I have branches to pick up in the yard, too. We have a huge Maple that LIVES to shed branches when anyone BREATHES breathes in it’s general direction, versus the 45 MPH gusts we had, yesterday. ;)
We had to have two huge willow trees cut down in February. The extreme cold caused the moisture in the trunks to crack vertically about 5 feet in length. Big bucks were spent sadly. I won’t miss picking up the fallen branches, however.