The new moon on Friday, Aug. 30 will preside over the Labor Day weekend with low tides in the early mornings and very high tides in the mid-afternoons, peaking at 6.1 feet on Monday at 2:20 p.m.; morning beach walks are best over the holiday weekend.
Berry picking continues with a slightly later arrival of huckleberries where I usually search. Recently, while approaching a scramble of blackberry vines, I startled a covey of quail—adults, and…