I... Thanks, Frank. That... Bloody hell! I'm even stuttering when I write. I want to stay friends too and I promise to keep in touch whatever happens. (puts hand on heart) Promise! I miss you and Sarah and the girls. Ha. I even miss the Captain. And you can tell him that or not, as you like.

I'm just so confused and... CONFUSED! I expect it will sort itself out eventually. It usually does and then I'll go from there.

Now you look. Don't YOU go round apologising for Dingo for pity's sake, mate! If anything, that's his row to handle. And if he doesn't. Well, then he doesn't. I'll live with it. I've lived with his nonsense before. I don't know why I'm so upset by it. It's not like he hasn't pulled sorry stunts before and worried the life out of me. Ha. You'd think I'd be used to it by now. After all, I grew up knowing the man. I wish

Oh! We're going to the preserve! I'm still stuck in this stupid chair, but that's alright. We're going anyway. Angie and me. Mira says she isn't coming. I keep telling her she should. After all, who's going to keep me from getting on Angie's nerves if she doesn't? I think they have a couple of koalas visiting. That will be fun. I love watching them. Not that they actually do much, but they're so roly-poly and cuddly. They're fun to watch. Haven't watched koalas in ages. They don't live around here, you know. I'll make sketches of them. You'll see what I mean.  The Bronx or Prospect should get some koalas. One of the animal parks there.

Mira says she doesn't understand why we call a cat, Horse. Angie seems to second her. Our hosts, The Taylors, just sort of smiled at them. Well... Between you and me, Frankie. It comes from a comic strip. Yes! Struth! About a dog called Dog, actually, and his 'owner', Wal Footrot. There's a cat in there named Horse. Nothing like the Taylor's Horse. Thank goodness! The comic strip horse is damn bloody dangerous if you ask me! I'd have been shreds instead of having a cat cuddling in my lap, if he was like that one. It's called Footrot Flats. Done by a chap from New Zealand. Bloody funny. Very popular with the Kiwis and with us.

Got to go! I'll email you again later. If I can get hold of a scanner, I'll send some of those drawings with it. I'm going to give one last go at Mira.

Hugs (and kisses to the girls and Sarah),
Rollie