The new moon rises on Monday, Sept. 2 over the Labor Day weekend, bringing extra low morning tides just before sunrise. Autumn has a full menu of meteor showers and super moons—three more this year—plus a lunar eclipse.
The deep forest greens are dusty as summer draws to a close, but spikes of color are provided by fiery-orange, slender-leaved South African lilies, Crocosmia sp. These late-blooming transplants cluster along Bear Valley Trail. Native bay…