a pre-update for the week to come

Starting tonight and tomorrow, Susan and I are each going away for a week - she to Melbourne and Castlemaine and I to walk the Jatbula trail down near Katherine. The dogs are being farmed out - Jed to Kaye and Lily and Umphy and Freckles to Pia and Emma's house and Helen will have Jo for all the weekdays and a respite carer at Helen's own house in the Gardens for the weekend days. This causes Susan and me (and Louis long distance) a little anxiety as we worry that something untoward could happen having an unknown person then - but we also know she will almost certainly be fine. Any Darwinians reading this who care to visit on Saturday or Sunday that would be great - I will be out of phone range but Susan will be contactable if need be and so would Jo.