Yesterday (9 October 2013) I came home after officiating at the funeral of a dear friend to find a package waiting for me in the mailbox. During the service the postie delivered a package from good friend Bill Cumming. It included an older Lorenzo Oom Paul with a Capri like finish that I will refurbish and post photos of later. There was also a nice bent bulldog stem from an Edwards pipe that will take up residence in my can of pipe stems. Curled around the inner contents of the box was an amazing drawing of the moment of lighting a pipe. I love the illustration and am assuming it is a piece of Bill’s work. He has done a fine job capturing the moment. Bill sent a letter along with his drawing and asked that I post this as a thank you to the members of Smokers Forums for their generosity toward him. I have posted it here to give exposure to his talent. I find it an amazing drawing. My plan is to have it framed for my study. Enjoy. You can click on the photo and save it as a file to your computer.

I have since learned that the drawing has resided with Bill for a long time. He did not draw it but rather it was something that he found. Whoever did the drawing it is well done!

The pipe in the drawing is amazingly like one I have posted about here – an old WDC bulldog.