Finally finished a mesquite bowl (to be delivered early next week) as a gift of appreciation for the gentleman who brought me the mesquite. It's not museum quality, but kind of interesting, decently formed and finished. From a really ugly chunk of wood, it has some spalting, a couple small filled worm holes stabilized w/ CA, and a small area of yellow sap wood on one side. Hope he and his sweetie will like it.
Yeah, I know-- no pictures, didn't happen. It did, but my $49 camera does really poor pictures of wood turnings.
And/but finished building the deck my sweetie (The Chief) wanted, with several positive results. It was built the way I wanted. The Chief is very happy with it (hooray!), and approved purchase of a decent digital camera with the money saved vs. hiring it done wrong.