A pair of birders, one holding binoculars in one hand and a camera in the other, scan Hoover Reservoir for a Pacific Loon to add a checkmark to their annual list of birds they’ve watched. My Final Photo for January 3, 2023.

A fisherman proves his success fishing for Muskie below the Alum Creek Park North low-head dam by showing a catch preserved in a photo on his smartphone as he leaves the creek after failing to catch anything Monday. My Final Photo for January 2, 2023.

Hoover Sail Club sailors run a tight pack around the first buoy of one of the races they ran Sunday continuing the tradition of getting on Hoover Reservoir the first day of every year, weather permitting. My final Photo for January 1, 2023.

A Westerville Electric worker removes a panel from a substation control panel to begin repairing a relay and resetting circuit breakers after a faulty cable caused the loss of power for a portion of the city. My Final Photo for December 31, 2022. 

A young skater pushes off as he approaches a slope at the center of the Westerville skatepark that was just cleared of most of the snow by a group of skaters hoping for a few days of relatively clear winter weather to ply their sport. My Final Photo for December 30, 2022.

A drone pilot and his co-pilot study the flight characteristics of the new drone the pilot received for Christmas as it takes its first flight from the parking lot at an empty Highlands Park. My Final Photo for December 29, 2022.

A snowboarder steadies himself as he nears the end of a ride across the player’s bench at Alum Creek Park where he and another boarder built ice ramps to propel themselves across the bench usually empty this time of the year. My Final Photo for December 28, 2022.

A teenager wearing Crocs steps through cold dirty slush collected at the curb in Uptown as warming temperatures and the application of ice-melting chemicals begin to melt several inches of snow and ice from a winter storm. My Final Photo for December 27, 2022.

One of several new “No Trespassing” signs hangs on the plywood covering the door of the old farmhouse at the Braun Farm where developers hope to demolish the house and barn as part of plans to feel the property. My Final Photo for December 26, 2022.

The Nativity scene sits at the front of the altar and beneath the domed ceiling at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church bearing a star symbol marking the birth of Christ. My Final Photo for December 25, 2022.

A worker spreads blue-colored deicing crystals across the Church of the Messiah entrance as the congregation arrives for Christmas Eve services at the Uptown Westerville church. My Final Photo for December 24, 2022.

A Westerville city snow plow passes a man shoveling snow in front of Java Central after an overnight storm left several inches of snow and temperatures that dropped almost 50 degrees. My Final Photo for December 23, 2022.