I've kept the same old avatar for XIV years (thank you Lady Julilla a few aeons ago) but it was time for a New Me after my sabbatical - so this is my public place to say that I asked Lady Shibori Murasaka for her help, and said I wanted a dramatic, "slightly wicked" new look - and I'm so delighted with her work that I had to say

thank you thank you thank you!

to her. Time for a new look all round!