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16 hours ago, smokinjoe said:

It seems that every time this Winter that I want to get out by the fireplace and enjoy a bourbon and cigar, it rains.  Decided to start early, as rain is coming later…Oliva V Melanio, a PS Knob Creek, and a fire, is setting things up for a fine next couple of hours.  

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This fireplace is a dream! 

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14 hours ago, Kepler said:

 

I love your outdoor fireplace.  Awhile back I almost bought a house that had one of those but for other reasons I didn't pull the trigger on that house.  This reminds me that I could just install one for myself at my current place; however I don't think my current back yard has the extra space.  At least not without convincing Mrs. Kep anyway.  But someday!

 

3 hours ago, Sven Heuchert said:

This fireplace is a dream! 

Thanks, fellas.  I’ve built a lot of hardscaping, built walls, patios, fences, etc., in the 35 years we’ve been in the house, but the fireplace is my favorite.   My wheelbarrow has gotten a lot of use, and I claim the neighborhood record of most 80 lbs bags of concrete hand mixed in it.  LOL!  
A lot of ideas, plans, strategies, have been hatched in front of that fire over the years, and I think it really makes me smarter, particularly with a couple bourbons and cigars while ruminating…

It particularly shows well in the Fall.

 

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5 hours ago, smokinjoe said:

 

Thanks, fellas.  I’ve built a lot of hardscaping, built walls, patios, fences, etc., in the 35 years we’ve been in the house, but the fireplace is my favorite.   My wheelbarrow has gotten a lot of use, and I claim the neighborhood record of most 80 lbs bags of concrete hand mixed in it.  LOL!  
A lot of ideas, plans, strategies, have been hatched in front of that fire over the years, and I think it really makes me smarter, particularly with a couple bourbons and cigars while ruminating…

It particularly shows well in the Fall.

 

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Impressive, Joe.  Years ago, I thought about trying something like that.  Bought a palette of stone and did many pages of sketches.   The stone became rip rap on a lake bank, and the paper sketches became firestarter.  I envy your ability to carry-on.  The pots?  Ace hardware had some like that.  Wife puts her mums in them every Fall.  I put last years' humus in the compost bin every Spring. when I dump them.  Did I say I am impressed?  Well, I am.😉 

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48 degrees, dark, dreary, and light rain.  Yuck.  Going to think warm thoughts and puff away on a RP Sun Grown Maduro and enjoy the blooming daffodils 🌼 in the garden.  Springs coming!!

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A Montecristo Classic Churchill and Knob Creek on the front patio as dusk readies to fall shortly, here Down South.

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I wasn’t sure if this pairing would work but it really sings.  And a damn near perfect afternoon in Georgia to boot!

 

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Black Label Trading Company Maduro. Nice with some George Remus 

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Rocky Patel Number 6 (in case you couldn’t tell by the billboard sized label…) Robusto, out by the azaleas.  This is my second one of these, and I really am liking them.  Nutty, nice draw, and no harsh notes.  

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Rocky Fifty-Five and Early Times on a clear cube.  It’s 80 degrees, Sun’s out, and I cut out early.  A mental adjustment was needed today, so I obliged.  

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Diamond Crown #5 as the Sun goes down after a looooong day of yard work.  Uh, there’s a few bourbons in here, too… LOL!

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Finally feeling comfortable to sit out under the tall pines, as the wind has been howling strong all day. Flor de las Antillas Robusto as the Sun goes down.  

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The trees are finally green again here in the South and the evening smoking of meat and tobacco in full swing again! 

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These have been my "go-to" as of late.

They're a little overpriced,  for my cheap ass, but they go on sale a lot. 

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Fell off the non-smoking wagon AGAIN!  Twenty years clean went South last month.  Bought a new Jeep with the savings over those twenty years.  But, that's another story.

 

Today, it was a Montecristo White Series 5X52 (Rothschilde/Robusto).  I have three left.

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On 5/18/2023 at 10:21 PM, mbroo5880i said:

So no one rolls their own any more?  🤪

Not since 1974, and that a blunt, not a cigar.😵‍💫  And the paper was a facsimile $1000 bill.  Ah, callow youth, now just a faint memory.

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Thought y’all might like this one. We took a drive a few days ago. This is a little place in Oregon Illinois. 🙂


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