wonderment of nature

While waiting for a train in Perpignan I did a spot of wandering and looking at people's houses/gardens - a favourite pastime. There are some magnificent 1910/20s houses near the station and in the garden of one of them I noticed, while looking up at some particularly lovely brick air vents, this beautiful and ultra-symetrical pine tree. I say pine, it's probably something quite exotic but just look at the snowflake-like shape of the upper branches, and that little bit of new growth right at the top; almost something from a cartoon, furry and perfect, saluting the late afternoon sky.