Dorothy, does the Canadian health system cover things like home helpers going to patient homes for a few hours a day or week to take care of some of the basic care and cleaning? It sounds like something to get set up with if Robin is going to be simply away at work or out of town for days at a time.

Spent an hour on Malwarebytes chat last night again sorting out my account. I use them for real-time browser security and VPN. The last configuration (in May this year) ended up with four devices but scattered between two accounts. Now it is one account with four devices. And since we were reworking the account he sent a link to a discount (35%) so I'm set for two years. VPN on the phone and tablet are good for when I'm out on public WiFi but want security. VPN at home is most often used to view videos in other places that are otherwise blocked to US viewers. The guy's name showed up as "Michael Jordan" and the mature me resisted asking any basketball questions.

There is a hint of skunk in the house and yard this morning, but there are no bodies in the yard or direct hits on dogs so I'm not sure what the story is. At breakfast this morning I decided to go back to basics as far as fussy Pepper is concerned. A bowl of dry food and nothing else, and after that I broke up and handed each their share of a banana. For some reason mixing it together is beginning to mess with an OCD part of Pepper's head.

When the trash went out today (small grocery bag) I decided to drop it in the large bin and then top it off with the pruned limbs off of the huge Maximillian sunflowers along the driveway. Now that they're dry they're dropping seeds everywhere, so I'll send a few of those to the dump. Most yard waste goes in the compost, but these are woody and tough to break down. I also toss them over the back fence to add to the branch debris discouraging trespassers from strolling through that back part of the yard.