A family crosses the snow-covered field at Alum Creek Park North, heading back to their car under winter lights after a night of play. (My Final Photo for February 9, 2026)

A mother holds up her phone to capture a selfie with her kids while sledding on the smaller hills at Alum Creek Park North, bundled up for a cold, snowy day. (My Final Photo for February 8, 2026)

An Urban Strings Youth Orchestra violinist sets herself for the opening of the group’s next piece of music at a performance at the Westerville Public Library. (My Final Photo for February 7, 2026)

Westerville firefighters work to free a raccoon that had a plastic jar stuck on its head as it wandered between cars on West Main Street in Uptown. (My Final Photo for February 6, 2026)

Micah Crockett chips and shovels ice blocking a narrow alley on East Main Street, where melting snow refroze overnight into thick ice, icicles, and slick puddles. (My Final Photo for February 5, 2026)

A technician tests the electronics of an electric guitar during a repair at Music & Arts in Uptown Westerville, with a brightly patterned instrument shirt adding an unexpected visual note. (My Final Photo for February 4, 2026)

A man and a child walk along a path near Schrock Lake at Sharon Woods Park on a winter afternoon, as fresh snow covers the ground and the low sun breaks through clouds in the background. (My Final Photo for February 3, 2026)

Filmmaker Mark Butler displays a photo of a historical marker in Delaware that inspired a stage production and a film about “Camp Delaware,” where Black Ohio Civil War soldiers were trained. (My Final Photo for February 2, 2026)

Young anglers fish through nine inches of ice on Hoover Reservoir, midway between the dam and the Walnut Street boat ramp. (My Final Photo for February 1, 2026)

Volunteers explain how to care for plastic gallon-jug greenhouses as gardeners pick them up Saturday at the Seed and Plant Swap at the library. (My Final Photo for January 31, 2026)

Westerville firefighters help a father retrieve his infant son after the car was accidentally locked with the child inside. (My Final Photo for January 30, 2026.)

Late-afternoon winter light falls on snow-covered fields and the barns at Yarnell Farm. (My Final Photo for January 29, 2026)

Arctic Westerville – Sledders and snowboarders gather atop the snow-covered hill at Alum Creek Park South late Wednesday afternoon, where single-digit temperatures have turned the packed snow into ice, making for faster, more thrilling rides. (My Final Photo for January 28, 2026.)

A woman stretches across a chest-high pile of plowed snow to press the pedestrian crossing button at State and College on Tuesday afternoon.

Today’s Blue Plate Special, while hunkering in a cold corner at home, was a double cheeseburger, mini corndogs, and jalapeño chips. My Final Photo for January 26, 2026.