Pipes

My La Torre Personal. Wonderful large pipe. It smokes better every time I smoke it. It was a restored estate pipe that I paid under twenty dollars for off of eBay! A real bargain if you ask me!

My other eBay finds. This pipe rack came with a couple Dr. Grabows and a Kaywoodie and a Thermofilter that did not survive the restoration process, for some reason the stem warped. Anyway, the pipe on the outside in this picture is my Dr. Grabow Regal. A wonderful smoker that wasn't too hard to restore. The other is a King Erik "Topic" 103 from Holland. It's a smaller, thinner pipe, which isn't my usual style, but it's a good aromatic smoker.

Lighters

Love this lighter! An ebay find. I could never get it to spark though. I suppose the flint wheel needs a really good cleaning, maybe one day. Right now it's just a shelf queen though.

My lighter collection. eBay and antique store finds.

Hey! Tip for people who are into old lighters or in the antiques business. Remove the flints from your lighters! After so long sitting up, the flint in lighters will dissolve and expand, damaging the lighter. I learned this lesson after cleaning flint dust out of many of my old lighters that I have purchased over the years. 



My Zippo's.

Epiphone

My alpine white Epiphone Les Paul Custom. I love this guitar.

A Cup Of Coffee

An odd, but neat Johnny Cash story song off of his "Everybody Loves A Nut" album. I recently acquired a huge Johnny Cash collection. After much searching I now have all of Johnny's early albums (1960's - 1970's). These are my favorite Johnny Cash years and so hard to come by. Mostly all you ever find in the stores are best of collections with the same songs just in different order.

Cigars

Enjoyed Oliva. Oliva is my favorite cigar brand. The first cigar I ever smoked was an Oliva Serie G. Romeo y Julieta comes in a as a close second to Oliva in my favorites list.

Lonely humidor. Time to restock!

Bloodworth

Watched the movie Bloodworth on Netflix last night.

Interesting movie, but very odd. I was enjoying it until the end, most of the movie was reasonable, but a few things I thought were a bit over the top. Namely the part where the boy shoots his own grandfather. I mean, he's putting him out of his misery, but - nobody really does that! Kind of messed up the movie for me. I find a lot of indie movies to be odd like that. But that's just one man's opinion.

I can recommend these movies,

Righteous Kill with Pacino and Deniro. With those two in the lead how can you go wrong? Nice movie, with a somewhat surprising twist.

Planet Terror by Rodriguez. Part of the two movie Grindhouse. Just fun and bloody.

No Country For Old Men. If you haven't seen this movie you should. I watched it again the other night. Great actors and great story.

21. Better than I expected. Another fun, but intelligent movie with a mostly satisfying ending.

Grilled Cheese and Ham with Oregano

Making a grilled cheese with ham and oregano. A perfect lunch time or aftershool snack idea. 

My sandwich here turned out a little darker than I like, mainly due to using too high heat, but was still very tasty! 

Oregano is not only tasty, but also very good for you, being rich is antioxidants!

Chattahoochee National Forest Part Two

Love this picture! Look at the "smoke" in the hills.

Chattahoochee National Forest Part One

Billie

Cody

Your photographer. Photo by Billie. She's been taking some photography tips from me.

Me again. Photo by Billie.

Me with the adventure vehicle. Photo by Billie. 

Black and white. Love this picture. Photo by Billie.

All of us. (left to right, Randy, Cody, Billie and myself)

A (Sun) Day In The Life (Video)

In this episode we cook a beef soup, discuss pipe packing and lighting, and some basic work in and around the shed. You'll also meet the dogs.