WCC ACP in a Medico. This pipe smokers surprisingly well and the blend is maturing fantasticly.
***What Are You Smoking, May 2024?***
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C&D Autumn Evening in a Tekin
Magnolias coming in good this week
Magnolias coming in good this week
Peterson Deluxe Navy Rolls from February 2023 in an Altinay translucent meerschaum billiard
Earlier in the evening I smoked a cigar: San Lotano Requiem Habano
Earlier in the evening I smoked a cigar: San Lotano Requiem Habano
Match Victorian/Winchester crumble cake I pressed a few weeks ago in a Kaywoodie White Briar Campus Belgique.
Got all garden beds ready for action. And planted lots of potatoes. Just took a walk with FireFly. Now sitting out in the yard, feeling tired, but smug. Got 'er done. Haunted Bookshop in the small briar.
Tonight I’m smoking a German tobacco, accentuated with some Louisiana aged pressed leaf, in an Irish pipe, shaped like a Canadian. Truly an international affair.
Some Elizabethan at lunch in the Blatter zulu. Gorgeous day out and perfect for a quiet smoke. 
MM Cob stuffed with MM965.
I really like this blend in a cob.
My next bowl of 965 will be in a deep briar.
I really like this blend in a cob.
My next bowl of 965 will be in a deep briar.
Relaxing after a wonderful salad, cod and green beans dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm half way through this bowl of year 2016 Peter Heinrichs Special Curly in a straight smooth brown 1950s The Saint James London Pipe (Comoy’s second) 185M billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink.
This afternoon Sutliffe 507-C Virginia Flake in the Barontini 1/2 spigot, 1/2 flake folded in half then 1/2 lengthwise and inserted vertically into the bowl and pressed down. A wonderful, flavorful long lasting smoke.
But tonight I tried something different, I took the other half flake and folded it in half lengthwise then broke it into three pieces; I tri-folded each third and rolled them into a ball and inserted into the Vauen Olaf bent egg one on top of the other. The flake burns perfectly slowly and packs much more flavor. The smoke is lighter but perfect for sipping for full flavor. I will be doing this again.
The Barontini has a 20mmx52mm chamber and the Vauen Olaf has a 20mmx46mm chamber - just a tad shorter. Both might be considered larger pipes. My Peterson Pub pipe chamber is 22.5mm x 51.5mm by comparison.
But tonight I tried something different, I took the other half flake and folded it in half lengthwise then broke it into three pieces; I tri-folded each third and rolled them into a ball and inserted into the Vauen Olaf bent egg one on top of the other. The flake burns perfectly slowly and packs much more flavor. The smoke is lighter but perfect for sipping for full flavor. I will be doing this again.
The Barontini has a 20mmx52mm chamber and the Vauen Olaf has a 20mmx46mm chamber - just a tad shorter. Both might be considered larger pipes. My Peterson Pub pipe chamber is 22.5mm x 51.5mm by comparison.
Third bowl of Haunted Bookshop in my Barling meerschaum with acrylic stem and 9mm filter.
I have been too busy to post smokes and not many bowls smoked in the past few days.
This bowl I’ve lit with Red Bird matches and the bowl before was with a regular Bic and before that was with my new vintage zippo. I’m conducting an experiment with how the different lighting methods provide different smoking experiences and so far it isn’t looking good for the zippo.
Ended the workweek with a half-bowl of Mac Baren Burley London Blend in a Savinelli Porto Cervo 122 rusticated bent pot. This was also my first chance to belatedly celebrate a successful vet appointment with the mustang on Thursday. Salmon w/scalloped potatoes and peas on the docket, with some white wine, of course. Very glad to have some time to rest now!
Bird report: California scrub-jay, California quail, California towhee, Mountain chickadee, Oak titmouse, Common raven, and Dark-eyed junco.
Shabbat shalom to everyone!
Bird report: California scrub-jay, California quail, California towhee, Mountain chickadee, Oak titmouse, Common raven, and Dark-eyed junco.
Shabbat shalom to everyone!
Enjoyed a tasty Jazz apple, and am smoking Watch City American Cut Plug Mixture in a smooth medium bend terracotta Peterson POY 2023 X160 464/1100 military mount egg with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem.
Stokkebye PS2 Whiskey in the “Jerome” Meer.
Let these two pipes (Clairmont and Charatan) attack the 4th Generation 
Savinelli Essenza Cipriota from June 2014 in a Dunhill Tanshell Diplomat from 1977
C&D Kajun Kake in a Savinelli Granola, for the ride home from work and to be finished on the deck. 
Three very old meers, while watching "Arthur the King". They are loaded with Scarecrow, Clive Staples (English), and 3 Kings (aro).
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