the annual beauty of the asian pear

One day the tree has a few white blossoms, and squirrels running around in it chewing the most promising buds.  The next day ... waking up, the view from the bedroom window looks like this.  Then at lunchtime, one can sit in the dining room, a floor higher up, and look out with a different view through the branches.  This is when I become incredulous at the beauty of living here ...