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Share your hobby!

Posted by MGMolly @Erinmfs, Jul 26, 2019

What's your hobby with your health condition as it is? Mine is smartphone photography. I have taken some amazing photos this week. One photo is of a bumblebee in my garden (previously shared). Another photo opportunity that I've had just today is the removal of a huge tree from my property (infested with ash tree borers). It was a risk to falling on my home, or my neighbors home. I've never witnessed such an event, removal of a large tree next to a home. I'll try to share a few photos from this past week. Photography is a new passion of mine.

Due to my myasthenia gravis, I moved into the home that I grew up in! I've been making repairs that I admit are frustrating. It's not the situation that I always dreamt of, but I own the home, no mortgage! And it's about the size of a home I can handle given my health situation. Having MG, it's easier in the cold weather, my symptoms worsen when it gets hot. I enjoy 30-50 degrees Fahrenheit. I wish I could do Florida or Arizona, but I can't 🙂

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Aug 2, 2019
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Hi @lioness , belted galloway cattle are pets I think 🙂 I'm not an expert, but I think they are meat cattle.

My girls did 4H when they were young. We had chickens! I'm a big fan of McMurray Hatchery! I would order baby chicks and raise them. We started with 2 arucanas named Chicken Patty and Foghorn Leghorn. Gorgeous birds that lay blue-green eggs. I would brag at the office that I am a "Poultry Exhibitionist" as we showed our birds at the 4H county fair and won some ribbons. 🙂 I had to wash the birds for the fair, there's a class for that! Wash them in soapy water, then rinse in vinegar water, and then in water with a 'bluing' soltuion (for laundry whites) to give your birds a beautiful white for the fair 🙂 Oh my, we had so much fun!

I've had great success with this hatchery! They will send the birds to you in the mail, check out the beautiful chickens!
https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com

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Those chickens would look better to me if they were fried.
Jake

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Parus | @parus | Aug 2, 2019
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@Erinmfs
Those chickens would look better to me if they were fried.
Jake

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@jakedduck1 Of course they would as most things-fried. I personally like them and appreciate their eggs and all of the uses for them.

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MGMolly | @Erinmfs | Aug 2, 2019
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@Erinmfs
Those chickens would look better to me if they were fried.
Jake

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We tried to eat them once, and found it to be nearly impossible! For example, there was a rooster named Blackie, black feathers. I butchered it, tried to pluck him, but the little black pin feathers remained... kinda like trying to eat a chicken leg with razor stubble 🙂

Plus its alot of unpleasant work to butcher chickens..

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Aug 3, 2019

Hi @Erinmfs,

Sharing hobbies is just a great discussion idea, thanks for starting it. I've really enjoyed seeing all of the hobbies. We have such talented people on Connect!

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