I have been tracking spring coming to the Norway maple by my balcony by taking photos of two areas of the tree. One is a branch, a bit farther from the balcony, and the other is a bud quite close to the balcony. Here's the progress of the branch:
March 23, 2012
March 24, 2012
March 25, 2012
March 27, 2012
March 30, 2012
And here it the progress of the bud:
March 24, 2012
March 25, 2012
March 27, 2012
March 30, 2012
On March 31, 2012, the story of this tree took a different turn.