Last smoke of the day is Wilke No. 515 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 was the original 515 that Basil Rathbone smoked. Everybody ate except for the absent Abner the Eager. After having seen Shy Stripesy a couple of nights ago, I have a feeling that it's been coming here more than I knew. For many months, I noticed that when I open the door at night, the motion light on the side of the house comes on. I'd go over to see if any animal was there, and never saw one. I used to think that it was a possum running under the deck or across the yard. But now, I believe it's been Shy Stripesy all this time. It's probably afraid of the other ferals as well as me but the possums have not been, so I think it stays close to an escape route. As the number of ferals have grown and hung around since the last time I had seen Shy Stripesy some years back, I can see why it would practice more stealth.
