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C&D Exclusive in a Dunhill ODA 835 and Coffee 
️ on the side
️ on the side
Quads are a unique style. Great time of year for high abv brew for sure.We Three Kings & a tittle o' cigar leaf
in a 1973 Dunhill Root Briar 126. I find myself packing WTK looser each time, and looser seems to improve it for me.
A chilly evening -- warming up with Real Ale Black Quad Trappist Ale.
Nutty Irishman in a Pete Donegal Rocky XL90. 
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Good morning! Brilliant sunshine this morning! Coffee, burley, cob.
C&D Exclusive in a Dunhill 5103 and the last of the Coffee ️ 
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Starting this cold day off with Carolina Christmas in the merchant service smooth. Hope everyone is doing well!!
Peterson Irish Flake in my Peterson Christmas 2017 408 on this rainy morning in southern New England while listening to this classic album. Cheers all!
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No te metas con El Magnífico!
I love this You Tube clip! Thanks for sharing! I am a long time and enthusiastic fan of what we generally label ”classical” music. That Falcon stack is a natural for Virginia blends.Not Much of Interest Smoking Wise Today . . . . . just another Bantam Falcon Bowl Break-in with straight Sutliff Lat and a cheap cigar or two. Ho hum and not worth a picture. So let's go to the TA-DA!!! New arrival in the mail this afternoon:
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You may be wondering what this music (Fritz Kreisler's Tambourine Chinois) has to do with the new Falcon Stack bowl I just got a few hours ago. Actually, quite a lot.
I remember beginning to learn the Kreisler in 4th year University, and wondering "How on Earth am I going to play this 2 1/2 minute monster? More technique packed into this beastie than quite a few concertos.
I'm saying the same thing about the Stack bowl. Not confronted anything like this before. Guess I'll have to find out the same way - I tackled "Tambo" head on and, although not one of my frequent encores, did perform it as an encore a few times and as I said yesterday, I had planned on including it on a concert when I was programmed to play the Mozart Violin Concerto #3, when covid nailed us.
Any suggestions as to how to approach the stack would be welcomed. In the meantime, I thought a few of you might like to hear this nifty little piece of terrorin an incredible live performance by the master Fritz Kreisler himself.
Enjoy. See y'all tomorrow.
Oof. I love starting work early but not having meetings right off the bat. Not enough time for the black, bitter, nectar of the gods to get my mojo going!
Anyways, meeting is done and Im enjoying a bowl of Rattrays Brown Clunee in a Rattrays Goblin billiard with a cup of hot coffee.
Anyways, meeting is done and Im enjoying a bowl of Rattrays Brown Clunee in a Rattrays Goblin billiard with a cup of hot coffee.
Enjoying a nice outdoors bowl of Presbyterian in the 1922 Peterson Army
Been a bit overwhelmed with life lately. Last work day before a 2 week break. Enjoying a sunny, warm smoke on the deck with some BIA in a J Alan cross grain blasted lovat with a thin ivorite accent.
Enjoying this cool sunny morning! Eight State Burley in this great smoking Savinelli Eleganza 320KS. Finishing up the morning coffee.
Chelsea Morning in my first pipe. A basket briar.
Davidoff Scottish Mixture (Burley, Kentucky, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia) in a Stanwell H.C. Andersen (9mm) with its short stem.
This has a dash of whisky in it, but it's not discernible. Earthy, bready, mild. No bite. LOVE this.
Now, to figure out why (if you can offer advice, I'd appreciate it!) I don't know the proportions in the mix. One reviewer said that the Burley and Kentucky are at the forefront. It seemed less "acidic" to my palate than Virginia-forward blends. It's very different from anything else I've tried, and very, very pleasant.
I thought it would be peaty or smoky, and was prepared to have Russian Caravan tea with it instead of coffee, but when I opened the tin, those scents weren't present (maybe due to the absence of Latakia?), so I had English Breakfast tea instead, and it was a great pairing.
Listening to Tracy Chevalier's "The Last Runaway" on loan from the library. We got snow last night. Judging by crow-feeding this morning, it's covering ice. Will be staying home today; current temp is -1°, and it doesn't look like it'll get above 17°. I think and hope that my meer will arrive in today's post.
This has a dash of whisky in it, but it's not discernible. Earthy, bready, mild. No bite. LOVE this.
Now, to figure out why (if you can offer advice, I'd appreciate it!) I don't know the proportions in the mix. One reviewer said that the Burley and Kentucky are at the forefront. It seemed less "acidic" to my palate than Virginia-forward blends. It's very different from anything else I've tried, and very, very pleasant.
I thought it would be peaty or smoky, and was prepared to have Russian Caravan tea with it instead of coffee, but when I opened the tin, those scents weren't present (maybe due to the absence of Latakia?), so I had English Breakfast tea instead, and it was a great pairing.
Listening to Tracy Chevalier's "The Last Runaway" on loan from the library. We got snow last night. Judging by crow-feeding this morning, it's covering ice. Will be staying home today; current temp is -1°, and it doesn't look like it'll get above 17°. I think and hope that my meer will arrive in today's post.