Pics?
Yeah:

Default village house that I've called home for the past in-game week or so. Cozy, but in desperate need of an overhaul.

This is where I wish I took a before picture. The technical 'center' of town, the blacksmith's and a library, both original except for the blacksmith's roof. You can also see the wall coming in that will seperate the inner city from the outer more industrial/agricultural sections.

Here you can see the vast desert that I've been living in for the past while, luckily with a small grassy plain to break the desolate landscape. This is also my progress on a stone-expensive wall that has consumed any bit of stone from...

The first of my many excavations. :D
Cavern at the bottom is mineral rich and great for me starting out.

My renovated farmlands. They used to dot the landscape of the village, but I decided to be more efficient I'd build them together in one section of town. Beautiful when they are in full maturity, haven't had the need to harvest because of massive amounts of wheat from the first harvests while I was in town.

And lastly, my little breeding experiment, considering it's my first time with Minecraft's breeding mechanics I kinda got carried away leading animals from the plains to my desert abode.
Anyways, I've been having fun, and getting back into Minecraft is fun as hell anyways. :D
Seed: 8354502559419954115
No idea where this village is in relation to the spawn.