Passing the quarter mark of this bowl of year 2014 Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a very much appreciated 1979 brown, slight bend grain etched flat front Stanwell Rego 969-48 (09) with a black vulcanite saddle stem.
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For Halloween, I’m having Cornell & Diehl Pirate Kake in an Oguz Simsek Creature (Boris Karloff from The Bride of Frankenstein) Figural.
That's really great. We only used feathered shuttlecocks, but we were pretty serious LOL. Of course, indoor is quite different from outdoor -- even the slightest TX breeze wreaks havoc. But way to go. If you get a chance to play an actual indoor court sometime, it's quite rigorous. There are groups that play indoor up in Irving area (lots of folks there from India).
Next year, I’m planning another trip to China — probably in March. This time, I’ll pick up a couple of cartons of those cigarettes I mentioned earlier. Interestingly, the tobacco is grown in the same Yunnan region where tea for Pu-erh is cultivated. It truly has that forgotten, high-quality flavor of cigarettes from before the 2000s, before the global anti-smoking hysteria began.Thanks @Benedict Munsinger , I was hoping you might chime in with some tips. Thank you for the well wishes. And right you were. I steeped those same leaves several times, for longer periods, and it actually kept getting darker and stronger. It became nicely dark and flavorful -- it just needed a bit more time. I learned a lot this first session. Very delicious, too!
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Autumn Evening after trunk or treat tonight
Autumn Evening after trunk or treat tonight
Thanks! I agree!Boy is that pipe a Looker!!
Thanks Bob. He's a good boy.
4/19 Germain's Rich Dark Flake in an Altinay.
A quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2014 E-soterica Tilbury in a straight smooth Danish gold straight grain undated W.O. Larsen Hand Made in Denmark dublin with a tapered black vulcanite stem. This pipe is from the estate of David Cuneo.
2012 McC Brindle Flake in my Castello bent bulldog.
Smoking Country Squire Yazoo Witch '25 in a Pete Halloween '25 302, backed by Buffalo Trace on the rocks. Happy Halloween everyone!
First time I’ve had a good look at your smoking bench setup, very very good stuff man. I love the wooden organizer and the pipe armchair
A third of the way through this bowl of year 2020 D&R VIP in a brown medium bend 1980 Peterson’s sterling silver spigot 314 with a black vulcanite saddle fish tail stem hallmarked at 1979. This pipe is from the estate of David Cuneo. Harry the Hairy came in and nibbled a bit, and then got some attention from m'lady and me. Tomato the Brave finally showed up and he ate plenty. Tomato was afraid to come to the den after eating because Harry was standing in his way. I moved Harry back, and Tomato immediately grabbed a catnip sock, and bunny kicked it for all that he worth. I gave Harry more attention while that was going on, but when Tomato stopped playing, Harry got nervous and wanted out. About a minute later, Tomato went out. I see that a lot from the ferals. Maybe they want out for the sake of being out and more likely, they're bored and want to see what the one who went out does.
Haunted Bookshop Cake in a Rossi Mezzanotte. 
Thank you all for your well wishes and messages of condolences. They are very much appreciated
Couple of Peterson Short Series today. These come with fishtail stems.
1st the Short 80s bent bulldog (bottom)
With a bowl of Gawith Hoggarth’s
Best Brown #2
Couple of Peterson Short Series today. These come with fishtail stems.
1st the Short 80s bent bulldog (bottom)
With a bowl of Gawith Hoggarth’s
Best Brown #2
This pipes cool.HU Zulu in a Tonni Nielsen No. 5 Nautilus.
Sorry for your loss @OzPiper. Its not easy no matter what the circumstances.
Thank you for your kind thoughts.
Dad’s mother was a Buddhist. To her every year after 80 is a bonus and a blessing.
And a life after 100 is to be celebrated rather than mourned
Today would have been Dad’s 103rd birthday.
Our family will be celebrating that with a dinner tonight
Thanks man! The wooden organizer was a $10 find at Hobby Lobby. I'll post a wider angle of the bench once I manage to clear off the clutter from the rest of it. 🫣
My own father is 80 and suffering from lymphoma. He was "given" 6 months about 18 months ago. I spend every Friday evening visiting with him and count each week as a blessing.
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