A full moon arrives on April 5 with early-morning low tides over the Easter Sunday weekend. The Tlingit people of the Pacific Northwest call it the “moon of budding plants and shrubs.”
Under bouts of cold weather and rain, many wildflowers are trying to bloom, waiting for a warm spell. One shrub, the flowering currant, with its pink chandelier-like flowers, has enlivened the late-winter season. It’s blooming by the Dance Palace Community Center and along…