I have made myself a nice cup of tea.  Darjeeling, with milk.

Happy Mother's Day!  Scout and I were successful on our clandestine collaboration.  We managed to communicate by text and plan a gift for Joon.  Scout downloaded a piece of her art onto a flash drive.  I retrieved it, printed it out and mounted it in a redwood picture frame I made.  I was sure that my lovely wife was on to us but fortunately she had no clue.  She was totally surprised and loved the gift.

The entire project was dependent on computers.  The fact that they have moved into our life so swiftly amazes me.  Scout painted the painting digitally.  We communicated by text messaging.  The artwork was transferred by a magical flash drive (a piece of technology that I do not understand).  The only technology I fully grasp is the woodworking equipment I used to make the frame.  The process represents how old and new world technology can blend together to create something wonderful.