Current progress on my new village

Finally I am back from my inactivity. Hopefully I will be able to keep up a higher degree of activity and progress than I have been having recently. Been way too busy with school and stuff to even think about playing Minecraft, but today I was finally able to find time to spare for the game. So here's today's progress.

I was originally planning and hoping to be able to finish my new observation deck first before doing anything else in my newly established village, but I quickly reconsidered and the made the decision to finish the basic infrastructure first, before starting to expand. Because when my observation deck is finished, everything would be read to commence on constructing the first few houses for my village. So I decided to halt progress on my observatory, and instead focus on getting the first infrastructure ready. And for me, infrastructure equals to constructing the first roads for the village. I decided to recycle and slightly change the designs I have been using on my previous roads, for this new one, and it turned out pretty good in my opinion. The only thing that annoys me a bit, is that my new design collided with an already existing design that was being constructed from long ago. So what I had to do, was to implement my new design. I do not destroy or remove my old builds unless it is absolutely necessary, so what I ended up doing was to just expand upon the old design with my new one, and basically mending the two together. Thankfully my old design was not too far into its construction, meaning it did not turn into the biggest problem I have ever faced.

The design I ended up with for my current project. Notice the base of my observation deck which is visible on the right hand side of the screenshot. In the background, a small Sugar Cane farm I am working on can be seen

Second view of my new road

Looking over my progress from high above in my primary observation deck. I was originally intending to take this screenshot from a lower altitude, but had to go higher up because of obstructions blocking my view

As we can see from my screenshots, all that I really lack at the moment, is to get my street lights up and running, which I will have to do later. I am also currently experimenting with using quartz slabs, rather than the stone slabs I normally use for the walkways. I am hoping that I will be able to continue construction of my new observation deck soon, but with my current status, I will primarily focus my attention on finishing this new walkway, and than I will probably add an expansion to my tree farm. Because with my current consumption of birch wood for the planned village, my tree farm has been absolutely driven to its maximum capacity, and that capacity is not even close to providing me with the wood I need in the future. And also I'm currently working on a sugar cane farm as a side project, to provide me with paper I can trade for emeralds, which will provide me with a steady source of glowstone, which I will use in plentiful when the time comes to constructing the first few houses. 

I will try to keep up my progress, but with my current life situation, I cannot make any promises.

- Mattias.