spring

there's a huge magnolia outside my window at work that's been blooming for the past few weeks and is only now starting to shed it's petals. the window itself is lovely - tall and deep silled with small panes of leaded glass that frame the flowers perfectly. the sky is blue, and the small green leaves have just begun to unfurl, and it makes sitting at a computer bored bored bored and avoiding reading for a few hours perfectly bearable. today, two blackbirds have taken up a conversation in the magnolia, kicking out the usual squirrel and setting up a bit of a racket. the preening blackbird on the tan branch with the pink, white, and pale green tree, all framed by the leading of the windows