A new moon rises over Memorial Day weekend on Thursday, May 25. Extreme morning low tides accompany the rising; a minus 1.7 tide on Saturday is the lowest point, about an hour after sunrise.
I am always surprised at how the lush spring greenery appears to turn golden brown seemingly overnight, though we are a month from the summer solstice. Equisetum, commonly known as horsetail, is green profusion now; just a month ago, it looked…