Bill, it's okay to sound "sissy" since you may very well be a woman after all. ;) Count me in there, too, because ... Your scene description of the Cedar Waxwings on the Apple blossoming ornamantal tree is beautiful, wonderful indeed! -- Well said! Laurie, what you described is a very special thing, and I think you're quite lucky to be able to get such a view as that! Closest thing I've got here is a plum tree that bursts into bloom each spring and for about a week, the air is filled with a luscious perfume, but it's rather subtle so you have to deliberately smell the air to catch it -- and only for about a week's time! So that's the spring week I most look forward to. :) We don't have waxwings around here. We do have a few tanagers, but very infrequently. Our typical avians are cardinals, robins, sparrows, grackles, redwing blackbirds, crows, chickadees, and some titmouses (titmice?) and juncos. Occasionally we'll catch sight of a bluebird, redbird, and sometimes a small yellow and black warbler type which I can't remember their name. Birds are way cool, though, and Anton's model is wonderful! I've had it for awhile, but haven't actually used it yet because like Laurie, I wanted to make some textures first for the types around this area. Maybe I'll be able to get to that this summer. :) And Laurie, if you've got a camera around when those cedar waxwings show up, please share! :)