Here I am smoking one of my favorite meerschaums - It's a Zeus! Yep it's the same pipe as my avatar - but with a new shank put on it. The old one - while decorative kept on cracking with every smoke. I tried getting it repaired twice - on the third time - my fixit guy just sawed off the shank and Viola! Smokes great and I don't hear the disconcerting "Crack" when I smoke it. I am very happy with results and feel no trepidation when my friend comes on over to see how I like "The Gift" he gave me.
The Jones' made it to M&T Bank Stadium today to watch the Ravens beat up on the helpless Colts. Did a little tailgating with my nephew with an opportunity to smoke my Boswell bent. A fun, but long day.
This is a self portrait that I took while hunting for a Christmas tree on Saturday. Since I went alone, I had nobody to take a picture of me...thank you iphone! I was atop my horse, Samson, and I'm enjoying my Bjarne billiard with Bob's Chocolate Flake. It might look cold, but it was almost 60 degrees! The altitude is around 6000 feet in the high country of the Black Hills near Deadwood, South Dakota.