<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Bill Robbins, of Coeur d'Alene, throws yard wast onto a burning slash pile Tuesday while working on his five acres south of town. Robbins, who collects and burns debris once every spring, says he is burning six to eight weeks early due to a mild winter season.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press A Pygmy Nuthatch sits atop an exposed tree root Thursday in Post Falls. The small, social birds travel in small flocks and are very vocal.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Ezekiel Heward, 2, keeps a watchful eye on an approaching goose as his mother, Brandi Elder, feeds the birds Monday gathering along the Spokane River near North Idaho College.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press A buttercup flowers blooms on the edge of a small cliff Thursday over the Spokane River at Black Bay Park.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Betty Zuege, a resident at Four Seasons Assisted Living in Coeur d'Alene, fills plastic eggs with fellow residents Tuesday in preparations for a community Easter egg hunt on Saturday beginning at 1:30 p.m. Approximately 20 residents participated in the task of filling roughly 1,000 eggs with 136 pounds of candy. Children ages 0-12 are encouraged to attend. For more information call 665-2100.</p>
<p>JULIA MOORE/Press Dorothy Todd, a resident of Coeur d'Alene Homes, looks at the "Quilt Walk" Thursday afternoon.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Nick Turner runs his dog, Lola, while riding a longboard Wednesday near McEuen Field in Coeur d'Alene. Lola, the two-year-old Rottweiler mix, obeys commands for right and left-hand turning and will even stop at stop signs.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press A Pygmy Nuthatch sits atop an exposed tree root Thursday in Post Falls. The small, social birds travel in small flocks and are very vocal.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Ezekiel Heward, 2, keeps a watchful eye on an approaching goose as his mother, Brandi Elder, feeds the birds Monday gathering along the Spokane River near North Idaho College.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press A buttercup flowers blooms on the edge of a small cliff Thursday over the Spokane River at Black Bay Park.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Betty Zuege, a resident at Four Seasons Assisted Living in Coeur d'Alene, fills plastic eggs with fellow residents Tuesday in preparations for a community Easter egg hunt on Saturday beginning at 1:30 p.m. Approximately 20 residents participated in the task of filling roughly 1,000 eggs with 136 pounds of candy. Children ages 0-12 are encouraged to attend. For more information call 665-2100.</p>
<p>JULIA MOORE/Press Dorothy Todd, a resident of Coeur d'Alene Homes, looks at the "Quilt Walk" Thursday afternoon.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Nick Turner runs his dog, Lola, while riding a longboard Wednesday near McEuen Field in Coeur d'Alene. Lola, the two-year-old Rottweiler mix, obeys commands for right and left-hand turning and will even stop at stop signs.</p>
A collection of imagery found while out and about in North Idaho during the past week.