Nice shorts! I don't wear shorts much in the UK due to insufficient warmth, but they are very useful garments on the right occasion. Ticks, OTOH, are a concern. I tend to wear heavy-duty insect repellent and am not normally walking much in long grass, but it is ridiculous that there is a lyme disease vaccine for dogs, but not humans. Perhaps post-Covid someone will see a market for one. I'd certainly pay.

Taking PantsNo1 in the other direction, my pattern arrived yesterday, but I hadn't realised that they were cropped. How much do you find that you need to lengthen them when you are making standard length trousers for yourself? Not that they are first on my agenda, as I've decided I want to tackle a dress so need to start now to make sure I finish it while there is still some summer left!