***What Are You Smoking, May 2024?***

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tasty snap dragon apple, and am near the half way mark of this bowl of first release Watch City Rhythm & Blues in a straight smooth brown 1920s-30s Sasieni patent 8 dot Marborough lovat with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Long Tail's spending more and more time with me.

 

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of year 2020 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. This will end my smoking day.


The shy orange fella certainly has come out of his shell.

 

[Sig]

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Latest release From Beyond in my Tekin lazy lattice bent Dublin with chunky acrylic stem .

Speaking of chunky, that bear I saw this morning was a mama bear and it has two cubs so I’m not going too close to the forest for my dog’s evening walk.

I came across one of her turds and its diameter had to be equal to at least five times that of a Samuel Gawith Brown No. 4.

We are currently dealing with some black bear issues. Last Fall our local DEC released a nuance bear near our property. He is double tagged, so this is his second time caught and released, next time he is reported, hes done for.
We have a lot of food sources on our property, so hes been hanging around.
My dogs have kept him away by chasing away several times. We are very rural so he isnt bothering anyone else I know of. Just seen him yesterday eyeing me while I was smoking a pipe. He is not the first, nor will he be the last. We have many attractions for bears here and there are a lot of bears.
We have an apple orchard, blueberries, raspberries, honey bees, elder berries, pear trees, chickens, other birds and ponds full of fish. This Spring he will learn, or he will be a lost cause. We will do EVERYTHING to keep him alive, but its up to him.

 

[Laurent]

Very cool! No one else comes to mind when it comes to space-themed pipes so you might be hitting a nice niche. Also, are you a regular attendee of the FCPS? If so, do you bring your work to show?

I am a member of the fcps and show up to the meetings that I can. The meetings are at Indian river in GR where I sell the pipes out of. So people do get to see my work there.

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Exclusive in a Musico Billiard with Kona coffee on the side.

 

[Sigmund]

My second pipe today. The first wasnt posted. It has been a yard work day. I mowed my weeds and got out the weed eater. Its a sad looking lawn with the drought we have had. Im trying some My Red Fox with a pinch of perique. Its tasty but I dont know that I will go out of my way for another tin. Its in my Ser Jacopo Calabash. A so so French beer on the side. If I do buy more of this I think it will be for blending something. I do like the red VA. but its definitely not a blend to sit around and contemplate. It may serve as a good base.

 

[judcole]

HH Burley Flake in an MM Washington

 

[BayouGhost]

Going across the pond today in several ways with some Red Raparee in the Old Dominion Shenandoah. Storms are rolling in here in water world.

 

[gcm]

Mcconnel highgate in the CPW meer.

 

[Sigmund]

After a late lunch of Ratatouille Im having an oldie but a goodie. A bowl of PsychoAnalysis (St Bernard, Salty Dogs and a pinch of latakia) in an Il Ceppo. Tea on the side.

 

[milk]

Smoking Davidoff Flake Medallions in this Nachwalter/Jimelka Florida Briar Workshop.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Mcclelland Red & Black in the Regina Scarlatta 5 bent egg.

 

[Doctor Chopper]

EMP in a Nording

 

[PaulRVA]

More C&D Exclusive in another Musico Billiard with Army Mount and the last of the coffee.

 

[john19]

Smoking Peterson De Luxe Navy Rolls.

 

[jaingorenard]

Amphora Burley in the first Peterson I ever bought (for 3 euros in a Madrid flea market).

 

[Roach1]

HU Delight in a DM Stanwell.

 

[onepyrotec]

Starting my Friday night with some Ravenwood Nepenthe in a Baki Basket Weave Calabash meerschaum

 

[Doctor Chopper]

John Cotton’s Double Pressed Virginia in a Castello sea rock panel

 

[BingBong]

Vintage version Orlik Golden Sliced in my Peterson Dracula. They go well together.