The story so far

Derbyshire stone sculptures in our garden

The canvas of our daily life is changing slowly, but the basic rhythm does not vary much.  I'm up at 6 to feed and walk the dogs round the bock - these days in the light, and although cool in the early morning not really coat and hat weather!  Then some time on the exercise bike, and reading the papers before a bit of breakfast.  Mary is usually up around 8, and the morning drifts on with shopping every 2-3 days, checking emails (and writing this blog!) and, for Mary, often some cello practice or maybe a bit of garden tidying - things are growing fast now.  Apéros at around midday then our main meal, lunch, which we more or less take turns to cook.  

Edmond and Elvire have settled in well, now here for 6 weeks

After lunch I often and Mary sometimes take a nap, and then one or both of us take the dogs out for a slightly longer walk, sometimes by the Canal, sometimes in the little wooded 'parcours de santé' north of the town.  Once we are back things drift towards cups of tea, some tv, videos or reading, and if we have a Zoom call scheduled it's usually early evening.  The dogs get their final walk of the day around 10 and are settled on the settee,  and then we're reading in bed for a while.  Things changed a bit recently with occasional visits to friends for lunch or music, and we have bigger changes on the horizon with our first wine tasting group on Saturday in the garden of friends in Saint Christol, while in a fortnight we are very much looking forward to our musical and wine trip to the Savoie, Jura and Burgundy, of which more anon. 

Walks along the canal - flowers, birds and sometimes we get as far as the donkeys