In my absence -

 -the Creperie is beautifully finished and the road by the school is well underway (see below).

I've been gone a while and I don't want to make trouble on my first day back,ahem - but the gossip in the market is that our mayor is asking us to vote on wether we want surviellence cameras in the town, or not. Word is that they'll go up unless we vote against.