The tree outside my window

I'm going to keep a track of this on Instagram, it's so beautiful!

The tree is an ornamental cherry that grows in my next door neighbour's garden.

In general I'd really rather sleep with my head at the other end of my bed, but I choose this way round so I can look out at the tree.

To remind you, here was the tree outside my window last November.

Then, on a day of lucid early spring sunshine in the second week of February, it looked like this.

On the eleventh of April — just a week ago — it looked like this.

We'd had some chilly days when the wind was cold, but you can see the leaves just emerging and the flower buds ready to break.

Then yesterday was really warm, so by the middle of the night above the streetlamp it looked like this.

And in the lovely light of advanced sunrise, like this.

It's a beautiful day with a slight breeze, and the blossoms have continued to unfold. By mid-morning it looked like this:

And I do believe it was even gloriouser by lunchtime.

You can sit here and watch the leaves unfurling and the blossom opening in the sun! Every time I look at it, it's even prettier.

May you always have a tree outside your window, to make your heart happy.