If it’s nice outside
Shelly on May 02, 2010
…like it was today, Shelly and I will sit outside where we can talk leisurely about our projects. We’ll play music softly and drink whiskey or brandy. Normally, I will like to smoke a pipe.
This evening we sat, chatting about our friends, while I smoked Pirate Kake, by Cornel & Diehl. Smoking this dark cake tobacco strongly suggests the semi-sweet cocoa and creamy Macadamia one can find in coffee from the Asian-Pacific. The cake, which looks like a small brownie, breaks down into tiny flakes easily between the forefinger and the thumb. Because this blend is predominantly, latakia, the smoke is buttery rich and cool.
Near the end of the bowl I suddenly found Shelly to be very amusing and so I was inspired to grab the Polaroid 690. It’s loaded with my last roll of 600 film, which expired in September of last year. The pictures off this roll have been developing a bit sour, but I like it. The under processed blue tone leaves the image washed with reds and yellows creating the effect of vintage film. Bit of oxymora, for you.
I took an opportunity to capture this picture with the last bit of daylight. I watched the film develop, slowly, aimlessly contemplating the feel of the vulcanite bit between my teeth.