Had to cut some downed trees/limbs off of back pasture fence. More of a cigar type of activity so I tried this one. Never have had this before, but it was good.....
***What Are You Smoking, August 2025?***
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KBV House Blend in a Volkan
Prince Albert in a long Ropp Canadian.
Currently reading: Timeliners by Emily Blaisdell. Not very good.
Currently reading: Timeliners by Emily Blaisdell. Not very good.
Peter Stokkebe English Luxury No 17, few bowls into a sample bag. Enjoying so far
OJK in a WDC French Briar Bakelite Dublin.
Year 2012 GL Pease Cairo in an IMP Meer. Age has done wonders. There is a unique tropical fruitiness, pineapple and passion fruit with a pleasant tartness. Then the complex spices, wood, and pepper come swirling in. The wood and spice take over with bitterness joining in at the end. A lively and interesting smoke that invites your attention. I can’t wait to try other aged blends in this genre. 
At a Pipe Club Meeting couple months back, I'd brought two of my Stanwell's ... a 62 & a 64. They were universally admired. A Club Brother had a Nording, also admired. Part of the admiration shown that night was for the plateau rims, just how "cool" they were.
I mentioned your (above) point, that I'd heard of the situation where somebody sanded off a plateau rim, making it smooth. The Club Brothers were all uniformly horrified, shaking their heads in disgust, like "WHY would somebody ruin such a fine part of a wonderful pipe?"
To me, that would be tantamount to painting over a beautiful Straight Grain or Birdseye. Whatever ...
As a grievous violation of propriety, I'm reminded of something out of a Western:
"We're going to give him a fair trial, then we're going to take him out & hang him!"
Didn’t take a pic, but had an Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story on the back patio with a local Kolsch while the dog ran around after work. So ready for fall.
Had a bowl of Haunted Bookshop in my Lorenzetti Augustus Caesar 03. Then packed a bowl of Pee Dee , same pipe.
That's pretty risky, you never know what's underneath.
Another cigar: Rocky Patel The Edge Sumatra
C&d Haunted Bookshop in the Savinelli 1999 Collection. 
Peterson XL02 Cobble and SWRA - this Sir Walter guy was apparently onto something, lol. Easy going stuff. Lucy has an antler - college football and pheasants just around the corner - things are good!
MacBaren Navy Flake from 2014 in a Mauro Armellini bent billiard. Did a much needed purge of some bulk blends I haven't smoked in years and didn't plan on revisiting. I feel like I rushed into cellaring and ended up with a lot of stuff that I didn't really like. Now, 7 or so years of smoking and cellaring, I feel like ive got a slightly better handle on things.
Sillem's Mayor 1814 Flake in a Radice with a Guinness
It’s a Dunhill evening. Earl Grey to complete the mood. Beautiful evening on the deck.
Another bowl of 6 year old F&T Cut Virginia Plug in a Nuttens Bing.
Reiver Steelcap in a Paul's Cayuga Bulldog. New blend from a guy I saw elsewhere on the Internet and it's a quite tasty Latakia mix. Perfect for what turned into a rainy and dare I say dreary night.
Man this pipes cool, looks like a beautiful day for a smoke.Sansepolcro in the big meer this evening after a successful kitchen sink unclogging.View attachment 413807
Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken legs and sugar snap peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. It's 50/50 whether or not I can go off my diet tomorrow. I've passed the last third of a bowl left of year 2014 FVF in a straight smooth brown year 1923 Dunhill A billiard 60 patent March 9.15 with a tapered black vulcanite stem. This pipe is from the estate of David Cuneo. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink. Tomato the Brave came in to eat, and is still in the kitchen. When I took down the trash and recycle cans to the street, Daisy the Feral Princess followed me. She always does that. More often than that, Tomato the Brave and Harry the Hairy will, too, although Harry will stay a few feet away because he's a bit skittish. The Braves are not only getting slaughtered by the Phillies, but Kyle Schwarber has hit four homers in this game. This is the fourth time I have seen a game when that happened. It's only happened nineteen times in MLB history. A rarer feat than a perfect game.
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