Short, wash and go. Funny you should ask, just got it cut today. My hair dresser does such a great job, as it grows out I get two more hair styles before I have to cut it again, but once it gets down around my ears it goes stringy, and I have to chop it all off again.
I love it in the in-between length because it gets all curly.
Color is natural tow headed blonde gone dishwater reddish-blonde and gray, so in winter, I help it along with Garnier Nutrisse #91, but in summer the sun keeps it light and bright and the gray doesn't show, so I don't have to dye it from May through October.
Natural color is auburn (we seem to have a lot of us here!) but the bottom 3 or 3" is still highlighted (blonde) and its all one lengthn brushing my sholders