Spring being pretty

Just in time for Easter the sakura tree in front of my window started blooming, which is lovely. We had almost entirely clear blue skies recently, but today it rained, which is good because it's barely rained this spring so far. And I can't remember the last time we had a proper thunderstorm, it'd be nice to have one again.

My usual running route is currently way too busy during the day, so on Saturday I got up early and then went for a run at 6:40am. There were very few people around and it was very nice, I ran for two hours and I'm definitely planning to do that again. (Maybe even a little earlier, to catch a little of the dawn.) As very much not a morning person I'm especially proud of myself.
It's not that I don't like mornings: rather, I never manage to go to sleep early and I don't want to leave my bed in the morning. I keep meaning to work on both of these things, occasionally I'm more successful for brief periods but it never sticks…