Hi there
This topic is a really good idea.
I have two and a half hobbies.
One is reading, I love reading, I get lost in the book, I live other lives. I used to read a lot as an adolescent and I still read a lot, I starve for a book sometimes.
Another is gardening which I started during my adolescence too, like Kathy I also try to grow my own things, easier for flowers but more difficult for vegetables(because I do not use pesticides at all). So in front of my house there are flowers and in my backyard, there are herbs, chillies, strawberries and some green leafy vegetables. I also like having fresh flowers on my table but when they grow in my garden I do not have the heart to cut them, so for my tables, I end up buying.
The half hobby is walking. I say half because I enjoy doing it but nowadays, I do not have the time. Like Kathy I too enjoy walking on the beach, I want to walk as far as it leads me. I used to do it with my father but since I got married, I stopped since my husband does not like walking at all and the beach we now go to is very small. I am waiting for the kids to grow up a bit to start that over again. The feel of the sand under the feet and the water splashing against the ankle, there's nothing like it.
As Zaini said for cooking, it was also a hobby for me in my adolescent years but now that I have to do it everyday, it is not a hobby anymore. But I enjoy coming up with new recipes, I go to restaurants for that reason. I try to reproduce what I enjoyed there and this is how I get new recipes. But I won't classify this as a hobby.
Jade