Matisse and Spring--What's Outside Your Window?

The Dessert: Harmony in Red, Henri 

Looks like Henri had trees in bloom outside his window.

Maybe he was listening to this music while he painted, which premiered the same year, 1908.

Maurice Ravel - Rhapsodie Espagnole, I-II 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ZyAf1udmU 

Matisse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dessert:_Harmony_in_Red_%28The_Red_Room%29