A contractor measures the opening to Hanby Alley at Home Street as crews prepare the gravel surface for concrete and asphalt, perhaps this week, depending on weather. My Final Photo for July 7, 2025.

A wing foiler prepares to deflate his brightly colored sail after an afternoon gliding across Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for July 6, 2025.

Rows of heirloom and hybrid tomatoes are arranged in rows at a farmer’s table at the Saturday Market in Westerville. My Final Photo for July 5, 2025.

A mother steps in front of a parade of young bicyclists, signaling where they should stop at the start of the neighborhood’s July 4th bike parade on Springview Drive. My Final Photo for July 4, 2025.

A family’s chairs sit curbside Thursday evening to reserve the best spots for Friday’s July 4th parade in Westerville. My Final Photo for July 3, 2025.

A skateboarder holds two vintage boards outside Old Skool Skate Shop in Uptown Westerville. The board on the left is a mid 1980’s Bob Roskoff board with a Jim Phillips face design. The smaller Pinky-Dink board at right has steel wheels could be from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. My Final Photo for July 2, 2025.

A fisherman runs to retrieve his boat before a late afternoon rainstorm sweeping across Hoover Reservoir reaches the Walnut Street boat ramp.My Fiinal Photo for July 1, 2025.

A contractor molds concrete into a curved curb as part of upgrades to Hanby Alley at East Home Street in Uptown Westerville. My final Photo for June 30, 2025.

A trolling fisherman passes two other boats that are anchored and fishing in a small corner of Hoover Reservoir, just above the Smothers Road Bridge and the Hoover Sailing Club. My Final Photo for June 29, 2025.

A Westerville construction inspector, on his way to dinner with his wife, stands barefoot at a storm drain on Africa Road after temporarily removing a drainage dam that held back water flooding the road after a late afternoon storm moved across the city. My Final Photo for June 28, 2025.

Friends and family gather at the crossroads of State and Main Streets in Uptown Westerville during the Fourth Friday festival, pausing to request their portrait for Take My Picture!, a 50-year photographic series capturing community life at the invitation of those photographed. My Final Photo for June 27, 2025.

A contractor and an inspector review the installation instructions for a new underground garbage dumpster in Hanby Alley, off East Home Street. My Final Photo for June 26, 2025.

A fisherman casts his lure into the flooded lagoon at the Walnut Street boat ramp as the sky darkens under an afternoon rainstorm. My Final Photo for June 25, 2025.

A kayaker paddles into the waters of Hoover Reservoir from the Twin Bridges boat launch, seeking refuge in the nearly still waters of the lake on a very warm summer day. My Final Photo for June 24, 2025.

A young girl runs across an open field in the last hour before sunset, heading to the playground at Alum Creek Park North. My Final Photo for June 23, 2025.