I had a tough day yesterday and decided towards the end of the day that grabbing my camera and going on a blossom search would be a good way to decompress.

I was racing against incoming weather and loss of light, when I decided to stop at an orchard on Cherry Street in Vineland.

The blossoms had moved beyond the perfect, pristine crispness that is such a joy to see at this time of year. But the slight deterioration was just a reminder that the blossom is only the precursor to the tree’s true purpose - the fruit.

While the blossoms where past perfection, that only served to highlight the underlying ‘support system’ - the tracery of branches is definitely part of the appeal and the beauty of a blossoming orchard.

These blossoms turned out to be a metaphor that was a perfect learning from the day I’d had.

1) Things don’t have to be perfect to be beautiful.

2) Look beyond the obvious for the beauty and strength beneath.

3) The way we fulfill our purpose is constantly evolving.