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Enjoying some much-needed time off, hosting a good friend from Appalachia, having some relaxing reading time 😇

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Celebrating International Pipe Smoking Day 2024 with a Clarence Mickles calabash and a cup of salted caramel tea (and I should have had my gloves on -- it's particularly chilly this morning!) Smoking some of my 'English Accident' tobacco. Here's to a happy IPSD, all! ☕ 🐻 🔥 💨 ❤️

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Ahhh, Saturday morning sunrise! What better way to celebrate the return of the sun after nearly two weeks of grey, drizzly, foggy gloom than with a tasty bowl of RLP-6 in one of my Bonfiglioli pipes I picked up around 1995? Fairly fresh out of the shower here and easing into mandatory overtime week #46. Counting my blessings here, and wishing you all a very happy weekend!

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It's my 2 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

Goodness.... two years already!

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A very Merry Christmas, all! 🎄 🎁 The family festivities have concluded, and the extended weekend is winding down. Grateful to be able to take the time to share a pipe and cup of tea on the holiday! ❤️

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Autumn has arrived, and the chill winds begin to blow! Nothing a nice hot shower and a cup of hot ginger lemon tea can't warm up--along with a bowl of tasty tobacco in a pipe reminiscent of the leaves outside 🍁

Overtime is at week #37 and no end in sight, but I'm grateful to have this time in the morning to enjoy (and occasionally share!) And thank you all for your likes, shares, and kind messages. Enjoy, and smoke in peace ❤️

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Starting Sunday morning off right with some tasty pipe smoke and green tea (and a tune by the late, great Dave Samuels) after six long days of overtime work and grey skies here in the cornfields! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, all 🐻 🔥 💨 ❤️

(Lane RLP-6 in a Castello OSR 235 G)

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I can cover up the morning bedhead, not so much the bedbeard 🤣 But enjoying a little Sunday morning read nonetheless!

(Haunted Bookshop in a Luciano XXXX)

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After an amazing and much-needed week of vacation in New England (my first time!) it's back to the working world, including the mandatory overtime (week 29 here--oof!)

I'm grateful for sunny mornings like this one to take a moment to enjoy a bowl of good tobacco (Haunted Bookshop, gifted by my friends in New Hampshire) and a recently-restemmed pipe I'd gotten in Kansas City in 1999. Capping it off with a cup of dragon fruit tea and a Philip Aaberg album I'd not heard since I was a teenager.

Have a wonderful weekend, all!

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After hosting a dear friend from Los Angeles for the last nine days (and enjoying some greatly-needed time away from working!) it feels bittersweet to return to the quiet morning rituals.

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First smoke in a couple of weeks... returned home safely from an amazing vacation!

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There's nothing like a good smoke and a fresh cup of tea with the sunrise to start off the week! Be good to each other and be well ❤️

Smoking McClelland Coyote in a Ser Jacopo L2 Max

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Monday morning, after a weekend of raucous thunderstorms... enjoying some quiet 'me' time while it's grey, misty, and warm out there!

McClelland 'Coyote' Mixture in a Savinelli Hercules this morning to share with y'all 😊

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Not letting all the mandatory overtime keep me down...not when there's warm morning sunshine to feel, tea to be sipped, and pipe tobacco to be smoked! 🌞 ☕ 🔥 💨

C&D Pirate Kake in a Savinelli Auto 4 this morning

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After twelve consecutive weeks of overtime, there's nothing like the simple pleasure of one's pipe with one's tea in the morning.

Half and Half in a Nørding with custom stem 😉

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Brrrr! It's a chilly one out there...got the earflaps down 😛. But a nice hot cup of tea and a little handpan music helps, along with the pipe, of course!