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

[Yadkin1765]

Wife's home, so Mac Baren Vanilla Flake in a Kaywoodie Zulu to make me ol mustachio smell like dessert. Third bowl breaking the pipe in, super light briar, thin little delicate walls. Seems to smoke a little hot. Hope it straightens itself out after a few more bowls. Haven't felt a hot pipe in over a decade.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2022 Sam Gawith Saint James Plug in a straight dark brownish sculpted 1960-70s Peterson meer poker with a factory replacement tapered black AB p-lip stem. Working on an update of this blend that I'll post at TR.

 

[Akoni808]

Peterson 3P’s in a Peterson. Very interesting tobacco. The fruit-like topping comes through slightly complementing the tobaccos nicely.

 

[Servant King]

Preparing a miniscule bowl of Esoterica Stonehaven (sample) in a Foyard Beechwood Rhodesian. Happy the week is done, and happy to have finished all my roof patchwork before the next storm hits overnight. Bird report: Spotted towhee, California scrub-jay, Steller's jay, California towhee, Dark-eyed junco, House finch, White-crowned sparrow, Mountain chickadee, White-breasted nuthatch, Oak titmouse, Common raven, Pinyon jay, Chipping sparrow, and California quail. Lots of customers at the seed dispenser today...damn freeloaders!

Shabbat shalom!

 

[renfield]

2020 Cringle Flake in an Ashton Oldchurch sitter.

 

[alaskanpiper]

2018 McClelland 40th Anniversary in my SmithHouse Pipes Stubby Dubby.

 

[Smoke Wagon]

Plum Pudding in a 1994 Peterson Deluxe pot.

 

[NomadOrb]

Half and half in a basket bulldog.

 

[Briar Tuck]

Enjoyed a very quick smoke of Sutliff D40 Vanilla in the tiny bastard.

 

[The Clay King]

@ eljimmy I enjoyed it in my clay pipes. A bit hard to light though...

Time to relax with some GH Bob's Chocolate Flake.
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[Akoni808]

Enjoyed a very quick smoke of Sutliff D40 Vanilla in the tiny bastard.

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What are the dimensions of that pipe?

 

[OSOBUCO]

What are the dimensions of that pipe?

the pipe has a 2" tall bowl and a 7" long stem... He is a giant! . - seriously tho - what pipe is that?

 

[FurCoat]

LLRR in a cob

 

[TN Jed]

Preparing a miniscule bowl of Esoterica Stonehaven (sample) in a Foyard Beechwood Rhodesian. Happy the week is done, and happy to have finished all my roof patchwork before the next storm hits overnight. Bird report: Spotted towhee, California scrub-jay, Steller's jay, California towhee, Dark-eyed junco, House finch, White-crowned sparrow, Mountain chickadee, White-breasted nuthatch, Oak titmouse, Common raven, Pinyon jay, Chipping sparrow, and California quail. Lots of customers at the seed dispenser today...damn freeloaders!

Shabbat shalom!

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Curios to know if the atmospheric rivers have affected the birds behavior?

 

[OSOBUCO]

Preparing a miniscule bowl of Esoterica Stonehaven (sample) in a Foyard Beechwood Rhodesian. Happy the week is done, and happy to have finished all my roof patchwork before the next storm hits overnight. Bird report: Spotted towhee, California scrub-jay, Steller's jay, California towhee, Dark-eyed junco, House finch, White-crowned sparrow, Mountain chickadee, White-breasted nuthatch, Oak titmouse, Common raven, Pinyon jay, Chipping sparrow, and California quail. Lots of customers at the seed dispenser today...damn freeloaders!

Shabbat shalom!

Nice selection of our feathered friends - I do miss the midwest where I was a rather novice hobby birder but the variety was so extensive. Esp when I lived in Michigan - Cardinals, goldfinch, woodpeckers of all sorts even pileated, indigo bunting, titmouse, nuthatch, junkos, sandhill cranes seasonally, hummers, scarlet tanagers, orioles, meadowlarks, towhees etc, etc. Up here in the rockies there is just not the selection.

 

[Scottmi]

Peretti 333 in a bones poker with an IPA.

 

[Lost Somnambulist]

With tornadoes twisting up the neighborhood, I thought a wind cap pipe might be appropriate. Arango Balkan Supreme in a horn stemmed Butz Choquin Rallye No. 18.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Going to have Sutliff Birds of a Feather Signature Series by Per Georg Jensen Eccentric in a Savinelli Punto Oro Gold Bent Billiard 601*. I love the Birdseye on this pipe.




*Thanks @Copernicuslyrun !

 

[Servant King]

Curios to know if the atmospheric rivers have affected the birds behavior?

"Atmospheric Rivers" is another one of those BS meteorological terms I loathe...it's just a lot of rain! But anyways, the birds seem to enjoy it for the most part. Sure, they'll hide during the heavy parts, but when it breaks for a bit, they'll all come out in full force. The rain stirs up a lot of seeds on the ground, not to mention a bevy of insects for the ones who prefer those (thrashers, flickers etc.).

People in CA are going to have to break free from past behaviors and start building differently e.g. not right up against riverbeds, on flood plains etc. The media is a huge problem in this regard--they're reciting a fictional "drought" narrative ad nauseum (even when snowpack is triple normal, grass is already green, and entire towns are under water), but the reality is that this whole region is getting wetter, not just during the winter, but at other times of year too. Sure, certain parts flood every winter no matter what, and it's tragic and unfortunate when it happens, but these kinds of things are going to become more and more prevalent, and folks will have to see that reality and adjust accordingly. Imagine what a blessing it will be when the CA deserts become more habitable! I bet there's an off-the-charts wildflower bloom out there this spring...

Okay, soapbox vacated. Happy smokes!!

 

[yohanan]

GH Bosun Cut Plug from 2014 in a MM Diplomat.