hi Gary hi today is uh Saturday have you found spare time to do any hobbies
hello
uh yeah as a matter of fact i went to uh one of the nurseries and uh bought myself another cactus plant i've got many uh shrubs inside the house
is that right
inside your house like cactus gardens and the like
inside yeah um-hum
uh yeah in the south south window in the bathroom i've got uh quite a few
that's nice
and uh along with all the other uh uh plants i've got in the house a lot of different types
we do the same kind of things though we've been concentrating on outside lately trying to do some gardening and uh planting a lot of trees and flowers
yeah i'm i'm assessing the damage outside right now i've got couple of a few shrubs i need to replace outside
from the winter
yeah they didn't uh survive the freeze
yeah
we have a couple of those too
we uh we haven't planted a garden yet we moved to moved here from Colorado not too long ago where we had a really big garden
but here i i know i hear i hear that the uh growing is a little bit different
have you had a garden
uh yeah well i've got uh oh several uh shrubs outside uh out there depending on
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have you ever tried new vegetables yeah
no i never have uh no vegetable gardens uh used to have that when i lived with my folks up in Wisconsin they always grew a lot of vegetables
i thought we had yeah we just
but
no vegetables here a lot of evergreens
it gets so hot i just wonder you know what what vegetables can really take that heat
we'll see
well there's there's quite a few that can handle that uh any local nursery will be able to help you with with something like that
that's true
um besides uh gardening what other uh types of things are you interested in
well i do some oh some needle crafts things hobbies sometimes some cross stitch um
no no sewing or knitting any of that um we'll see some cross stitch you know some gifts that i make for friends and families that kind of thing
okay
anything else you you do in your spare time
oh yeah well i play softball a couple of times a year it's they're getting ready to start up the the season again
yeah
i have two small children so i started to you know have them enrolled like in soccer and things like that i tend to be more of a spectator these days than participating
oh the day like today it's so nice outside you like to get out there and do something uh
yeah it's beautiful
need to break out the bicycle too get that down and start to ride around
mine's got a flat tire so i'm gonna have to do something about that
uh-huh
well i don't uh have too much else i do in my spare time how about you
well um i'm not uh much of a a woodworker myself but my dad owns a shop and he uh makes quite a few uh arts and crafts just type things out of wood and um
is that right did he sell them at craft shows and
yeah they go to arts and crafts fairs and uh have their uh stand that they set up display all their uh all their products lots of vases and plates and bowls
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well that's neat
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things of that nature i'm probably the best customer i've got the house stocked with uh lot of their stuff
is it pottery or is it wood
no it's it's wood turning
oh that's beautiful
and he's got a got a lathe and all kinds he's got a shop full of equipment and they uh he turns turns out bowls and vases
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of uh all different types of exotic woods
oh that sounds neat how about like big salad bowls those kind of things
uh yeah yeah some some like that uh uh lots of uh different types of vases uh ones that stand on the floor and others that you can put on tables
and uh he's been doing a lot of uh lot of decorative type plates lately
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boy they sound nice well i don't think i've ever seen wooden plates at any of the craft shows
okay uh well there are shops around here that have uh items like that uh not too many with the style that he uses though so
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that sounds like a unique item
yeah they're they're uh quite unique and uh it's well he's retired so it it's something to do in the spare time they've got a lot of time to to work on that now
uh-huh
well that's good keeps them active i'm sure well it was good talking to you
uh-huh
okay is that uh that's
alrighty
good luck with your indoor gardening there
all right
i'll talk to you later um-hum bye-bye
appreciate it thanks bye
