Work boredom leads to...
Apr. 24th, 2012 11:50 amBold if you did it as a kid, or heck as an adult.
1. Climb a tree.
2. Roll down a really big hill.
3. Camp out in the wild. - had to wait until adulthood first.
4. Build a den. - well, more of a fort, but I did deck out various hidey-holes in the yard.
5. Skim a stone. - tried, never succeeded.
6. Run around in the rain.
7. Fly a kite.
8. Catch a fish with a net.
9. Eat an apple straight from a tree. - but replace "apple" with various other fruits.
10. Play conkers.
11. Throw some snow. - When I finally visited a snowy area at age 26 I threw some.
12. Hunt for treasure on the beach.
13. Make a mud pie.
14. Dam a stream.
15. Go sledging. - No snow in sunny Perth. I have however sat on a skateboard and rolled down a hill. Actually, I have slid down sand dunes on cardboard - does that count?
16. Bury someone in the sand. - and in shells (at Shell Beach)
17. Set up a snail race. - and hermit crab races in Broome.
18. Balance on a fallen tree.
19. Swing on a rope swing.
20. Make a mud slide.
21. Eat blackberries growing in the wild.
22. Take a look inside a tree.
23. Visit an island.
24. Feel like you’re flying in the wind.
25. Make a grass trumpet.
26. Hunt for fossils and bones.
27. Watch the sun come up.
28. Climb a huge hill.
29. Get behind a waterfall.
30. Feed a bird from your hand.
31. Hunt for bugs.
32. Find some frogspawn. - weirdly, I've seen frogs and tadpoles plenty of times, but never the spawn!
33. Catch a butterfly in a net.
34. Track wild animals.
35. Discover what’s in a pond.
36. Call an owl.
37. Check out the crazy creatures in a rock pool.
38. Bring up a butterfly. - it was a hawkmoth.
39. Catch a crab.
40. Go on a nature walk at night.
41. Plant it, grow it, eat it.
42. Go wild swimming. - define "wild swimming". I have swam in various places that weren't swimming pools, but I have only ever skinny dipped in a spa/hot tub.
43. Go rafting.
44. Light a fire without matches. - tried though. Still perfecting the flint.
45. Find your way with a map and compass.
46. Try bouldering. - well I have clambered over rocks.
47. Cook on a campfire.
48. Try abseiling. - but I'd like to.
49. Find a geocache.
50. Canoe down a river.
1. Climb a tree.
2. Roll down a really big hill.
3. Camp out in the wild. - had to wait until adulthood first.
4. Build a den. - well, more of a fort, but I did deck out various hidey-holes in the yard.
5. Skim a stone. - tried, never succeeded.
6. Run around in the rain.
7. Fly a kite.
8. Catch a fish with a net.
9. Eat an apple straight from a tree. - but replace "apple" with various other fruits.
10. Play conkers.
11. Throw some snow. - When I finally visited a snowy area at age 26 I threw some.
12. Hunt for treasure on the beach.
13. Make a mud pie.
14. Dam a stream.
15. Go sledging. - No snow in sunny Perth. I have however sat on a skateboard and rolled down a hill. Actually, I have slid down sand dunes on cardboard - does that count?
16. Bury someone in the sand. - and in shells (at Shell Beach)
17. Set up a snail race. - and hermit crab races in Broome.
18. Balance on a fallen tree.
19. Swing on a rope swing.
20. Make a mud slide.
21. Eat blackberries growing in the wild.
22. Take a look inside a tree.
23. Visit an island.
24. Feel like you’re flying in the wind.
25. Make a grass trumpet.
26. Hunt for fossils and bones.
27. Watch the sun come up.
28. Climb a huge hill.
29. Get behind a waterfall.
30. Feed a bird from your hand.
31. Hunt for bugs.
32. Find some frogspawn. - weirdly, I've seen frogs and tadpoles plenty of times, but never the spawn!
33. Catch a butterfly in a net.
34. Track wild animals.
35. Discover what’s in a pond.
36. Call an owl.
37. Check out the crazy creatures in a rock pool.
38. Bring up a butterfly. - it was a hawkmoth.
39. Catch a crab.
40. Go on a nature walk at night.
41. Plant it, grow it, eat it.
42. Go wild swimming. - define "wild swimming". I have swam in various places that weren't swimming pools, but I have only ever skinny dipped in a spa/hot tub.
43. Go rafting.
44. Light a fire without matches. - tried though. Still perfecting the flint.
45. Find your way with a map and compass.
46. Try bouldering. - well I have clambered over rocks.
47. Cook on a campfire.
48. Try abseiling. - but I'd like to.
49. Find a geocache.
50. Canoe down a river.