MB HH Pure Virginia in a Paulsson.
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Old MB Stockton in my Peterson 14s “Jade” I wish they would do this type of rustication again.
Close to finishing this bowl of year 2000 SWRA in a straight smooth 2024 Peterson Red Killarney 264 Canadian with metal accents around the shank and a black acrylic p-lip stem. Tomato the Brave and Norton the Nosey have been a lot of play fighting. They move so fast that it's hard to get good pics much of the time. I'll down load what I have soon. In all the years I've known Tomato, I've never seen him like this. Usually, he hates other cats, and would never think of playing with one. There's something about Norton that's changed the silly orange fella in the last three days. Maybe it's that Norton's such fun and benign fella who always smiles that seems to have warmed up Tomato's attitude toward him.
Morning Smoke Post this evening. Went shopping for groceries last night and came home with a whack of Brussels Sprouts. Spent most of the day cleaning, blanching and freezing them. Thought I was finished with all that, but, hey, they were cheap, and I like 'em, so the 5 big packs I froze will suit me fine.
Morning smoke was about usual, but the Cold coffee, Cherry English, and Large MM Cob this time, was not accompanied by the usual cheap cigar cuz I wasn't on line. I was freezing sprouts.
But a couple of excellent smokes this afternoon and evening. Time to smoke the tailings, so treated myself to my Mr. Brog Nosewarmer with my tailings, which I call Skragg in honor of Olyve Oil of Popeye fame. She's a fave cartoon character of mine. I dump everything in the Skragg, including lat tailings, and 30% of it's content with dried parsley - adds a surprisingly nice floral edge to the mix. (Don't knock it 'till you try it, lol) As the Brog is biased for lat, it was a great pipe for the task. Excellent smoke.
A significant evening smoke. Yah, I have several premium pipes, and one of them is my Brigham Tundra. I laced it with (suitably) a Brigham Tobacco, called (up here in Canada) Mr. B's Shamrock Treasure. It's a basic Virginia/Burley mix, but is laced with an unusual (and to me delicious, even with as yet substandard tastebuds) and rather over the top lacing of Irish Cream. It's apparently also got a casing of vanilla as well, but I think it's overwhelmed with the other ingredients. In any case, it's a fine addition to my larder, and it's available locally here at Sheffields.
As I was smoking throughout the day, I noticed that, over the 2 1/2 or so years of my pipe phase, I'd accrued quite a collection of unnecessary smoking accessories. I grabbed a bunch of them and did a snap this afternoon, and present it in lieu of Skippable Drivel tonight, as I'm ball busted and going to crash. Of all of this stuff I only use the Usud lighters (I have three but have lost one somewhere so it ain't in the family foto) which I put in many of my posts. The other stuff is basically silly executive toys that don't really work reliably, except for the Zippo Basic, which I don't really like for a pipe. Of course, there are always matches. Use them quite a bit.
See ya'll tomorrow and have a great morning. I'm sleeping in and doubt I'll get up before noon.
Hmmmmm . . . guess this is Skippable Drivel afterall, eh?
Morning smoke was about usual, but the Cold coffee, Cherry English, and Large MM Cob this time, was not accompanied by the usual cheap cigar cuz I wasn't on line. I was freezing sprouts.
But a couple of excellent smokes this afternoon and evening. Time to smoke the tailings, so treated myself to my Mr. Brog Nosewarmer with my tailings, which I call Skragg in honor of Olyve Oil of Popeye fame. She's a fave cartoon character of mine. I dump everything in the Skragg, including lat tailings, and 30% of it's content with dried parsley - adds a surprisingly nice floral edge to the mix. (Don't knock it 'till you try it, lol) As the Brog is biased for lat, it was a great pipe for the task. Excellent smoke.
A significant evening smoke. Yah, I have several premium pipes, and one of them is my Brigham Tundra. I laced it with (suitably) a Brigham Tobacco, called (up here in Canada) Mr. B's Shamrock Treasure. It's a basic Virginia/Burley mix, but is laced with an unusual (and to me delicious, even with as yet substandard tastebuds) and rather over the top lacing of Irish Cream. It's apparently also got a casing of vanilla as well, but I think it's overwhelmed with the other ingredients. In any case, it's a fine addition to my larder, and it's available locally here at Sheffields.
As I was smoking throughout the day, I noticed that, over the 2 1/2 or so years of my pipe phase, I'd accrued quite a collection of unnecessary smoking accessories. I grabbed a bunch of them and did a snap this afternoon, and present it in lieu of Skippable Drivel tonight, as I'm ball busted and going to crash. Of all of this stuff I only use the Usud lighters (I have three but have lost one somewhere so it ain't in the family foto) which I put in many of my posts. The other stuff is basically silly executive toys that don't really work reliably, except for the Zippo Basic, which I don't really like for a pipe. Of course, there are always matches. Use them quite a bit.
See ya'll tomorrow and have a great morning. I'm sleeping in and doubt I'll get up before noon.
Hmmmmm . . . guess this is Skippable Drivel afterall, eh?
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Firts bowl of the day, HU Tobacco DE, Nashville County in a BBB Slicer Grain Long shanked billiard model 709
Enjoyed some low calorie snacking, and near the half way mark of this bowl of KBV Hunted Virginia in a 1980s White Pipe straight, smooth octagonal paneled billiard meerschaum with an acrylic yellow cream colored saddle stem. It won't take much to write a review of this blend because I smoked the beta tests, and this is very close to the last one.
Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and what ought to be my last smoke is year 2016 D&R Two Timer Gold in a straight, black sandblasted pre-1970 Comoy’s Sunrise Etched Grain straight Liverpool 309 with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Downloading and labeling photos, and then I'll do some reading.
Almost at the half way mark of this bowl of Wilke Gentry Royal Blend No. 2 in a black sandblast quarter bend undated Briarcraft (Dr. Grabow made) Wimbledon 810 author with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Daisy the Feral Princess was banging at the door for food and attention so I let her come inside. I asked Tomato the Brave to come in, and he was happy to eat and play with me and Norton the Nosey. Tomato and Daisy went out a few minutes ago, and at the door was Harry the Hairy. He was as happy to see me as I was to see him since he was gone a lot longer than usual. He got lots of attention, and then he ate. He came to the den and laid on a catnip sock for a couple of minutes, and then went back to the kitchen for more dry food. Norton the Nosey has followed his every step. Going to bed as soon as this bowl is finished.
C&D Exclusive in a Merchant Service Stack Billiard and Coffee 
️ on the side.
️ on the side.
Good morning, everyone! To start today, a small bowlful of LBF.
On this foggy morning, having a bowl of Wilke’s 10 Downing St in a Falcon with black coffee on the side. 
Good morning! Happy to report I am vertical and mobile for another wake up! Coffee, burley, cob.
Savinelli Tortuga 106 packed with Haunted Bookshop, drinking good coffee , sitting on the porch
What a gorgeous pipe. I love those color blends.
Orlik GS in this Pete Christmas 2023 701.
Elizabethan in a Peterson Irish Harp 106
Waiting for the PO to open.. sending a pipe to Michail Kyriazanos for a stem repair.
Steamworks in the Scarlatta bent egg.
Steamworks in the Scarlatta bent egg.
Dodging rain under the carport with some C&D Good Morning in a pre-Briarworks Moonshine Devil Dog.
Ben at Redeemed Pipes really comes across some gems
Ben at Redeemed Pipes really comes across some gems
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