***What Are You Smoking, November 2022?***

[LotusEater]

Good morning all. I’m enjoying a bowl of Bob‘s Chocolate Flake, and sipping a hot cup of joe, while sitting on the sunny side of the porch on this chilly morning.

It’s been awhile since the last time I posted. Life kept me on a Rollercoaster ride for a few months. My father suffered a heart attack from which he never recovered. He held on for 2 months, fighting like hell and enduring daily suffering. My evenings and weekends were spent by his bedside. His death has had a profound effect on me and I’m still trying to process life without him.

Exactly 4 weeks after my fathers death, we welcomed our first grandchild into the family. A beautiful baby girl named after my mother. She holds her Papa’s heart in her tiny little hand and has been the perfect medicine to heal a broken heart.

I‘m ready for life to return to some semblance of normalcy, and get back to my daily routine. I’ve missed relaxing with a pipe and hanging out with you guys. Things that were once taken for granted are now treated with great appreciation and gratitude.

Thank you to everyone that has reached out while I’ve been away. The kind words and gestures will always be remembered.

Cheers!

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Life is so difficult to comprehend. I’m very sorry to hear of your father’s passing and my heart goes out to you and your family. At the same time - congratulations on the birth of your granddaughter.

 

[sablebrush52]

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[cigrmaster]

2012 Rotary Navy Cut in a Jack Howell Bulldog.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Good morning all. I’m enjoying a bowl of Bob‘s Chocolate Flake, and sipping a hot cup of joe, while sitting on the sunny side of the porch on this chilly morning.

It’s been awhile since the last time I posted. Life kept me on a Rollercoaster ride for a few months. My father suffered a heart attack from which he never recovered. He held on for 2 months, fighting like hell and enduring daily suffering. My evenings and weekends were spent by his bedside. His death has had a profound effect on me and I’m still trying to process life without him.

Exactly 4 weeks after my fathers death, we welcomed our first grandchild into the family. A beautiful baby girl named after my mother. She holds her Papa’s heart in her tiny little hand and has been the perfect medicine to heal a broken heart.

I‘m ready for life to return to some semblance of normalcy, and get back to my daily routine. I’ve missed relaxing with a pipe and hanging out with you guys. Things that were once taken for granted are now treated with great appreciation and gratitude.

Thank you to everyone that has reached out while I’ve been away. The kind words and gestures will always be remembered.

Cheers!

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All our prayers and condolences. And . . . although the phrase is trite these days (but from my oldest daughter's favorite movie) what a wonderful story about your granddaughter and affirmation of the "circle of life". PM on the way.

 

[JOHN72]

Good morning all. I’m enjoying a bowl of Bob‘s Chocolate Flake, and sipping a hot cup of joe, while sitting on the sunny side of the porch on this chilly morning.

It’s been awhile since the last time I posted. Life kept me on a Rollercoaster ride for a few months. My father suffered a heart attack from which he never recovered. He held on for 2 months, fighting like hell and enduring daily suffering. My evenings and weekends were spent by his bedside. His death has had a profound effect on me and I’m still trying to process life without him.

Exactly 4 weeks after my fathers death, we welcomed our first grandchild into the family. A beautiful baby girl named after my mother. She holds her Papa’s heart in her tiny little hand and has been the perfect medicine to heal a broken heart.

I‘m ready for life to return to some semblance of normalcy, and get back to my daily routine. I’ve missed relaxing with a pipe and hanging out with you guys. Things that were once taken for granted are now treated with great appreciation and gratitude.

Thank you to everyone that has reached out while I’ve been away. The kind words and gestures will always be remembered.

Cheers!

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I am very sorry for this sad news. My sincere condolences on the passing of your dear father. And congratulations on the birth of your granddaughter. God bless you and your family. I send you a big hug of encouragement and strength, from Spain.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

First voyage for me for this 1898 Meer courtesy of @ashdigger and also first try of some Capstan Blue per his suggestion. Both making this Sunday morning a real pleasure. Good work on this pipe from Rich at Briarville, and a bit of a story I've posted in the Meer sub-forum.

 

[ashdigger]

Capstan Blue in a GBD Meer restored and restemmed by Ryan Alden

 

[LotusEater]

Capstan Blue in a GBD Meer restored and restemmed by Ryan Alden

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I would never have thought of putting that stem on that pipe but the effect is dead sexy!

 

[telescopes]

F Moss Nording with
Mild, slow burning cavendish with a hint of vanilla and nougat. Spicy peppery notes fill the middle - I am reminded of a steak dinner. The taste notes have all been softened by aging and time. This blend doesn’t slap you across the back or arrogantly intrude into your being by stinging your tongue. No, Telescopes is like an old long lost friend who has a comforting hand and is ready to pick up the conversation where you left off as if it was only yesterday.

There are no hay fields or sprouts of alfalfa lurking around. An oak forest, this blend is a walk into a midwestern forest in the late fall during deer season. Its woodsiness is not spring or summer and the mossy notes are quiet and filtered like the November sun and not the vibrancy of sunlight in July.

