Good for you! Sounds like fun!

I went to my very first yoga class today. Never been to one before.

wisht I had talent!

It actually runs in your family, doesn't it, Alisande?

something new...

I made a brick pathway.

It was difficult at first, & anybody can tell it wasn't professionally done, but it looks pretty good to me!

Sylvia, yes, my paternal grandmother ran away from home at 16 to go on the stage. She always said I belonged there too, but that's because she was my grandmother.

I'll bet your brick pathway looks terrific! And I'll also bet it was hard to do.

Blfenton, I wonder if we had similar horoscopes today. :-)

Haven't tried anything new lately, but I am enjoying using the machines at the gym. Helps my aging body.

Not that I can think of as far as doing something new......I don't have a lot of time to even contemplate anything different than what I do all the time, but my daughter brought me some Ginger Beer. I don't like beer but she assured me it was nothing like beer and said it was good for stomach troubles. Well, I tried one bottle and to me, it tasted like liquid Vicks Vaporub. I can't believe anyone can really drink that stuff.

Alisande that sounds like wonderful fun!

Sylvia, I don't want to hijack the thread but I would love to hear exactly how you made the pathway, I'd like to make a pathway like that in my back yard garden.

My 'new' doesn't involve talent like Alisande's, but I got my first ever Kindle paperwhite a little while back and have been reading a book every two days. I'm delighted. I had pretty much stopped reading for entertainment since I don't get out as much to bookstores to buy books, but I'm having a lot of fun with the Kindle.

I had my first piano lesson on Thursday!

Thanks, Maggie! I like Steve Harvey. I've often said that every once in awhile we should push ourselves out of our comfort zone. This wasn't quite like that for me, but it was close.

I'm impressed with everyone's "jumps!" Jak, I don't know how old you are, but John Holt once wrote a book about taking up the cello at age 40. It was titled Never Too Late. I think that could be applied to any age.

My grandmother took up figure skating in her forties, and French in her sixties. She became the first American-born Life Member of the French Institute in NYC.

You never cease to impress me with your talents! Isn't it wonderful that you've discovered another outlet for your inner artist.

At noon I'm trying something new - but it's so low key compared to your Improv. I'm going to my first Chair Yoga at my gym. Since my knee replacements a few years ago it is awkward to get down on my knees - I can do it but not very quickly and to stay kneeling I need to use my foam gardening pad. I'm looking forward to this class - lots of stretching and balance exercises.

Chair Yoga is a great idea, Maire. If I ever try yoga again, that would be my choice. No knee replacements (yet), but I can't sit on the floor anymore. Hard to explain why, even to myself. Let us know how you like it!

I'm back and I really enjoyed the class - the instructor - not so much. She kept cracking jokes while instructing us to find our inner soul! What an odd combination. Unfortunately she's the regular instructor and some of the other attendees said she's always that way. It was a lot of stretching and breathing and I was happy that I could do all of the poses with the exception of the side plank since it put a little too much stress on the knees. I an do them in my water yoga class.

That's strange, Maire. Sounds like the instructor would do better in an improv class. :-)

Maybe she'll grow on you. Or maybe not. But I hope she does, because if you enjoyed the class it's probably worth doing.

Maire, just for my own curiosity, but I have been under the impression that after knee replacement, kneeling was a no no. Have I been misinformed? I'm sure that you got specific instructions from your surgeon and PT.

Alisande I will be 69 this summer. I took up downhill skiing at the age of 43!

jak4 - funny that you should mention taking up the piano. The other day I was thinking that maybe I would learn to play an instrument. Like many I played the recorder through elementary school and was actually quite good at it :). I wouldn't want to play the piano but something small that I could take with me as we downsize, and then downsize some more.... Maybe the recorder again. My kids played the trumpet, the tuba and the baritone and I was surprised at how much I remembered about reading music. I'm 62 so you give me pause to seriously consider it.

I, too, started taking Yoga for the first time a couple of months ago. My friend had been trying to convince me to try it for years.

At first, I wasn't sure I was getting anything out of it. But you what - now I think I am. It's just like anything else - the more you put into it, the more you get out of it. Stretching doesn't seem like it would make much difference to your body, but it does.

Mare- You're right. I asked my surgeon before the surgery if I could kneel and he said about 40% of his patients kneel with varying degrees of pain. The rest don't even attempt it. I probably kneel once every two or three weeks and I use a thick foam gardener's pad to cushion my knees and I get up as soon as possible. And it's not a petty sight watching me get up either!

Chair yoga focuses on balance, posture, stretching and flexibility without any kneeling and the instructor reminds participants to only do what they feel comfortable doing. I'll probably only go to this class on Friday. I much prefer the faster pace and higher intensity of the water exercise classes.

Maire, I'm glad that you are able to kneel. I always thought that it was just not to be done after knee replacement. You are in the lucky 40% that are able. Good for you. I haven't had knee surgery and don't have anything but a bit of stiffness in my knees, and it's not a pretty site when I get up from kneeling. I do it only when I must.