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Thursday triple fisting!
Relaxing after a wonderful salad, barramundi and sugar snap peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm neat the half way mark of this bowl of KBV River of Deceit beta in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer billiard with a black ferrule and vulcanite stem in the military mount style. Writing beta notes. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
Two cigar day
After lunch I smoked a Rocky Patel Number 6
Now smoking an Oliva Round - Supposedly second of Melanio
After lunch I smoked a Rocky Patel Number 6
Now smoking an Oliva Round - Supposedly second of Melanio
Enjoying a bowl of straight Peretti Coffee Blend 
in a Peterson SPD 2011 (221). 
Very nice!
With Chinese Da Hong Pao oolong tea.
in a Peterson SPD 2011 (221). Very nice!With Chinese Da Hong Pao oolong tea.
A third of a bowl left of year 2012 Carter Hall in a black rusticated medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY 4AB No. 437/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Harry the Hairy came in to eat and then he left.
M'lady took a shower, and Norton the Nosey got in between the curtains. When she turned off the water, he jumped in to drink water, laid down, and ran out. Earlier, when I was brushing my teeth, he jumped on the sink, and sat in it. I knew what he was going to do, so I cleaned it out first. I've never seen a cat more fascinated by water than Norton with one exception.
Some of you may remember that few years ago there was a feral that I called Stripesy the Strong. He was the father of Shy Stripesy and Stripesy, Jr. We found a home for him with m'lady's cousin who had a big back yard with a pond. One day, Stripesy jumped in the pond, caught a fish and brought it to her. He was so proud of himself that he did it a few more times. Unfortunately, he passed away from feline leukemia a couple of years ago. Here's a photo of Stripesy.
M'lady took a shower, and Norton the Nosey got in between the curtains. When she turned off the water, he jumped in to drink water, laid down, and ran out. Earlier, when I was brushing my teeth, he jumped on the sink, and sat in it. I knew what he was going to do, so I cleaned it out first. I've never seen a cat more fascinated by water than Norton with one exception.
Some of you may remember that few years ago there was a feral that I called Stripesy the Strong. He was the father of Shy Stripesy and Stripesy, Jr. We found a home for him with m'lady's cousin who had a big back yard with a pond. One day, Stripesy jumped in the pond, caught a fish and brought it to her. He was so proud of himself that he did it a few more times. Unfortunately, he passed away from feline leukemia a couple of years ago. Here's a photo of Stripesy.
Wow, what beautiful birdseye! Really really nice pipe.Enjoying a bowl of straight Peretti Coffee Blend
With Chinese Da Hong Pao oolong tea.
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Also, I was zooming in on the beautiful grain, and noticed several shocked-looking stylized faces
Thanks!!
Wow, you're right, it's like the painting, "The Scream"
but with a Chewbacca bent.
Excellent, excellent observation! Now I want to see Chewbacca the scream very badlyThanks!!
Wow, you're right, it's like the painting, "The Scream"
It isn’t fun. There is less of me than when it all started. I’m fortunate that I have a great doctor.
I revisited an old tin of EMP in a corn cob this evening, it was an excellent smoke.
Some Further Notes on Dan Tobacco's "50th Anniversary Jubilee Pipe Tobacco" of 2009.
I'm probably not ready for this, but there comes a time where on has to step out and concertize. I remember my first solo recital as a professional violinist, with my piano teacher (who became one of my best friends and my regular accompanist) under the auspices of the Victoria Capital Festival Society. Our recital consisted of a Corelli violin sonata, #7 in D minor as an opener, and closed the first half with the Bartok Violin Sonata #2. After intermission we played the Beethoven Kreutzer, and a couple of encores including some Kreisler and the Novacek Perpetual Motion.
I feel the same here, because I'm in uncharted territory, and forgive me any gaffs, but the acquisition of this Vintage gem was for me, a mind blowing experience.
I'll start by reposting a picture of the original tin I acquired, and going on to discuss my take on it. I researched and got some data on it. What caught my eye at first was the contents (paraphrase): Perique, Virginias and Black Cavendish, pressed into an elegant flake, offering sweet notes of fig, honey and spice."
I chose to smoke it in my new (and completely broken in Peterson Tavern Pipe), because it is a joy to smoke and delivered top quality results with whatever I put into it.
Upon filling it with the traditional three stage pack, I lit up and became instantly aware of the Perique - not subtle as the "program notes" said, but bold and up front. Bear in mind that the tobacco in the unopened tin dates from 2009. I've never smoked anything in storage for almost 15 years, so have no idea what or how the taste changes over the course of time. Here's the data I researched again, so you can check for yourselves.
After the initial perique flurry, a middle stage became evident, with definite fruity and sweet overtones, and a touch of something akin to honey. It mixed delightfully with the receding perique, and then stood on it's own for about another third of the smoke - even with my as of yet not back to normal tastebuds I could taste this interplay. This was undoubtedly the complex Cavendish mix, truly incredible.