When one is done with wanting for more, Telescopes is ready to fill the void not with less, but with the memory of a life well lived.

 

[das3353]

GLP Laurel Heights in a Dunhill Cumberland

 

[ashdigger]

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Good morning all. I’m enjoying a bowl of Bob‘s Chocolate Flake, and sipping a hot cup of joe, while sitting on the sunny side of the porch on this chilly morning.

It’s been awhile since the last time I posted. Life kept me on a Rollercoaster ride for a few months. My father suffered a heart attack from which he never recovered. He held on for 2 months, fighting like hell and enduring daily suffering. My evenings and weekends were spent by his bedside. His death has had a profound effect on me and I’m still trying to process life without him.

Exactly 4 weeks after my fathers death, we welcomed our first grandchild into the family. A beautiful baby girl named after my mother. She holds her Papa’s heart in her tiny little hand and has been the perfect medicine to heal a broken heart.

I‘m ready for life to return to some semblance of normalcy, and get back to my daily routine. I’ve missed relaxing with a pipe and hanging out with you guys. Things that were once taken for granted are now treated with great appreciation and gratitude.

Thank you to everyone that has reached out while I’ve been away. The kind words and gestures will always be remembered.

Cheers!

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Sorry to hear about your father. I lost my father seven years ago and it still stings.

 

[Jon888]

Wilke Peanut Butter in an ebony Peterson 317

 

[Tom Sawtooth]

Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Bob's Chocolate Flake in a Diplomat 5th Avenue Cob and a stroll through the Woods.

 

[Steddy]

Good Morning to all my frozen ball clinking outdoor smokers.
Pegasus in a Savinelli Spinosa 320.

 

[JOHN72]

Good afternoon. Enjoying the first third of KBN 3989, gift from our good friend Telescopios. In a MM General bent pipe. I find it an excellent aromatico, sweet, balanced, without losing the essence of a good aroma of real tobacco. When you smell it in the glass jar, it is overwhelming vanilla, milk chocolate, dulce de leche, coffee candy. However when you smoke it, it is an aroma with balance, without being heavy in sweetness, natural aroma of vanilla and other sweet pastries. I love this tobacco. Great job my friend Telescopes. Congratulations and thank you very much.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Good afternoon. Enjoying the first third of KBN 3989, gift from our good friend Telescopios. In a MM General bent pipe. I find it an excellent aromatico, sweet, balanced, without losing the essence of a good aroma of real tobacco. When you smell it in the glass jar, it is overwhelming vanilla, milk chocolate, dulce de leche, coffee candy. However when you smoke it, it is an aroma with balance, without being heavy in sweetness, natural aroma of vanilla and other sweet pastries. I love this tobacco. Great job my friend Telescopes. Congratulations and thank you very much.

What is this magical blend?

 

[telescopes]

Good afternoon. Enjoying the first third of KBN 3989, gift from our good friend Telescopios. In a MM General bent pipe. I find it an excellent aromatico, sweet, balanced, without losing the essence of a good aroma of real tobacco. When you smell it in the glass jar, it is overwhelming vanilla, milk chocolate, dulce de leche, coffee candy. However when you smoke it, it is an aroma with balance, without being heavy in sweetness, natural aroma of vanilla and other sweet pastries. I love this tobacco. Great job my friend Telescopes. Congratulations and thank you very much.

Thank you, @JOHN72 I am delighted to hear it works well for you. It reminds me of Seville and I imagine I am sitting alongside the river sipping a nice Scotch. The old men walking their dogs and the young women jogging by all give me a smile and I know all is well with the world.

 

[telescopes]

 

[JOHN72]

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Beautiful photo, friend Douglas. If there is a place in the world where you can laugh the most, it is in Seville with the Sevillians.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Good morning all. I’m enjoying a bowl of Bob‘s Chocolate Flake, and sipping a hot cup of joe, while sitting on the sunny side of the porch on this chilly morning.

It’s been awhile since the last time I posted. Life kept me on a Rollercoaster ride for a few months. My father suffered a heart attack from which he never recovered. He held on for 2 months, fighting like hell and enduring daily suffering. My evenings and weekends were spent by his bedside. His death has had a profound effect on me and I’m still trying to process life without him.

Exactly 4 weeks after my fathers death, we welcomed our first grandchild into the family. A beautiful baby girl named after my mother. She holds her Papa’s heart in her tiny little hand and has been the perfect medicine to heal a broken heart.

I‘m ready for life to return to some semblance of normalcy, and get back to my daily routine. I’ve missed relaxing with a pipe and hanging out with you guys. Things that were once taken for granted are now treated with great appreciation and gratitude.

Thank you to everyone that has reached out while I’ve been away. The kind words and gestures will always be remembered.

Cheers!

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I’m very sorry to hear about your father. I had wondered about your absence—you were missed. For the majority of people, you have a single set of parents and their loss is a singular experience—nothing can fully prepare you for that event. Over time, it generally hurts less.

Congratulations on the birth of your granddaughter!