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Back home in the Ozarks. Spectacular trip to the Sunflower state. Porch sitting with a couple of stout margaritas in me. Smoking the MM General with Prince Albert.

84. 66 year pipe smoker

I have one Falcon and one Pete System pipes. I’m glad I have them but I don’t want any more. Both are decent smokers, however the metal base of the Falcon gets blistering hot. The maintenance on both causes me to pass them over quite often. 2-3 bowls then take them apart to wipe them out.

World’s largest grain elevator Wichita Ks. Smoking the big Canuck w/PA on the sidewalk at our motel. File photo.

Mid day, staying out of the wind on the leeward side of the house. My sweetheart is here, I bought 2 cans of PA for our trip. Having a great smoke with a Wathen freehand from 1980 Kerry Wathen committed suicide in 1985, he had lost the use of his hands somehow. An artist who happened to make...

Scanning the pipe rack this morning I decided only a cob will do. The Bent Gent accompanied me to the porch where PA awaited us. Tree leaves are in absolute free fall, with a wind gusting to 36 mph it’s a blizzard of leaves. Wife is due tomorrow. After her meeting some appointments we’ll be...

A touch of chill in the air this morning as the earth turns on its axis towards winter. I’ve seen only one small buck today. Smoking my MM Bent Gent with PA. This thing has become just an awesome smoker. No plans for today, anxiously waiting for my 74 YO bride to come Tuesday

I have an old pipe (a sav as well) that the finish is starting to fail. The pipe is 50 years old and has always been a favorite. You can’t notice it at a glance, the color is still there with slight superficial cracks, hard to see but I can feel it. I’ve changed in 50 years I suppose it’s time...

Trees here in the Ozarks are beginning to show some nice color for the trees of the region. Front porch having Starbucks DR K-cup and a Wenhall 91 Futura w/PA. The pipe’s sandblast job approaches art.

Thank you so much. There may be more there than this old man can stand. We’ll check it all and proceed - thanks again

On the back porch out of a strong south wind. Enjoying a bowl of PA in my 50 year old Sav 111 ks.. While researching options for our planned Kansas trip I’ve discovered a ball of twine and a hand dug swimming pool in Garden City are the largest in the world. I’m so excited

I bought a small off brand single serve k-cup machine off Amazon mostly for traveling, that thing brews the best coffee I’ve had from a single serve, strong, flavorful and black as midnight under a skillet. It’s slower than a Keurig which I think is key. On the front porch applying vacuum to a...

I love to smoke my Pete sys 307. But maintaining it is a PITA. Havingit with PA on the porch with a Miller HL

There is not a tourist destination that I know of in Kansas. That’s the beauty of this trip. Blue hiways only. Get into the bowels of it. There is many historical places that we’re researching. One would be the site of the Clutter family murders in 1959 in Holcomb, it’s way out there nearly...

Lovely weather here in the Ozarks. Going to the city to pickup my lover on Wednesday. We’re planning a trip into rural Kansas to just meander and visit small towns. One such town will be Nicodemus settled by black refugees of the civil war. If we only travel 50 miles a day so be it. If a Kansas...

Another nice day here in the Ozarks. Supposed to be 88 degrees today for the last gasp of summer then chilling off. On the porch with Prince Albert in a Falcon/snifter.

Gorgeous day here in the Missouri Ozarks. Got home from the Blues festival yesterday, had a great time. Smoking Prince Albert in a MM General.

Shaking hands with Pete today, it’s a 307 Sys. with PA. Waiting for our Daughter to get here to leave on a trip tomorrow to the Mississippi Delta and a street blues festival.

Cold front came through. Luckily the wind is out of the north and my porch is on the south side. Smoking the Pete Killarney XL90 bent billiard with saddle stem and PA. My lifelong sweetheart showed up here yesterday to fill the hole in my soul.

Slept in this morning till 8. Had coffee and a waffle for breakfast. Picked out the Weathen Volcano, loaded it with PA and I’m on the porch for the day. I was born to be retired.