Sweet Lord, a viburnum bud! If this is Armageddon for the planet, what a way to go!

This is a viburnum carlesii that we inherited with the house when we bought it in '98. It was always a treasure. But it really needed to be spruced up, and last summer, I bit the bullet and took it completely to the ground (you can see one of the old trunks at the base). This was really a small tree, not a shrub, maybe 10' tall and spectacularly graceful. And I came along with a sharp saw and a lot of caffeine. Couldn't be helped--the trunks were rotting.
But look at it now! Already 4' in some places. And blooming. Be bold. Be in charge. And forget about the old wood/new wood flowering confusion, just prune as soon after flowering as you can, to preserve the next year's blooms. But then, I just prune when the pruning saw is sharp :) So satisfying, and easier than divorce.