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3/3 #Churchwarden #Church

The focal point is a unique "Churchwarden" style tobacco pipe with a polished, orange-tinted briar wood bowl and an exceptionally long, elegantly curved wooden stem. The pipe is laid horizontally across the slats of a dark-stained wooden bench.

In an outdoor setting with dry, leafless trees under a bright blue sky, a man with a light brown complexion, dark-rimmed glasses, and a gray Kansas City Royals baseball cap looks directly at the camera. He wears a blue-gray zippered athletic pullover and has a short, salt-and-pepper beard. In the foreground, he holds a light-colored wooden smoking pipe with a long, curved stem toward the camera, with the mouthpiece resting against his lips. The scene is illuminated by bright, natural sunlight, casting soft shadows.

An adult hand holds a long-stemmed, handcrafted wooden pipe against a blurred outdoor background of a pond and autumn trees. The pipe features a small, rounded bowl made of light-colored, polished briar wood with a visible grain, and an exceptionally long, elegantly curved wooden stem with a darker, matte finish. The scene is illuminated by bright, natural sunlight, casting a sharp shadow of the person holding the pipe onto the leaf-covered ground below.

My daughter lives in AK and met a pipemaker at a festival. She worked with him to design a pipe to gift me. Yesterday, I was blown away by her gesture & the pipemaker's craftsmanship. It's made of briar, black walnut, and ironwood. It'll be cherished.

#AlaskaSky #Churchwarden #pipes #christmasgift

I've had other possible near misses. Once I heard #church receptionist say,in front of me,a few metres away:'she knows we're all satanists'. At same church-250people in congregation- #churchwarden stood at opendoor inside church after service said loudly:'she knows we're satanists'. #JuliaWilkinson

I both agree and disagree with William Temple, the great Archbishop of Canterbury, who once remarked intriguingly:

#Aristotle had the mind of a #churchwarden.

I disagree with his jocular, pejorative implication (Temple was a #Platonist).

I agree that many churchwardens are logically sharp.

Oh the joys of being a #churchwarden !

A #pilgrimage to the #Shropshire parish of #Myddle where #barrister #RichardGough wrote its history. It’s why I became a historian. Does he hold the record for longest serving #churchwarden?

#KingsNorton #MemorialMonday #churchwarden built 2 churches in a decade! #Churchcrawling

#Captain #Churchwarden #Bathampton #RemembranceSaturday

#font #salad #churchwarden

Just found a #churchwarden called #HughHoneyball #History