I spent a lot of yesterday trying to put these on, but, infuriatingly, explorer kept crashing. Grrr. Still, what do you think of the cool widget? It is a good way to see  several photos at a time? Dave has been working on the bottom half of the 'hatch'. We wanted it removable to allow any big removals or additions to the kitchen in the future. If we don't have that, the only access will be by the door and once tables etc are in we wouldn't be able to get anything very big in or out. You can also see the new door and maybe you can notice the new screed layer on the floor. There is also a pic of the new concrete floor in the reserve - very neat, it is and the fabrics I have chosen to do the curtains in. The photo of the black one is a little dodgy, but it is a voile with a black velvet baroque pattern on it. I shall back it with the gold, and the idea is that as the blind ruches up, the gold will show at the bottom. For those who don't know what an austrian blind is, I have included a picture of one, although mine shall look slightly different. The windows are so wide, I can have 'tails' at either side on the 2 wider windows. There is also a bad pic of the outside of the windows to be dressed. But you get the idea - they're ugly! I also threw in some pics of the beach at Leucate where we went a week ago yesterday- yesterday, by contrast, we had the heating on for the first time since about March, or something! However, the sun has returned today.