Aw, thanks! I appreciate your thoughtful and supportive comments, and have greatly enjoyed chatting with you on Discord as well.

I lived in California, which has huge redwoods, but I was a city kid from a working class family, so we didn't ever make the trip out to see them, alas. I still have family in the area, though, and I hope to visit them and take the side-trip out into the woods someday!

I do have a Regency day gown about 90% complete right now, it just needs sleeves. (And a good ironing!) When I finish that one, I will definitely share about it here, because I created it from scratch, without a pattern. It's not the most historically accurate dress ever made, but it has the correct silhouette, and I'm quite proud of it anyway. 😊