The February sky is quiet, with no full moons, but March is bookended with full moons on March 2 and 31. The new moon on Feb. 15 brings afternoon minus tides throughout the week.
Warm temperatures and moist soil are ushering in the first wildflowers. Amid the deep green and shade of Bear Valley Trail, tiny violets and masses of milkmaids, also called toothwort, four-petalled white and pink flowers, are always among the first to…