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My own blend Serenity in a Falcon Algiers. Sat on the porch watching an approaching thunderstorm roll in, but about halfway through the bowl horizontal rain made this idea rather problematic. :oops:

A Little light reading along with a layered bowl in a Ben Wade: Five Brothers Burley on top, Orilk Dark Strong Kentucky on the bottom. Since the cuts are very different I had to slow down my pace once I got to the denser flake.

My own blend "Vermeer" in a Stanwell Trio. I'm going through some jars of my own blends that I haven't tried in a long time. Back in 2016 I found a trunk of old tobacco supplies and some unopened items from the 1980s and 90s including a tub of Douwe Egberts Amphora which I played around with...

That looks an awful lot like my Lane era Charatan 489 pot (made from 1977 to 1981) - this shop could have very well commissioned some seconds. Herman Lane was always making those kinds of arrangements. Anyway, mine smokes great and likes complex broad cut mixtures - but EGR works fine too!

Arango/Stokkebye Balkan Supreme in an English Ben Wade. I always get flavors of an "everything bagel" with this blend: toasted poppy seed, even some dried onion flake. Really takes off by mid bowl.

Ashton Gold Rush in a Buesher cob. A lightly aromatic Virginia blend that is good for the warm weather (right about 80 degrees today but pleasant in the shade).

Since I started out the day so good I'm sticking with just my favorites today: just finished my own Bear Claw in a B&B 9mm pipe - a solid workhorse pipe. Next up Rivendell in a Sav. Probably finish the day with Benediction or something by Wilke - we'll see. Lovely weather, though a bot warm when...

Best pipe of the week for sure: Germain's Eighteen-Twenty in a Design Berlin Royal Star (non-filter). This proves that even menial chores like spraying weed killer are alright on a beautiful Saturday morning with a good bowl o' baccy. I just made sure to walk slow and easy so that my puffing...

Crazy wind storm was tossing tree branches all over for half an hour - now everything is calm so having some St. Bruno Flake in a Keller cob. Since this is a tall narrow chamber I did a cube cut and gravity fed.

Ashton Gold Rush in a Golden Gate Golden Swan.

Solani 763 White & Black in a Hilson Rainer Barbi. Not sure if my tin from 2015 still had any Syrian in it but in any case the Latakia is slight, much recessed after the Virginia and black Cavendish. A pleasant medium-mild smoke for mid-morning. I've had best results packing the bowl the night...

72 on the deck enjoying Sillem's London Blend in 'Siggi' Design Berlin. Lots if complex nutty flavors. A little Woodford Reserve on the side. Not a care in the world.

77 out on the deck with Dunhill London Mixture in a Design Berlin. Earlier I got halfway through a bowl of Barling Garnet in a Pierre Cardin bulldog before giving up. It's another one I've had in a jar for two years that keeps getting weirder everytime I try it. It's a light English with some...

McConnell Oriental in a saddle stem Buescher Cob.

Like ftrplt I haven't watched since Billy Crystal was MC, mostly because it's too long and the rambling acceptance speeches are irritating. As for everybody's opinion and beliefs being equal this idea disregards the outsize weight that celebrities have as "cultural influencers." It amazes me...

Weather in mid-80s next few days so transitioning to shorts and lighter shirts. Managed to get in a bowl of my Serenity in a Golden Swan before it got too hot outside.

Rattray's Marlin Flake in a Hilson Rainer Barbi. Good solid medium brown flake but a bit fussy getting a steady burn even in this pipe (which on one occasion stayed lit for nearly four minutes without any puffing!). Moon is super bright tonight, can't see the color of anything but everything is...

Call me a copycat: Rattrays Red Rapparee in a Design Berlin. I don't remember now how old the tin was but it's been in a jar for two years and I check it out every now and then. The red Virginia is really prominent now (40%) I understand. Latakia is quite muted. Overall pretty mellow for...

Wilke 400 in an English Ben Wade. Probably won't get any smokes in tomorrow until evening. Will be a busy day planting 400 square foot area with shrubs.

My weekly drive into town: My own blend "Serenity" in a paneled Design Berlin. This blend is quickly becoming one of my favorite afternoon smokes. Closest approximation I can relate would be Ashton Gold Rush with 25% toasted Smyrna and a pinch of Perique. Anyhoo, me likes.