Thanks for the replies.
kc,.....i did not mean to imply that this was only a few years old.It is probably 15 years old,but i was forced to start the styling over after a freeze in '01 took the top out of it.It had gotten too tall anyway,so it was a blessing in disguise.
I'm posting a pic of this tree from august of last year('05)...as you can see,it has grown quite a bit.
I started work on it yesterday....and, as usual was a bit aggressive with my pruning
.No pics yet...I guess I could post some to show what NOT to do~L~.
Again,this pic is from last year.
andy