Looks like a nice sitting area you've got there
I'm continuing to gently smoke aged Haunted Bookshop through this little Dublin. They are getting along great
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I'm continuing to gently smoke aged Haunted Bookshop through this little Dublin. They are getting along great
A third of the way through this bowl of Wilke No. 72 in a pre-1974 dark brown straight Larus & Brother Co. Signature billiard with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem with the initials LCR on the top of the stem. This blend was smoked by Walter Cronkite. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
2013 H&H Berry Nice in meer bowled gourd calabash simply marked "MANHATTAN"
Haunted Bookshop Cake in a Pete SPD 2011 69
I've passed the half way mark of this bowl of Wilke No. 78 in a quarter bend smooth dark brown small bowl 2016 Brigham Algonquin 226 Rhodesian with a long black vulcanite tapered stem.
A long time coming. Thx.
Had a bowl of Bengal Slices in my Paycok Sherlock. I'm really going to miss this when I run out, the licorice topping really adds something distinct from anything else I've ever tried. I hadn't smoked anything with Latakia so that flavor really came in stride.
A little piece of pipe trivia for everyone…
Legend has it that waaay back in the 1930s, JRR Tolkein was given his first bowl of year 2000 McClelland Chrismas Cheer in a Dunghill by his good friend, Albert Einstein. JRR said, “What is this shit? Heinz ketchup?” and he dumped the bowl right after lighting it up. From that day forth, the only tobacco Tolkien smoked was a blend called Winchester from a little company called Cornell & Diehl. That’s exactly what I’m smoking today, out of a Tekin meerschaum pipe.
Legend has it that waaay back in the 1930s, JRR Tolkein was given his first bowl of year 2000 McClelland Chrismas Cheer in a Dunghill by his good friend, Albert Einstein. JRR said, “What is this shit? Heinz ketchup?” and he dumped the bowl right after lighting it up. From that day forth, the only tobacco Tolkien smoked was a blend called Winchester from a little company called Cornell & Diehl. That’s exactly what I’m smoking today, out of a Tekin meerschaum pipe.
Exactly, it seems like sometimes,the starts do aling!I know what you mean. Once every blue moon, I get a Jiminks smoke, and I have no idea whether it's because of perfect atmospheric conditions, a slight bias of one leaf over another in that particular bowlful of a given blend, one's mood, or what else. It is the Lost Chord, Le Rayon Vert and Dame Vera Lynn singing 'A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square'. Precious moments, and I never know when I'm going to get one
Near the last quarter of this bowl of year 2020 C&D Virginia Gentleman in a straight smooth dark brown pre-1940s Comoy’s Jost’s Olde English Supreme J299 Canadian with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Fed the ferals except for the absent Abner the Eager.
Near the last quarter of this bowl of Wilke Little Round Top in an undated straight smooth brown pre-Republic Peterson’s Sterling bulldog 150 with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite saddle p-lip stem. It's time to traffic cop feral feeding.
Had a light snack while I made sure all the cats are, and have passed the quarter mark of this bowl of year 2014 Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a very much appreciated 1979 brown, slight bend grain etched flat front Stanwell Rego 969-48 (09) with a black vulcanite saddle stem. I'll decide on whether or not I'll end the day with this smoke when I finish this one. Going to have some quiet reading time.
This evening it’s Peterson Royal Yacht in my Savinelli Autograph 3. Nice way to start the weekend. Happy Friday!
If you knew when you'd get one you wouldn't enjoy it half as much, I findI know what you mean. Once every blue moon, I get a Jiminks smoke, and I have no idea whether it's because of perfect atmospheric conditions, a slight bias of one leaf over another in that particular bowlful of a given blend, one's mood, or what else. It is the Lost Chord, Le Rayon Vert and Dame Vera Lynn singing 'A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square'. Precious moments, and I never know when I'm going to get one
Finally caught up with the thread, started the morning with some GH Coffee & Caramel in the Ben Wade lovat earlier 
Amphora Original in an MM Scarecrow.
My St James London Pipe, a meer lined Canadian shape and smoking Sutliff Sweet Va, Black Cherry and C&D Big 'n Burley. Here's my new Zippo, too! trusty wick on a stick.
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