Heirloom tomatoes

Complete with cages and drip irrigation.

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Johnny Richardson's Ford

Guitar Finish Practice Box

This box was a practice box to experiment with the blond and amber shellac mixed up from flakes that I purchased from Stewart-McDonald.  The sides are rose wood as are those of the guitar.  A different grade and color.  The top and bottom are made from 1/4 inch ash plywood.   The guitar The keys in the mitred corners are from ash plywood.

The good sides of the ash plywood were finished by first wiping with blond lacquer and adding amber lacquer on top of that.  The lacquer did not apply smoothly over the ash.  Attempts at creating a sunburst pattern didn't work very well. Eventually I poured alcohol directly on the top and scraped the lacquer off.  This left a slight stain effect. (Need to test on spruce.) The guitar top is spruce which is softer wood.  However applying coats of lacquer as a sealer and then scaping with a straight edged razor blade leaves the top lightly stained and very smooth and scratch free.  I plan to apply the Tru-Oil to the spruce top after staining with lacquer and then scraping with a razor blade.  The Tru-Oil may have a yellow tint of its own.

Top and bottom pieces side by side.

Interior of boxes showing solid ash insets which allow the box to close tightly without any metal hinges.

Bottom side of bottom piece on the left shows the bad side of the ash plywood. Top of the top piece on the right shows good side of ash play wood. 

Heirloom Tomatoes

New picture added August 22, 2011. Plenty of growth and green tomatoes.  First bloom on Morning Glories appeared.  About one month left in growing season.

Thanks Virgin Mobile for deleting this picture - geez...

Four of the plants are now in this pen, protected from the wind and animals by three foot high panel of black plastic.  The ground inside the pen is is covered with weed block that warms the ground and keeps the moisture from evaporating.  The jugs of water are intended to provide a warmer micro clime. Today is June 20th, 2011; a three month growing season ahead. Will they make?
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Trade on ULTA

Using techniques learned at the Freedom Traders Intensive in LA from Courtney Smith, I start a trade on ULTA.  For additional details, visit the Stock Trading page on my web site at http://www.superjackdoyle.com/.

Another 55 day high breakout with blue ADX and a three day swing high coming on next day.  Buy with a risk limit of $500 using 20 day low and 55 day high means 36 additional shares for a buy of $2.249.61.  Using 55 day high and 55 day breakout bar low and risk limit of $1000 would mean buying 278 additional shares for a total of $17,344.42 which is more than I want to risk at this time.  Its also more cash than available.  Also, try buying with a stop limit instead of stop loss.  With stop limit, you are assured of yoiur exact price if trade executes.  With stop loss, you are assured of buying at the current market price which may be more or less than your buy stop loss price. 

Snow Canyon State Park, Utah

Took these pictures during an overnight camping outing on a trip to the West coast.

 

Genuine Jimson Weed trumpet flower, looking good enough to eat.

A bannana yucca, glowing in the almost dark.

Don Juan must be around here somewhere.

A small desert variety of the sun flower.

Petrified sand dunes, fun to get lost in...

A lava tube, looking omnimous.