Then the Virginias took over, with their unmistakable melding into the delightful interplay of the cavendish colors. These bold and varied Virginias supplied a solid and earthy (in the best sense) finale to the smoke, which ended with a flourish, not with a decrescendo into a tasteless final dottle stage. as might be expected. The smoke died out with a quick and final echo. I'd never experienced anything like this, except with my favourite tobacco, C&Ds Mad Fiddler.
Mad Fiddler is also a three stage smoke - Perique, Kasturi, and then Virginias. The similarity was unmistakeable to me - except that the Dan has no Oriental content to supply the sweet interplay of the middle section. Yet, it delivered more variety and color than MF's Kasturi was able to supply.
The experience to me was like taking a wonderful, home cooked traditional dish, and giving the recipe to a Master Chef, who turns it into a masterpiece.
However, this was only one pipeful. The tale would (and will be) finished in further observations I'll give you tomorrow in four other pipes I smoked the Dan 50th Anniversary Jubilee Blend in.
To be continued tomorrow, and thanks for dropping in!
I'm probably not ready for this, but there comes a time where on has to step out and concertize. I remember my first solo recital as a professional violinist, with my piano teacher (who became one of my best friends and my regular accompanist) under the auspices of the Victoria Capital Festival Society. Our recital consisted of a Corelli violin sonata, #7 in D minor as an opener, and closed the first half with the Bartok Violin Sonata #2. After intermission we played the Beethoven Kreutzer, and a couple of encores including some Kreisler and the Novacek Perpetual Motion.
I feel the same here, because I'm in uncharted territory, and forgive me any gaffs, but the acquisition of this Vintage gem was for me, a mind blowing experience.
I'll start by reposting a picture of the original tin I acquired, and going on to discuss my take on it. I researched and got some data on it. What caught my eye at first was the contents (paraphrase): Perique, Virginias and Black Cavendish, pressed into an elegant flake, offering sweet notes of fig, honey and spice."
I chose to smoke it in my new (and completely broken in Peterson Tavern Pipe), because it is a joy to smoke and delivered top quality results with whatever I put into it.
Upon filling it with the traditional three stage pack, I lit up and became instantly aware of the Perique - not subtle as the "program notes" said, but bold and up front. Bear in mind that the tobacco in the unopened tin dates from 2009. I've never smoked anything in storage for almost 15 years, so have no idea what or how the taste changes over the course of time. Here's the data I researched again, so you can check for yourselves.
After the initial perique flurry, a middle stage became evident, with definite fruity and sweet overtones, and a touch of something akin to honey. It mixed delightfully with the receding perique, and then stood on it's own for about another third of the smoke - even with my as of yet not back to normal tastebuds I could taste this interplay. This was undoubtedly the complex Cavendish mix, truly incredible.
Then the Virginias took over, with their unmistakable melding into the delightful interplay of the cavendish colors. These bold and varied Virginias supplied a solid and earthy (in the best sense) finale to the smoke, which ended with a flourish, not with a decrescendo into a tasteless final dottle stage. as might be expected. The smoke died out with a quick and final echo. I'd never experienced anything like this, except with my favourite tobacco, C&Ds Mad Fiddler.
Mad Fiddler is also a three stage smoke - Perique, Kasturi, and then Virginias. The similarity was unmistakeable to me - except that the Dan has no Oriental content to supply the sweet interplay of the middle section. Yet, it delivered more variety and color than MF's Kasturi was able to supply.
The experience to me was like taking a wonderful, home cooked traditional dish, and giving the recipe to a Master Chef, who turns it into a masterpiece.
However, this was only one pipeful. The tale would (and will be) finished in further observations I'll give you tomorrow in four other pipes I smoked the Dan 50th Anniversary Jubilee Blend in.
To be continued tomorrow, and thanks for dropping in!
Last bowl from a tin of '23 From Beyond in a Northern Briars Premier bent bulldog. Pellegrino on the side. Debating now whether to refill the jar with '25 From Beyond or just work on the many many other open tins/jars.
9 year old Hearth and Home Virginia Memory in a Nuttens Bing.
Now smoking and beta testing this bowl of KBV Mycroft Super DeLuxe beta in a 1986 three quarter bend Bacchus face CAO meer with a tapered dark tortoise shell colored acrylic stem. Daisy the Feral Princess and Tomato the Brave have a deep fascination for my taking trash cans to the street. They always follow me. Harry the Hairy often does as well, but he's not here right now. M'lady had to run an errand, and Norton the Nosey was at the back door crying when she left. I gave him some attention to calm him down. I'm not sure what bothers him the most: not going out with either of us or not allowed to go out at all.
Randy Wiley paneled Dublin with vulcanite stem. HU dockworker. Good night 
Can't decide if I'll have this now, or wait for coffee in the morning.
Skiff Mixture in a 406
Skiff Mixture in a 406
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