Wow Sully, that must have been some big branch to wake you up and now to get rid of it will be the big job. The sound of your yard and gardens make me want to live in S.California. I just love gardenia's and the scent from the trees. In Texas there were so many beautiful trees that bloomed and had heavenly scents-I loved gardenia, mountain laurel was also such a nice scent-we had a small tree right outside out bedroom windows-I loved it. Here in cold New England we have to wait and lilacs are the first ones that have a nice scent but I am so allergic to them--I have a hard time even breathing when they bloom-I had childhood asthma and it seems to act up again when lilacs bloom! I am on a 24 hour allergy med now before they even bloom! At the moment the tulips, daffodils, hyacinth and the forsythia bushes are now blooming-it is so pretty when I take my nature walks. I love the birds and try to identify them as they sing and fly around in the woods near my house--I love to walk in the local cemeteries not too far from here-there are so many birds in the trees there. I have been so sad since the horrific bombing of the finish at our marathon----but am watching the prayer service right now. All our political people and our President and First Lady are front and center and it is a beautiful tribute to the dead and injured. I do hope these degenerates that did this to innocent people will be caught and prosecuted to the fullest extent they can be! It is so hard to think of these disgusting people walking among us that they can do such harm to people they do not know, children-sweet and pure----these are not even human beings-they lack something to be able to do such things--it disgusts me and sickens me! Who are these killers what has happened to turn them into maniacs? Praying for peace and harmony in this sick world we are living in! Helen