The morning sun creeps over the treeline on a frigidly cold morning brightening the greenhouse at Inniswood Gardens Metro Park. My Final Photo for Dec. 11, 2019. 

A trucker ties down a pre-formed double tee platform for transport to the site of a new parking garage being built of Lyra and Gemini near Polaris Mall. My Final Photo for Dec. 10, 2019.

Drizzling rain obscures the windshield of a car parked in the main road at the Braun Farm on Cleveland Ave. in Westerville. My Final Photo for Dec. 9, 2019.

A helmeted Santa Claus rides his big-wheel bike in the Christmas parade leading the way for the Knights of Columbus bearing a banner reminding parade watchers the reason for the season. My Final Photo for Dec. 8, 2019.

Christmas lights brighten Heritage Park and the Everal Barn where the city hosts Snowflake Castle during the holiday season. My Final Photo for Dec. 7, 2019.

Santa Claus talks with a slightly reluctant young girl as her mother helps take relieve her anxiety about the greeting after waiting in line to see Santa during the Christmas tree lighting ceremony at city hall. My Final Photo for Dec. 6, 2019.

Workers get a look inside the new drive-thru Tim Horton’s prefabricated building after it was delivered to its location at the corner of Dempsey and 3C Highway where it will be lowered into place Friday. My Final Photo for Dec. 5, 2019.

The Westerville Police Department accident investigation team collects data and evidence from a car and intersection where a pedestrian was struck while crossing Schrock near Roush Hardware. My Final Photo for Dec. 4, 2019.

Klamfoth Landscaping workers unload three of the four trees they planted Tuesday along the east side of State Street just north of Schrock Rd. replacing trees that died during the last year and the sandy soil they were planted in. My Final Photo for Dec. 3, 2019.

A city worker stands atop a section of trunk cut from the base of the city hall Christmas tree so it would properly fit into the hole where it will be decorated for lighting ceremonies Friday night. My Final Photo for Dec. 2, 2019.

A woman walks through the selection of Christmas trees in the Troop 192 sales lot at Central College Church hoping to find the perfect size and shape for her home. My Final Photo for Dec. 1, 2019. 

A car drives past the annual Christmas lights display in front of a home on Olde Mill Drive in Westerville. My Final Photo for Nov. 30, 2019.

A trio of teenage girls walk across State Street where they spent part of Black Friday afternoon shopping in the Uptown district of Westerville. My Final Photo for Nov. 29, 2018.

Three of the women in the Gardiner and Robbins families pose for a selfie while cooking vegetables for the stuffing and finishing the seasoning of gravy for Thanksgiving dinner. My Final Photo for Nov. 28, 2019.

Jewelers at Morgan’s Treasure reattach the wrapping paper on their front windows after it began to blow away exposing the Christmas-themed animated window treatment that will be revealed after Thanksgiving. My Final Photo for Nov. 27, 2019.

A volunteer worker walks through the main floor of the Everal Barn after it was decorated for Snowflake Castle, Westerville’s annual Christmas season celebration for children who get to make their own toys and have a seat in Santa Claus’s lap. My Final Photo for Nov. 26, 2019.

Christmas trees are trimmed and readied for the opening of the sales lot at Glengary Shopping Center on Westerville Road. My Final Photo for Nov. 25, 2019.

A St. Paul the Apostle parishioner drops a frozen turkey atop the growing pile collected outside the church Sunday morning for the food kitchen at St. Paul’s sister parish Holy Rosary/St. John in downtown Columbus. My Final Photo for Nov. 24, 2019.

A young girl holds her hand-lettered sign where she advertised free turkeys for people dropping off four cans of food for W.A.R.M. at the ERA Realty office on South State Street. My Final Photo for Nov. 23, 2019.

A construction worker fastens a tarpaulin to recently installed sandstone toppers for the bridge over a creek beneath the new road connecting Polaris Parkway to Altair Parkway for access to new businesses being built between the two roads. My Final Photo for Nov. 22, 2019.

A set of signs noting the businesses on East Main Street are attached to the side of the Old Bag o’ Nails building at State Street creating wayfaring notices for people headed south on State. My Final Photo for Nov. 21, 2019.