Yesterday it was some Dan's Blue Note in my Kaywoodie while I mowed the lawn. That was a very good smoke for a number of reasons.
I was going through my collection of pipes looking for one suitable for clenching while I mowed the lawn. Normally I smoke aromatics in either my meer (which I couldn't risk dropping from my teeth) or my Nording signature (way too big for clenching). However, I had an estate Kaywoodie in my odds-and-ends tub, one which I had tossed in there after a very unsatisfying experience with it. But, it was light, relatively unghosted and I didn't care if the Blue Note ghosted it.
I loved it! It smoked very well with no issues, minimal relights, and it was the first time I managed to smoke all the way to the bottom of the bowl. It didn't overheat once, something I've had chronic problems with. This was my first bowl after reading the advice to "pack looser than you think you need to." It was such an excellent experience I'm looking for more Kaywoodie estates to add to my collection.
I also met my next-door neighbour for the first time. She walked up to the hedge between the yards and introduced herself and her young daughter. I took my pipe in hand, ready for some comment about smoking, but no, she just wanted to introduce herself and have a pleasant conversation.
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Today , it was some East India Co. from Burlington on Whyte in Edmonton, Alberta, in my meer. Very nice, sweet aromatic, could really smell and taste the coconut this time. Also, a very nice tobacco; it reminded me a touch of some of the pipe blends with cigar leaf in them, that nice leatherly cigar smell. Wife and daughter approved.