GLP Odyssey in a Castello Great LIne. 
***What Are You Smoking, July 2022?***
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Certainly not the finest pipe ever made, but I think we have established it has a bit of lore and mystic like this panther it is sitting on, a first generation seven pointed three star Lee bulldog with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Inside the bull is some 1Q with Frosty Mint - just a smidgeon mind you.
A bowl of 2013 McClelland's #2020 cube cut and gravity filled in this Nate King pencil-shank meerschaum, puffing and watching the color develop of this one...:
HH Burley Flake in a globe lattice meer.
Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Altinay.
Watch City Slices in a Georg Jensen bent brandy. Sad to hear this blend has gone to the big pipe in the sky. Still have a few ounces stashed, but it's a drag. I'm excited to try the replacement I've been hearing about.
Anthology in my Regina Scarlotta. I am really enjoying this one.
Samuel Gawith Balkan Flake purchased 2017 in an Altinay translucent meerschaum billiard
Anthology in a large Ben Wade sitter. I am digging this blend. I just finished a tin of 2021 Carolina Red Flake with Perique and enjoy this more.
Mac Baren HH Pure Virginia in a Peterson Tankard.
Love the way those short mortices look on pokers like that!
Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken legs and snow peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I've about a third of a bowl left of year 2016 Stonehaven in a straight black sandblasted 1957 Barling Exel 249 Fossil T.V.F. black billiard with a silver banded military mount and a black ebonite tapered stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Watching the All-Star game.
Slowing down this evening, 2012 SG Full Virginia Flake in this little Former apple.
McClelland Deep Hollow in a SmithHouse virgin pot. Liking this blend quite a bit. topping is nice and subtle and melds quite well with the naturally sweet VA.
Did a little snacking, and am a third of the way through this bowl of Wilke Lizzie Blood Virginia in a straight black with burgundy undertone sandblasted early 1960s Lane era Charatan 420 billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem. I sure wish the announcers would talk a lot less to the players, and concentrate more on calling the game. Overkill takes a lot of the fun out of it for me.
Finally cooled off outside. Headed out to the patio for some GLP Quiet Nights in the Dublin Meer. A healthy dram of Ardbeg Scotch accompanying.
Turkey burgers tonight...and my Medico Whitewall straight billiard appropriately loaded with Esoterica And So To Bed. Mentally preparing myself for seeing my in-laws on Thursday. A trip to Tobacco Trader (LA's last B&M) afterward will be something of a pyrrhic victory for me. ?
Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and have about a quarter of a bowl left of Angler's Dream in a 1984 Stanwell Antique 124 egg with a smooth brown front and a black sandblasted back with a dark gold ferrule and black vulcanite stem in the military mount style. Been at work since I started smoking this bowl.
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