How do you Relax When you're not in the shop.

The cat! As the late great Hoyt Axton sang “If that cat could talk what tales it’d tell about Della and the dealer and the dog as well, but the cat was cool and never spoke a mumbling word.”

Here’s the link….......... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZHSIhdYSZY

-- Use it up, Wear it out --------------- Make it do, Or do without!

Looks good to me, Roger! I’ll probably get booted out with you, but when I am trying to unwind, I sometimes play computer games. (GASP!) Keith’s mom showed me this site called Playrix (www.playrix.com) and they have lots of great mindless games to have fun with. I really like unwinding for a bit with these. I don’t have to think too hard and some of them are challenging. I never was into computer games at all, but this isn’t a bad way to end the day. :)

Sheila

Oh – and I think it is a toss up between you and the kitty! I suppose it depends on what you have in the cup!

-- Contributing Editor, Creative Woodworks and Crafts, Sheila Landry Designs http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com "Knowledge is Power"

Wow. ZZ Top and ZZ Cat

-- Roger-R, Republic of Texas. "Always look on the Bright Side of Life" - An eyeball to eyeball confrontation with a blind person is as complete waste of Time.

Roger
I think the Cat has you. Has had several uninterurpted years to practice. LOL

Arlin

-- It is always the right time, to do the right thing. Lovinghandsmemoryboxs.com

I help the wife build hair holdie up thigies

I have fellow LJ’S over with there kids. KTTM and William

I love to shop for old tools

Me and Safety cat sit around the shop and read and clean my bike.

Sometimes the cat takes a nap in the pecan tree

My brother in law puts his tee pee up for the kids to camp in

I check the house and see how level the floors are

And My Grandson Logan

I ride a bit, hike a bit and garden a bit.

Other than that not much;)

-- Superdav "No matter where you go - there you are." http://chiselandforge.com

Roger, If you hang that from the rafters in your shop, You could spend more time in there…..

-- My mind is like lighting, one brilliant flash, then its gone.....

When Im not in the shop..lol an average of 19 hours a day is spent in my shop.. :O) i guess thats a good thing… When I do have time to relax..There is nothing more enjoyable then getting out and taking a nice ride with friends or just on my own..enjoying the open road

Or getting out to the springs and doing a little diving

Or just taking my dog out on the boat to our favorite swimming hole

-- Newbie, aka Wood_Jedi, http://www.asimpledesignofocala.com

Just retuned from fly fishing at Bennett Spring MO—unbelivably peaceful!

-- John C. -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth." George Washington

I am an avid gardner and all around volunteer. I will volunteer for just about anything as long as I dont have to do anything.

Gardening is a passion with me when I am not in the shop. I work on both flowers and vegetables. Tending mine and working on others.

Garden last year

Beautiful lilys

My “Redbud Box” wood source

And lastly…...............True Evils ! Their names…......Talla and Dega

-- Use it up, Wear it out --------------- Make it do, Or do without!

Actually woodworking is my means of relaxation from other things. There are few things that I find more cathartic than making sawdust.

-- Greg, Severn MD

Sleep dude, sleep.

-- "They don't want it perfect - they want it SPECIAL"

When not woodworking I am usually panning for gold, running a highbanker (sluice) for more gold, metal detecting, playing guitar, or riding my motorcycle in the Blue Ridge mountains.

-- Al, Culpeper VA

Nowadays I spend most of my out of the shop leisure time reading posts like this or doing involuntary gardening work and other back breaking chores around the house. An adventure for me is taking a trip to the woodworking store which is a whole 20 minute drive from where I live, whew!

-- Mike, American in Norway

With all of these photos, who needs relaxing advice ! Seems everyone has this chore well in hand !

-- some men see things that are and wonder why, I dream of things that never were and ask why not .... rfk

I’m sittin here chucklin…. Thnx everyone. Very interesting and funny. Appreciate all the gr8 pics, link/s also.

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net