Well, Carol, I don't know how you did it, but last night we got almost an inch of rain and it is still raining this morning! First rain in two months. The thirsty ground is soaking it up as fast as it can fall.If I could figure out how, I sure would send you some rain. Praying you get some soon.


Happy Birthday! My 60th is just a couple months away.Six-oh boy here we go b-day smoke: freshly popped Marlin Flake in an LJ Peretti Virgin Deluxe (no virgins were harmed in the making of this pipe), Earl Grey tea, sunshine after a thunderstorm last night. All good.
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Thats a nice pipeI don’t post here every time I fire up a bowl, but if it’s a great smoke, or would make a nice photo, then it’s worth pulling out the cellphone. Today was one of those days. The home-made burly cherry was the perfect dryness, the Hardcastle diplomat practically smoked itself, the weather was great after a couple days of rain…even the dog was happy to sit on the lawn without too much attention. I hope everyone had as nice a smoke today as I did.
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10:30am.. we’re drinking Beluga vodka with brown bread and pickles..
This is what happens when you let a Russian in to your pipe club!
Otherwise, I’ve got a bowl of 5100 in the Scarlatta full bent.
Poor picture but..
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