***What Are You Smoking, August 2024?***
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Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and am almost a third of the way through this bowl of Peretti Blend W in a straight black sandblasted circa 1950s Comoy’s Peterson’s made for Peterson, Ltd. in Wisconsin billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem.
Gawith Hoggarth’s Dark 
in an Altinay translucent meerschaum billiard
in an Altinay translucent meerschaum billiard
Big cooldown came in very suddenly this afternoon. Celebrated by relaxing with wifey with a bowl of Mac Baren Vanilla Roll Cake in an Al Pascia meer, paired with a glass of white wine. We are both very thankful to work for ourselves, and be able to stop at 4pm whenever we want to partake of such an activity that would be repugnant to any of our previous bosses! Well, repugnant in the sense that THEY should be entitled to do such a thing but not us lowly grunts. Poppycock! Okay, rant over...the smoke was lovely. 9/10
Bird report: California scrub-jay, Sharp-shinned hawk, House finch, California towhee, Hairy woodpecker, Oak titmouse, White-breasted nuthatch, Mountain chickadee, American crow, Western bluebird, and some sort of flycatcher or gnatcatcher.
Bird report: California scrub-jay, Sharp-shinned hawk, House finch, California towhee, Hairy woodpecker, Oak titmouse, White-breasted nuthatch, Mountain chickadee, American crow, Western bluebird, and some sort of flycatcher or gnatcatcher.
Got busy today once I decided to buy a commuter car. The gas savings will be nice, but I really like my old Dodge 2500 and I love my Harley and really don’t want to rack up the miles on either for crap like getting to work.
So I haven’t had a smoke after the one this morning until it was chore time.
A bowl full of GH&Co Dark Flake Aro really hits the spot sometimes!
So I haven’t had a smoke after the one this morning until it was chore time.
A bowl full of GH&Co Dark Flake Aro really hits the spot sometimes!
A quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2012 St. James Flake in a straight 1968 Dunhill Tanshell octagonal paneled EK F/T billiard with a square shank and tapered black vulcanite stem. Sleepy Suzy is snoozin' by my side. Molly Danger is snoozin' on m'lady's lap.
CONDOR Ready Rubbed in the wormy-carved no name "Imported Briar" pipe, while listing to the Musk/Trump interview on X.
Great lookin' 314!
Purchased over a decade ago, a Peterson 999 Limerick, bought in Limerick, Ireland at M, Cahill and Sons. G&H Baltic Plug for tonight's smoke, with just a wee touch of the green - Frosty Mint, to keep me Kool on this hot desert night.
Happy Birthday !! A nice combo to celebrate!
How did the Dorchester age for you? Would you proffer a preference for new vs a few years?
Beautiful pipe and love that stem!
This is such a cool pipe! Wonderful blast!
Love this texture, and a Lovat! Right there in the "perfect pipe" category.
My order of Warped Saint Espresso arrived today so I cracked open one of the tins, stuffed a cob full of it and fired it up.
This stuff is a ribbon/shag cut and was a perfect moisture level, I "codger-scooped" it in there so it did need a bit more fire to set the ember but once it did, it burned fine the rest of the way through the bowl.
It smoked smooth and cool and there was no tongue bite at all.
There is no doubt that this is a full Cavandish blend. Volumes of creamy smoke so thick you could almost chew it. The predominate flavors to me were cream and dark brown sugar with a slightly bitter undertone that is reminiscent of dark roasted coffee drunk black.
The sweetness is just right, not overpowering and the earthiness of the tobacco does come through a bit. There is no hint of chocolate or molasses in this.
The retrohale and room note of this blend is glorious!
This stuff is a ribbon/shag cut and was a perfect moisture level, I "codger-scooped" it in there so it did need a bit more fire to set the ember but once it did, it burned fine the rest of the way through the bowl.
It smoked smooth and cool and there was no tongue bite at all.
There is no doubt that this is a full Cavandish blend. Volumes of creamy smoke so thick you could almost chew it. The predominate flavors to me were cream and dark brown sugar with a slightly bitter undertone that is reminiscent of dark roasted coffee drunk black.
The sweetness is just right, not overpowering and the earthiness of the tobacco does come through a bit. There is no hint of chocolate or molasses in this.
The retrohale and room note of this blend is glorious!
Gorgeous! Please smoke this more!
This morning, Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Altinok.
Earlier this evening, MB HH Pure Virginia in an Altinay.
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