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Bent: I always look forward to the first butter cup. It’s something that’s hung with me from my 
childhood. The Cd’A Press used to have a tradition of running the a photo of the first buttercup, and I think they gave you a dollar, and coupon for a root beer float at A&W, or something like that. When
I was in fourth grade, my aunt Sandy got me hooked. She took me out
hiking Best Hill in search of the the first buttercup. Sure enough, we
found one and went down to the Cd’A Press to try and get our pictures in the paper, but we got beat by someone who came in that very same day. So, I have been determined to find the first butter cup ever since. More here.
Question: Have you seen your first flower of spring, yet? What was it? Where was it? When did you see it?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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danofthecommunity on March 22 at 7:27 a.m.
I remember that tradition and that’s when a buck was real money to a kid. I thought they usually found them on Tubbs Hill but I never got the buck myself.
Stickman on March 22 at 8:46 a.m.
I have seen flowers now for over a week on Tubbs. Soon, they will be everywhere.
Stickman on March 22 at 8:52 a.m.
Bent: I like your new blog, but for some reason I couldn’t get my comment to show up.
Bent on March 22 at 10:11 a.m.
Thanks Stickman…I haven’t even messed with the comments section yet. I work on that…
Bent on March 22 at 10:30 a.m.
Hey stickman, it is set up for anonymous comments now. You need to use the drop down menu and “comment as” anonymous
Stickman on March 22 at 5:53 p.m.
I’m down now Bent, I will be there everyday from now on, as I like your style.
Escapee on March 22 at 11:24 p.m.
This sounds weird, but when I lived in CDA, I always knew spring was right around the corner when I saw the first housefly. And then, I spend the rest of the year swatting ‘em.