This is such an interesting thread! Some of my favorite actitives include:

Reading - I'm always reading something - usually science fiction or fantasty. I also belong to a book club that meets monthly and that forces me to branch out of my comfort zone concerning book topics.

Skiing - I wish we had more time for this but I still love to ski.

Travel - I love to travel and luckily my family does too. We don't go on long international trips (unless you count our annual family Mexico beach trip) due to cost and time. However, we still leave town on a fairly regular basis even if it's just for a long weekend to visit a town in our state we've never been to.

Knitting - I haven't done much of this lately because of time limitations, but I still really enjoy it when do find a little extra time.

I run regularly but don't consider it a hobby because although sometimes I really enjoy it, sometimes it's just work. Also I wish I was a better gardener. I get really excited about the garden in the spring but always lose interest by mid-summer.

It's great (thanks, Mary) to discover all the varieties of hobbies and interests here, unique to each person even if in the same categories. That's what makes life such fun!
My hobbies have to take a back seat to work, sadly, but when I get time, I divide between
Running - about 3-5 miles/3x/week for the last 11 years. Keeps me sane and avoids tantrums (by the whole family). I also lift weights 2x/week and love to hike and walk in good weather.
Quilting - consists of collecting fabric, ogling photos and patterns, making quilts and quilting them on my long arm machine. Share this hobby with my sister, which is fabulous.
Cooking - my favorite things to make are salads and one-dish meals. I don't really like to bake sweet things, but if I had time, I'd like to bake bread. I also like to make appetizers and enjoy wines and wineries.
Organizing - maybe not so much a hobby as one of my more favorite household tasks...?
Other things that I would love as hobbies but lack time right now are bike riding, traveling, reading, more volunteer work, helping my daughter homeschool, sewing my own clothes.
Thanks again for a fun read!

What a fun thread. My hobbies are calligraphy and painting and more recently, quilling...Last year I enjoyed making an underwater scene for a nephew that used several different mediums, and I intend to do some more of that, perhaps add in a little embroidery for some textures. I've always enjoyed reading. I guess I could call exercise a hobby; it makes me feel good and I don't like going more than a day or two without exercising anymore. I have a medically picky eater in the family so I spend much of my time cooking or planning out meals and grocery lists. I prefer baking over cooking though. This year one of my resolutions is to take more pictures of my kids and get better with my camera and work on a photo book a little everyday, guess that can be my newest hobby.

I like this it is making me think !

I enjoy reading a good book, non fiction especially True Crime I love Ann Rule.
I love to drive around to look at houses and neighborhoods and look at real estate websites
Love Netflix and Documentaries
Binge watching series too.
House decorating
Fashion
Knitting very simple scarves ( I am not very good)
Organizing to some degree
Walking and exploring new cities

I WISH that I could add exercise to this list, but sadly I can't. I keep trying to find a form that I might enjoy but I am still searching.

What an awesome thread ! Thank you for starting it Mary. I have to go back and finish all the posts when I have a bit more time.

I LOVE reading and have really stepped that up. Recently, I started going back to all my French literature books and re-reading them so that I can "refresh" my French. Which has become atrocious over the years.

Also very recently, the last two months, I took an interest in old fashioned "home economics" . It has been really interesting to read about it and see what is applicable to modern day and how things were taught years ago.

One of my favorite things in the world is hiking.

Like so many of you reading is more than a hobby and almost as necessary as breathing to me. I was am immense bookworm as a child and teenager and am blessed by being a very fast reader. Now I read more online (not ebooks, I mean blogs and news articles) and a bit less in print but can still completely lose myself in a book.In my recent holiday I plowed through about 8 books - nearly one a day - and found it so refreshing.
I also read to my children almost everyday - currently have 3 books on the go with them (Prince Caspian, predominantly for DD7, The long Winter in theory for her too but the others tend to listen in though I have read it them before, and Swallowdale, by Arthur Ransome, which is new to all of them) I'll have to cut down on reading aloud time a bit when term starts!
I like fiction and non fiction (particularly history, biographies, sociology and cookbooks) and have a book collecting hobby of mid and early 20th century books for girls, mostly bought second hand. I haven't added to this much for some years, but in 2014 bought about 8 new books, partly because DD11 is starting to enjoy the same authors and they are getting harder to find in the public library system, and seldom have I had more joy-per-dollar than from that purchase. I have subscribed since 1996 to a mailing list to discuss these types of books, though am mostly a lurker there.
On holidays I enjoy doing jigsaws, especially with DD8.
I like running, going to spin classes and swimming though haven't done this for a few years. I like bush walking.
Like many of you I like cooking and baking, though I don't mind not having to do it every night.
I like singing and took lessons a few years ago and would love to join a choir sometime but am currently too busy. I often "lead" the music for our little church (nothing fancy - just holding the tune and letting people know when to come in)
On TV I like Downton Abbey, Scott and Bailey (a UK police drama) Midsomer Murders and a lot of Australian ABC comedy shows (eg Gruen Transfer, Upper Middle bogan) I am enjoying the ABC I-view summer reruns of Frontline from the 90's at the moment. In addition DH and I are rewatching The West Wing.

Also while my Christian beliefs are of much more importance than a hobby and influence every part of my life, this includes quite a lot of time that others might use for hobbies. We have a service at our house over the summer - weekly meals and bible studies during term time for example.
Fascinating thread!

Oh my word this is a fun read. It makes me want to try all of these great hobbies.
I feel like such a shlump. It made me realize I used to have many of these hobbies (sewing quilts, gardening, cooking, crafts - making jewelry, travelling, music -concerts, fine dining). But since kids it's all I can do to spend a little time here. I don't watch much tv (no time), my reading is magazines or books on cd during my commute (that counts right?). I enjoy movies, but usually fall asleep before the end if we watch at home. I still like to Bake, but mostly for holidays and birthdays.
Shopping is and will always be a hobby. The bargain shopper. I like shopping for clothes, shoes and home decor.
I must resolve to add more time for hobbies in my life. I've resolved to get back to the gym, but that's more of a chore than a hobby for me.

Fashion and Blogging take up a good chunk of my free time.

Reading - a big one since childhood. I use to take a folding lounger out to the yard and curl up for hours. I'm enjoying rereading stories I read in high school as I assign them to my homeschooler.

Inspirational Sayings- I began a journal of them when I was 12. These days I Pin most of them.

Bowling - I began last year with homeschooling group and haven't stopped since.

Yoga- a fairly new hobby and I'm a definite beginner..I do this at home from Pinterst ideas or You Tube Videos.

TV - as my husband works nights and it relaxes me

Zentangle- began it with my niece this Summer and would like to do more

Tea- this may sound silly , but I've kicked my diet soda addiction and enjoy trying new tea flavors

Crafting- I've done this most of my life ,but not so much since homeschooling began 3 1/2 years ago.

Shopping- my husband would say this is number one, but this year I definitely slowed down. Replacing everything after weight loss was a challenge.

What a great thread - thank you for starting it, Mary! And no need to apologize. I'm glad you took the time to get this going. I have a lot of hobbies and not enough time to do them all. My hobbies, other than fashion, are:

Good grief, Karie! You are truly a Renaissance Woman!!