What's Burnin' In Your Briar - February 2021

Newminster Superior Round Slices in a Brebbia Royal Ascot pot.

Gave up trying to sleep, so I'm smoking circa year 2000 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style.

Now smoking half a bowl of Peretti Coffee Blend in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer with a black acrylic stem. This will finish my open stash.

Watching the Operation Mekong [2016] based on a real story, the 2011 Mekong River massacre. The governments of Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and China launch a joint task force to apprehend the criminals.



while smoking Pfeifen Huber Labyrinth Mixture.

Before, a revisit to some 515/RR pick I made awhile ago. Now Mac Baren Navy Flake ina Brebbia Royal Ascot pot.

Greetings from Greece.



Vanilla Caribic.

BCF all day. Some in a Brebbia Royal Ascot pot, and some in a bent nosewarmer.

https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/constantino-brumidi

What the above article does not say (maybe they..''forgot" it) is that the real name of the artist is Constantinos Broumides and was a Greek, his family left Greece (Peloponnesus) at 1770 to survive due to the prosecutions of the ottomans on the innocent villages population. His tomb remained virtually unknown until 1952, when he was found in Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, and on the plaque he was referred to as an "Italian refugee". It took the perseverance of Myrtle Murdoch, a guide at the Capitol who searched for information about Broumidis fascinated by his work and wrote his biography, so that everyone would know the "Greek Michael-Angelos of the Capitol" which received the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously.

I am raising a Brebbia with Clan Aromatic for the memory of Ms Myrtle Murdoch.

Almost half way through this bowl of circa year 2000 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

Now smoking year 2010 Mac Baren Burley London Blend in a 2017 smooth, straight medium brown made in France Comoy’s Riband 298 Canadian with a black vulcanite tapered stem. Going to work soon.

Enjoyed a tasty lunch, and am now smoking year 2018 Sutliff Dunhill Elizabethan Match in a 1982 smooth straight Dunhill Root Briar 31051 Dublin with a black vulcanite tapered stem. Working and listening to a Jim Croce concert.

Now smoking KBV Festivus VaPer beta test in a 1978 Peterson Deluxe 20S medium bend smooth dark brown billiard with a silver cap military mount black vulcanite saddle stem and p-lip.

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, barbecued French cut pork chops and asparagus dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm a quarter of the way through this bowl of Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth straight late ‘50s, early 1960s Lane era Charatan Selected 43 Dublin with a black vulcanite double comfort saddle stem. This pipe was formerly owned by actor William Conrad. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink.

Sutliff's Great Outdoors in a Savinelli Punto Oro Gold 641.

Pipe smoking scene from "The Cornish Mystery" of Agatha Christie's Poirot.



Hearth and Home Louisiana Red.

The ice storm knocked the power out for thousands of residents where I live. Finally, the power came back on. I took the opportunity to sleep in a little. I've about a third of bowl left of circa year 2000 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. A cup of hot tea is my drink.

Happy Valentines Day to all the pipe smokers wives!



Mac Baren Dark Twist.

WCC Double Barrel in a Pibe Dan Reformed variation.

The view from my balcony



the benches were ''occupied"



so i had to smoke inside the house, Olaf Poulsson Νο. 12.

Part way through this bowl of circa year 2000 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1982 black sandblasted paneled slight bend Savinelli Hand Made flat bottom sitter with a square shank and black vulcanite saddle stem. This is my other EGR-dedicated pipe, though it's been quite a while since I smoked it. Generally, I put it into action when I want to spend a little more time with this blend, or to give the Basil Meadows squashed tomato a rest.

Now smoking year 2016 D&R Three Sails in a smooth straight late 1970s Charatan Special 4148DC Reg. No. 203573 pot with a black double comfort vulcanite stem. Time to do some walking reps.

I'm a quarter of the way through this bowl of 1950s Edgeworth Ready Rubbed in a medium bend dark brown 2017 Don Warren 17 smooth straight grain rough top Dublin with a multi-brown cumberland stem and ferrule in the military mount style. Got a bunch of wonderful hate mail today, including 1960s ERR, a tin of 60s or 70s Balkan Sobranie, and more. Man, it's amazing to have such a wonderful, generous friend. I am awed

Now smoking Iwan Ries British Medium in a 1990 Peterson Irish Second Hungarian natural with a tapered black vulcanite fish tail stem. Watching Mad Dog Russo.

Greetings from Athens-Greece.





J.M Boswell Vanilla Cream.

Sure John's Flake in a Pibe Dan variant.