Charmion, if you set a good example maybe they'll get the idea to participate in taking in their bins promptly? Congratulations on the handy handyman to finish a few things. Here, I need to find a carpenter and a painter for the next phase of work on the house. Take care of that cough.   

I heard about Canadian travel today from my daughter, she's planning for a conference in Montreal. And how to set your phone (use the password, turn off biometrics) so the TSA or whoever can't force you to open it.

The evening has been one for listening to Burns' PBS The American Revolution while puttering in the kitchen to declutter the fridge (there is a TV on the wall). Diced ham to freeze, pulled meat from a chicken carcass for soup, boiled some of the smaller sweet potatoes to cut up and add to a few other veggies for the dogs' meals.

It's too soon here for leaf mulching, most of the leaves are still in the trees, but a couple of days of wind and rain are expected to start overnight and will probably knock down most of the leaves.