Each year I anticpate and look forward to the first snow of the season. There's something special about seeing the dry summer earth blanketed in a cold, cool white. I anxiously await the time I can walk out my front door, slip on my snow shoes and head across the countryside; It's grown up play time for me - make believe. I become a daring adventurist trekking the winter wilds. But today is April 14. According to the calendar it's spring, and time for springtime things: planting, painting, gardening, and bike riding. I put my snow shoes away last month. But north Idaho weather isn't logical and doesn't always follow the typical four season climate rule. This morning we woke to 3 inches of snow ! Spring snow.