired a broken well and fixed rain collection systems.. never know! Last yr in 2024 some of our doctors and surgeons repaired a man’s hernia on site and a testicular issue with a young boy. Never know until we get there. My family and I have 4 children we sponsor there. I included some photos, one photo is me with our 4 children in Lamwo.. if you look at the sign on the door behind us it reads, “no food today” my 2 favorite photos of the ones I posted are of a man and woman receiving their first ever Bible in their native tongue!! That is pure joy!
Be salt of the earth

Hats off to you brother! It's wonderful what you're doing and keep up the good work!

 

[Thomas Mitchell]

It's working out great for me since I got my first Malinois 20 years ago to compete in dog agility. Actually, not so great lately, because I had three Mals until I lost my sweet old man in October. Dogs and dog training are my biggest passion (except maybe horses and dressage).

My best friend is a Belgian Tervuren (essentially a long-haired Mal). She's nine now and the thought of her not being around is just too much so I try not to think about it.

I've been fishing pretty much since I was born and we now have a house on river on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State so I focus mainly on steelhead and salmon. The property also has a large species rhododendron collection (a bit less than 200) spread throughout 5 acres of rainforest which keeps me busy.
Gravel bike riding/racing and the occasional surfing trip keeps me fit(ish) and now that I'm an empty nester, I try to fill in my evening with playing classical guitar albeit at a very beginner level.

Too many hobbies for too little time! A few random photos.

 

[Ken Duncan]

I have always enjoyed cars from a young age. My first car was a used 1960 Triumph TR3 roadster when I was 17. After getting Married in 1970 at 21 cars and trucks were always for working and transportation not for fun so at the age of 76 I started looking for a fun car to play with and teach my two teenage Grandsons how to drive a stick shift. My wife of 54 years was good with that but she insisted that it be red. I finally found one last August, a 2007 Mustang GT/CS convertible.
It has been a lot fun and it keeps me busy cleaning and working on it and with a lot of patience I have taught my oldest Grandson to drive it. Now when the youngest Grandson gets his driver license in a few months I will teach him how to drive it. He loves riding it now with the top down as does my Wife I just need to get her to drive it more she has only driven once and did great considering she hasn’t driven a stick shift in 40 years, she did not choke it down even once wish I could say that.
My Bonsai and our Mustang are all of the hobbies I have time for now.