Jumping back in with belated thanks!

Aida -- Yes, "soft high contrast" is a great descriptor. Glad you liked the linen dress/tube skirt (I added one more of the dress with baby bootcuts and pink booties since we got cool again).

And technically I know you must feel my pain re curls but your hair always looks so well-behaved I don't believe it, ha! We've had cool wet, very hot dry, warm humid, and about 10 other variations this week....

Beth Ann -- HI -- have missed seeing you around! I'm not sure I can live up to your vision of me bossing my clothes around but I do try, so thank you! We have so much overlap in our color palettes and tastes I look forward to (hopefully!) seeing what you get up to this summer with combos and trends.

CJH -- I'm not much for white and generally avoid pales in big chunks so this has taken a bit of getting used to, so thank you for thinking I've pulled it off! I'm feeling much more ready for when those baking temps come and STAY.

Hah! I think I've just gotten good at tweaking around what the curls are doing to make it look like controlled chaos (which is my goal, so lofty ). Easier to do with shorter hair IMO. The weather and humidity changes are the toughest; I find dry muuuuuch harder to deal with than humid!