Air
Shade, straw, spray — none of them read catalogs
Live oaks lean the air and steal a high start. Pine straw after a dry spell skids whatever you captured on a mat. July humidity sprays a fade into a rumor.
We cloth the skylight on purpose. We keep straw honestly dry. We note humidity instead of pretending a cool March morning is the year. If your loop is mostly open and inland, say so — Ellis will still run canopy logic, but the frame will weight drought more honestly.