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Sonoma in Spring - It's Buttercup season.

Spring in Sonoma brings back childhood memories of family hikes in the meadows on Sonoma Mountain.  After the refreshing rains of winter, the wildflowers here are insanely beautiful.  One of the first to appear is the cheerful and brilliant Buttercup.

On our walks we would always stop to pick these happy harbingers of sunny days ahead and my Grandfather would say, "Now hold them under your chin."  Gramp would smile, and look surprised and delighted.  Then, he would ask, "You know what this means, don't you, kids?" 

Even though we'd done this many times before, my brother and sister and I would shake our heads and ask him to tell us (again.)

Gramp would say, "Well, by golly, that golden glow under your chins means you kids love butter!"  And we'd say, "Oh yeah, Grampa, we already knew that."  And proudly we'd walk home clutching our bunches of Buttercups for Gram who had a vase waiting in the kitchen.

Sonoma in spring is Buttercup season.  For me, it's also time for cherished memories of the many  Sonoma springs with which I've been blessed.