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

[Pooh-Bah]

Dreams of Kadath in the meer and the evening cool. This is probably my favorite blend.

Mosquito feeding update: I have been bitten once over the last couple days. It was while I wasn't smoking, so the nicotine barrier has a 100% success rate.

 

[Papamique]

McClelland Matured Virginia 22 in an Ashton XXX Achievement. An achievement it is too with a long pencil shank, sterling silver and an antler accent. Bravo Jimmy Craig Pairing it with some hazelnut hot chocolate. Have a great night/day everyone.

 

[happy_lunter]

Final bowl of MM’s Great Dane for the day in The French Pipe #2.

 

[Deano]

Autumn Evening in a meer.

 

[Carol]

Received an unequivocal ass-whooping in Scrabble courtesy of wifey, so went outside with a bowl of Drew Estate Gatsby Luxury Flake in my Savinelli Porto Cervo 122 bent pot and a cup of coffee to recover my composure. I'd won the previous three or four rounds, so I was due to get clobbered, I guess.

Bird report: California scrub-jay, California towhee, Oak titmouse, Common raven, Eurasian collared dove, California kingbird, California quail, House finch, and White-breasted nuthatch. More thunderstorms coming down the chute.

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I love Scrabble. Nice to read about you and your wife playing it. I can't get anyone near me to play Scabble. Enjoy sir!

 

[tnfan]

Escudo in a Peterson Sherlock Holmes Squire.

 

[Carol]

Stanwell Hunter I recently restored, 2016 Nording (McClelland) Retriever because . . . . . this little gal came home today! View attachment 225783View attachment 225784

Oh man! Love in a bundle! Beautiful pup! Look at the intelligence in those eyes!

 

[Servant King]

Went for a late afternoon lunting in the woods w/wifey & mustang. The stream is still running, but the grass has all gone to seed. The free grazing was nice while it lasted! At least the monsoon rains will keep it from turning brown (read: flammable). Had SWRA in my MM Dagner Poker.

Bird report: California quail, California scrub-jay, California towhee, House finch, Common raven, Red-tailed hawk, and Northern flicker.

I love Scrabble. Nice to read about you and your wife playing it. I can't get anyone near me to play Scabble. Enjoy sir!

Hard to enjoy when you lose 289 to 350...those triple word scores kill me! But it's a fun bonding activity nonetheless. Hope you find a playing partner sometime!

 

[jaytex1969]

17992 Flake in a giant blasted Karl Erik Acorn.

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

Wessex Brown VA Flake from a Sergei Cherepanov

 

[craig61a]

2012 HH ODF in a 2017 Don Warren Morta Prince.

 

[JimInks]

A third of the way through this bowl of year 2020 Sam Gawith Best Brown Flake in a smooth medium bend dark brown 2021 Peterson Irish Harp 80S bulldog with a silver band and a tapered reddish brown, black striped acrylic stem.

 

[onestrangeone]

Dark Birdseye in a Stanwell Flame Grain billiard

 

[cshubhra]

Esoterica Stonehaven from 2014 in a Paykoc Meerschaum Bulldog

 

[telescopes]

Pre 1967 rusticated Hardcastle Bulldog with straight saddle stem G&H Brown Flake Aromatic is in the bowl. Two British classics. .

 

[Fralphog]

Received an unequivocal ass-whooping in Scrabble courtesy of wifey, so went outside with a bowl of Drew Estate Gatsby Luxury Flake in my Savinelli Porto Cervo 122 bent pot and a cup of coffee to recover my composure. I'd won the previous three or four rounds, so I was due to get clobbered, I guess.

Bird report: California scrub-jay, California towhee, Oak titmouse, Common raven, Eurasian collared dove, California kingbird, California quail, House finch, and White-breasted nuthatch. More thunderstorms coming down the chute.

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I love to play Scrabble. My mom is a serious and accomplished player. I never could manage to win a game over the years. Later in life she came to visit us for a week. We played several games. One evening, I got all the tiles I needed at the right time. I won by 5 points! She was speechless. Needless to say I’ve not won another game since. My wife and I focus on Cribbage- keep score for the whole year.

 

[Tbaggins]

First time trying the Merry Monk. Pretty solid blend. Tin note was not pleasant but whatever I didn’t like fades and is alright now.

 

[warren99]

Bill Bailey's Balkan Blend in an Adam Davidson blowfish.

 

[JimInks]

Just over a third of a bowl left of Wilke No. 515 Double Shot in a smooth dark medium bend 2021 Peterson Heritage Brown POTY 4AB No. 45/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. This is No. 515 with twice the rum of the Basil Rathbone blend.

 

[Steddy]

C&D Winchester in a Peterson 80s.