Spring in NID (Post Falls, Emmett: appliances, new home, buying)

[Clark Fork Fantast]

For all you winter-weary people, I thought I'd share with you this little video from Post Falls:
Spokesman.com | Spring arrives | Apr 23, 2009 (http://www.spokesman.com/video/2009/apr/23/spring-arrives/ - broken link)
We know about the peepers--how about the other signs of spring? Which birds start singing first? And which are the first trees to start greening?

[pimit2]

Hey CFF,

Thanks for sharing that video! The winter was too long, but spring brings a renewal to the earth that is magical and serene....always well-worth waiting for. Spring is my favorite season, by far!


pimit2 (Bob)

[DESERTRYDER]

CFF

That was great.
I do admit that sometimes I second guess our choice of southwestern Idaho as our new home when I see vid's like that one.
Then reality sets in and I know of the 7 month long winters that make me pucker a bit.
That is the joy of southern Idaho getting a bunch more sun over the whole year.
I hope we are making the right choice

[Fisherman 100]

Research the area for flood plains, fires and other major catastrophes. I currently live in a fire Zone and have had to leave for a week at a time in the past five years. Of course this is in sunny Southern CA. Every state has it's problems. The main thing is use common sense and talk to the wise folk who already live there. Just reading these posts have given me great insight as to what living in Idaho will be like. I just wish I could take my house with me.

I have replaced everything there is to replace. Roof, Paint (inside and out), doors, windows, decks, new kitchen cabinets, and even new appliances. Does anybody own a spaceship large enough to move my house?

[brokencrayola]

Robins are the first sign of spring arriving. You also see the geese pairs arriving and spending time together eating and nesting. The grass starts very slowly turning green and trees begin budding. Spring bulbs such as crocus, daffoldils, tulips, and hyacinth start blooming, which I really love. A real sure sign of spring is Les Schwab becomes crowded again with everyone taking off their winter tires and putting on their summer ones.

[Clark Fork Fantast]

DR, the great thing about Idaho is that they have roads--you can drive up to NID in the spring/summer/fall much faster from Emmett than from Central CA!

Fisherman, I hear you, about the fire zone...we were evacuated in the 2003 firestorm(the fire came within 300 yards of the house), and prepared to evacuate in 2007, and we're in a perpetual stress situation in the fall every time the Santa Ana blows. But NID has fires, too--I guess there is really no way we can be safe, and at the same time live near nature. But you're so right about doing the research before deciding on a place--and then weigh the pros and the cons. I actually was in touch with FEMA, doing flood plains research, before buying our land in NID, one mile from the river!

So, Brokencrayola, how are you doing, living along that beautiful river? Are you up high enough if there are spring floods? Thanks for the "signs of spring" report, it sounds like where I grew up! Except blackbirds were the first sign of spring, singing "in the dead of night" like in the Beatles song...