speaking of which....remember the tree outside my window that all the birds and bees loved? the one the lad ndlord's horrid son hacked down without so much as a by-your-leave because he thouggt h h it WAS A WEED? well, another tree has sprung up in its place! and it is growing as fast as a weed! although it will still be years bedore f f it's as big as its predecessor.