***What Are You Smoking, April 2023?***

[The Clay King]

Haunted Bookshop in a clay. Warm, sunny day.View attachment 215418

@Carol Nice pipe; sounds like you had a good day. We've had wind & rain here today - the tail end of a hurricane. Shame I couldn't have had a clay with you! How many clays have you got?
Do you recommend the Haunted Bookshop for the King's clay?
I'll have to try some when I order from Smokingpipes again but I'd really like to try the Sillem's Musketeer in my clays, as I love the tin art!
Need to get some C&D Yorktown when I go to see Redcoats & Revolutionaries this year; I really enjoyed having my clay pipe lit from the blacksmith's forge!
Dad calls the Redcoats & Revolutionaries blacksmith 'the pipe lighter'

 

[The Clay King]

Wowee the wind is up on this otherwise gorgeous afternoon! 35-50 gusts on top of a base 20 mph.

@Scottmi Been very wet & windy here in England today. It was VERY windy the day I went to see the Sealed Knot at Bolsover Castle; dad says I spent all day trying to light my clay

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Robert McConnell’s Scottish Blend in a 2002 black pebble finish straight Cavicchi C. Fatto A Mano lovat with a black acrylic saddle stem.

 

[Carol]

@Carol Nice pipe; sounds like you had a good day. We've had wind & rain here today - the tail end of a hurricane. Shame I couldn't have had a clay with you! How many clays have you got?
Do you recommend the Haunted Bookshop for the King's clay?
I'll have to try some when I order from Smokingpipes again but I'd really like to try the Sillem's Musketeer in my clays, as I love the tin art!
Need to get some C&D Yorktown when I go to see Redcoats & Revolutionaries this year; I really enjoyed having my clay pipe lit from the blacksmith's forge!
Dad calls the Redcoats & Revolutionaries blacksmith 'the pipe lighter'

Dan, I have 6 clays thus far. I like the way rhey smoke.

 

[Doctor Chopper]

Just enough for my 10 minute commute



Tsuge with Cult Blood Red Moon

 

[FurCoat]

Salty Dogs in a Peterson Atlantic

 

[OSOBUCO]

A wee bit of SPC Plum Pudding Bourbon barrel aged in a Savinelli. 70 on the deck. Lovely

 

[Laurent]

Th

Crème Brulet in my clawView attachment 215357

That! Is a sweet claw.

 

[Laurent]

Sitting outside trying out some Lane’s HGL, it’s ok, and having some bourbon.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Brown Sugar Flake in the Kyriazanos army mount.

 

[dcicero]

Black Frigate in a MM cob.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Was just reading about this blend and ordered a few tins, I hear it’s got some similarities to the original Three Nuns?

Honestly, I’ve got no clue. I’m a newbie with a palate of a goat. Well, a few months in my goat palate knows which things I don’t like…
I’ve never had the original, so what you’ve heard is better than my guess

 

[Servant King]

First time in months it's been over 65. Taking full advantage, with WCC Rouxgaroux (thank you to @TheIronMonkey for both pipe and sample!) in a Foyard Beechwood Rhodesian. Of course it's going to get bitterly cold again in no time, but I'm just going to enjoy this respite whilst I can.

Bird report: California scrub-jay, Dark-eyed junco, Steller's jay, White-crowned sparrow, Oak titmouse, Common raven, American robin (spring has indeed sprung!), House finch, White-breasted nuthatch, and California towhee.

First decent sleep I've gotten in weeks. I'll drink to that!

 

[Doctor Chopper]

Spring has finally arrived, smoking outside is such a pleasure this evening.

 

[Fralphog]

After dinner smoke. Altinay Rusticated Dublin Meer with 2022 Folklore.
A cup of Pu’erh tea accompanying.

 

[jakesmokes]

First smoke of Géométrie in a psb squire

 

[mbmoehl]

Tasting my first bowl of John Cotton's Double Pressed Virginia in a Rossi Piccolo while watching the evening flights swing by Venus.

 

[tfdickson]

Kendal Mixed in my BST bent billiard.

 

[Puffaluffaguss]

WCC "Glass Slipper" in a no name pipe that's just stamped Isreal. Smokes like dream though.

 

[ashdigger]

Dunhill Flake in a Peterson Deluxe B42