July 21, 2023 – Fougere Friday

• Brush: Summer Break Soap “Dundy” 26mm Motherlode
• Razor: Blackland Blackbird Lite
• Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
• Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Heather
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. – Mountain Man

Heather is for sure my favorite “pure” fougere – it’s just clean and crisp and doesn’t overdo anything. Blugere is also excellent, but, that’s for berry day and as far as fougeres go, Heather is a better one, MOIMO.

Heather has nothing to do with the Sponsor Spotlight Heather - but, it works out that they share a name and while I have yet to keep a Zingari product in my den, Heather makes the best post shave balm (sego) in the game.

Got this smush from u/RedMosquitoMM a while back and the scent had faded a bit, but, by the third pass it seemed to be coming into its own as I continued to lather it and I again appreciated the subtlety of it. I almost purchased a tub and splash this morning – someday. Mountains have ferns and my wife likes Mountain Man so the pairing worked.

Overall the shave was a really solid end to a great family day. We’re in Michigan and have a few days here to just enjoy our time. We hit up Maggard this morning, then had a picnic at a park in Adrian, went mini-golfing with the kids for their first time ever, bought some local cherries, blueberries, and some vegetables, and then had a relaxing late afternoon into evening. What could have been a blah day at the house turned out to be a great family adventure.

I’ve written a Haiku every day this month as part of these games and I assume they have earned me virtually 0 additional points throughout because I still don’t understand what makes a good Haiku, but, I’m having fun with them. So, today, I’ll write two.

Challenge Haiku:
Maggard by morning
Mini golf by afternoon
Today, a great day

FOF Haiku of the Day

Heather beats them all
Clean, crisp, green, and quite nuanced
Catie takes the cake