heron in the garden

The big moment of my day was glancing out of the window and seeing a heron wading in our pond at the bottom of the garden. Makes me feel sad that all this will be destroyed and wildlife will be disrupted.
And here is the heron. Isn't that amazing?
Apart from that on a more mundane level:

• party wall agreements are being sorted out
• nursery behind has been approached for back-of-house access
• agreement with builder being reached about basement & terms of contract etc.
• Transition Town group looking to buy PV cells en-bloc

Looks as though we will start some time in February.

Dominic the architect has been brilliant in keeping things moving.