A solid start ... says Daddy

Wow - look at our new roller-skating rink! It's Wednesday, a week since our last visit, and we obviously have smooth concrete flooring to play with. Thanks to B and B, yet another duo of village spies, we have pictures taken this evening to show progress, and in spite of slight drizzle during the week, it's clear that the builders have managed to smooth and pour the flooring. Mrs B took the pictures at 6.30 this evening (Feb 13) and we can see roughly where shadows etc are in high summer. Luckily she left Jack the indefatigable beagle at home, otherwise we might have seen tiny doggy footprints throughout which, call me paranoid, might have upset the builders.

The house swings from looking tiny to huge, thanks to the difference a drop of concrete makes. Other news from this week: the builders have asked us to think about roof, spouting and window frame colour choices, which isn't a problem as we made general decisions about these things last year. Awaiting confirmation are the following: roof and spouting in a deep blue/slate grey colour called greyfriars, and windows some version of white/cream. When we see the colour swatches, we'll confirm these choices.

Yes, it's exciting, and thanks to those of you who have posted comments on recent blogs. My favourite so far is from aj, who noticed that Keith and I looked like happy Chinese lions either side of the front door, wishing good luck into the house. Indeed we do ... and if you believe in feng shui, I suspect we've got doors, general approaches and other good luck design features working our way. Pure luck ... so far we've gone with whatever feels, or looks, right. But we'll take all the good luck we can garner.

Thank you, Dad, for your appropriate summary of the week's work: A solid foundation, indeed. Just keep that skateboard tucked away until they say you can go out to play again. And thank you both, B and B, for such a good update.