SEPT's arrived (!!!). So fantastic (!!!) ... applause & cheers called for.
Cooler weather will usher in more hearty meals. Tomorrow, Labor Day, will see a Salmon Potato Corn stew come out of my kitchen. Tomorrow night will see Steak & Baked Potato dinner.
First tobacco = mixed up a half tin of Mac Baren Plumcake with about 20% Perique & about 5% Latakia.
Cleaned & readied 4 pipes to start off the month:
-- a MM Apple Diplomat (bent)
-- a Stanwell Vario 63M
-- a Vintage 91 Canadian, made in London & restored by the very honorable Steve Laug (rebornpipes), who suspected it might have been made by Charatan
-- and a Butz Choquin Granada Rhodesian 1025, always a fine smoking pipe
Each pipe will get to taste the Plumcake mixture. Will load them all up for a chance to sit over couple days, which will benefit the Plumcake itself. Some DGT'ing will be in the works as well.