I've just got home to Romeyer after a wonderfully intense five days with the Devon Youth Jazz Orchestra at the Vienne Jazz Festival – I'm only here until Saturday, but I just can't resist the lure of a few days at lavender time: it'll mostly be gone by the time I return at the end of July, especially if this 'canicule' continues to roast France.
On the plus side, the heat will encourage me to rest: I had a heart valve repair at the beginning of April, so it's going to take a long time for the heart muscle to rehabilitate (and which is why I've not been here since the New Year). All's going well, but patience is the key, along with regular exercise (and rest) to gradually aid the rehabilitation.
On the minus side, the heat and dryness have provoked a lot of forest fires, and at the moment there's one just south of Die: with no prospect of rain, and the fire services stretched to their limit (particularly the fleet of firefighting aeroplanes), containing the fire is severely challenging. All we can really do is keep fingers crossed.
Anyway, on happier things, I've had my first Romeyer morning walk, and the butterflies are just loving the local lavender, even more than I am!
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