Seasonal Change of Wardrobe

My pin oak on the corner does not enjoy being naked. Its leaves cling until the last moment, when the new leaves are ready to come out. I had figured out last year it was happening around the first week of April, but this year I was in a position to document the change more closely.

Left to right, top to bottom: March 29; April 8, after a big wind storm; just three days later on April 11, almost naked; it took eleven days for the new leaves to start to really show April 22.

Top to bottom, left to right again: May 2, those beautiful early days of lacy sun and shade; May 8, beginning to fill out; May 14, nearly there; and yesterday, May 17, full shade.

So about six weeks for the complete change over.