What's in your pipe? 2022

[Sid.Stavros]

In a beach-Cafe.

 

[Sid.Stavros]

I found a stray cat wandering around the house, at first it was hesitant

but i managed to lure it with food to come near me and we soon became friends.

 

[Sid.Stavros]

Good morning from Greece.

DTM Vanilla Honeydew.

 

[Sid.Stavros]

Cafe in the square of the village

and a new friend back home.

Planta No 1.

 

[H. Vachon]

I have some blending tobacco in route so I can start making a house blend. I also got a press mold (if you know what this is, you know it’s not for tobacco, but it does what I want ).

I made a .5 ounce test flake with SG Broken Scotch Cake. I also currently have a 1 ounce crumble cake pressing. I’ll light this up tonight on the v herf.

 

[Sid.Stavros]

Coffee and pipe smoking in a marina Cafe.

 

[H. Vachon]

Smoked the first bowl of my first home blend. It’s a start but it needs some tweaking for sure.

 

[Sid.Stavros]

Hello from Greece.

I manage to ''catch the moment'' when a small fishing boat was passing.

Vanilla Caribic.

 

[H. Vachon]

Added just a dash of cavendish and doubled the Turkish. This is really shaping into something nice!

 

[Sid.Stavros]

'Dayyy from Greece.

Planta No1.

 

[Scap]

Trafalgar and home roasted coffee this morning.

 

[cohibasurfer]

 

[Sid.Stavros]

Today is a very sad day, i went to feed my red eared turtles and i saw my Packy like this:

At first glance everything looked normal, i tried to feed her (plus the male the Sporilos) but she wouldn't move. This wasn't her behaviour, she was very energetic and standing still is the worst sign.
Her name was ''Packy'' (from the Pac-Man) because was very gluttonous and the latest 10 years was in our house. Was in a big aquarium, fresh water-filter-vitamins-heat lamp-a bridge for standing to dry etc and she was growing with no problems, no sign that was ill or had any issues. And now this? Why? This is not a hibernation, this is sudden Death!
This was her last photo, she looks like is watching me waiting for her morning shrimps. We buried her outside, now Sporilos is alone and makes circles inside the aquarium seeking for his girlfriend.

I tried to smoke Cornell & Diehl Seersucker and drink some coffee but i stopped, no mood.

 

[Nate1977]

@Sid.Stavros. sorry to hear this , any idea of cause? Weird she didn't show any symptoms.

 

[Darin]

Sorry for your loss, Sid ... RIP Packy.

 

[The Black Cloud]

Sorry for your loss, Sid! Losing pets/family members is always terrible.

 

[IngloriousBasterd]

Today is a very sad day, i went to feed my red eared turtles and i saw my Packy like this:

At first glance everything looked normal, i tried to feed her (plus the male the Sporilos) but she wouldn't move. This wasn't her behaviour, she was very energetic and standing still is the worst sign.
Her name was ''Packy'' (from the Pac-Man) because was very gluttonous and the latest 10 years was in our house. Was in a big aquarium, fresh water-filter-vitamins-heat lamp-a bridge for standing to dry etc and she was growing with no problems, no sign that was ill or had any issues. And now this? Why? This is not a hibernation, this is sudden Death!
This was her last photo, she looks like is watching me waiting for her morning shrimps. We buried her outside, now Sporilos is alone and makes circles inside the aquarium seeking for his girlfriend.

I tried to smoke Cornell & Diehl Seersucker and drink some coffee but i stopped, no mood.

Aww man sorry for your loss brother. Tough losing a pet.

 

[H. Vachon]

@Sid.Stavros so sorry to hear this, brother. Sounds like she had a great life. Burning one for Packy this morning.

 

[Sid.Stavros]

The aquarium is in the right side of my desk, every time i was watching a movie in the pc or reading or i was just smoking my pipe and enjoying my coffee the turtles were watching me especially Packy. Every time i entered the room or got up from the chair she turned her head to me, was watching every move when i was sitting on the desk. Many times i was teasing her with my finger and she was trying to ''bite'' it behind the glass but when i was trying to feed her close to her mouth was very shy. Very often i was laying down my pipe to watch them play of fighting each other for who's gonna bite the biggest piece of meat or fruit.
I consider them as ''pipe smoking companions'' because they never-ever reacted badly to the smoke of the pipe although they olfaction is very sensitive. When my wife was making roast meat in the kitchen although they didn't have any visual contact at all they were making like crazy because they smell (and felt) that extra food is coming. The ''madness-time'' was when my wife was approaching with 2 toasts, the smell of the roast turkey made them splash the water in a phrenitis and they didn't give up till i decide to give them a piece of it.

Here is an older photo of Packy, she is at the top stretching her left leg. I know that Humanity has far more serious problems but i lost my 10+ years pipe smoking companion, i miss her, i still haven't believe it and i know that the future Winter smoking days would never be the same. Thank you all for your kindly words.

Another photo from my latest vacations, Vanilla tobacco, double espresso and kompoloi in a Cafe very close to the beach.

 

[H. Vachon]

Just sparked a bowl of Old Joe Krantz in my Peterson Bulldog.