Streetlights Under The Winter Sun

A worker installs one of the first street lights for the city’s East of Africa business development project, silhouetted against the winter sun and a faint 22-degree halo.

A worker installs one of the first street lights for the city’s East of Africa business development project, silhouetted against the winter sun and a faint 22-degree halo. My Final Photo for January 12, 2026 

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Third Story Job

Third Story Job

A carpenter waits for more materials to be delivered to his spot on the third floor of an office and apartment building being built on South State Street next to the post office. My Final Photo for October 11, 2022.

A Bug’s Life

A Bug’s Life

A differential grasshopper sits atop a dried teasel flower surveying his choices in the fields at the Braun Farm in Westerville. My Final Photo for October 10, 2022.

Fall Fishing

Fall Fishing

A fisherman wades into Hoover Reservoir hoping for better luck and more fish on a lazy, calm Sunday afternoon. My Final Photo for October 9, 2020.

Everybody Loves Somebody

Everybody Loves Somebody

A couple sits arm-in-arm enjoying DORA drinks across the street from city hall where a Dean Martin tribute band played as part of the Ohio Valley Hometown Reunion in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for Oct. 8, 2022.

Fall Cleanup

Fall Cleanup

Farmer Kevin Scott mows weeds and overgrown grass in one of the fields at the Braun Farm clearing it for parking for a future Otterbein event. My Final Photo for Oct. 7, 2022.

Powerful View

Powerful View

Two youngsters get a bird’s-eye view of the city when they are raised to full extension of a city electric bucket truck during Public Power Open House where the city demonstrated its equipment. My Final Photo for October 6, 2022.

Center Condemned

Center Condemned

Condemned notices mark the condition of the former medical office at Huber Village Blvd. and Eastwind Drive where a planned drug treatment facility began demolishing the old offices before stopping construction. My Final Photo for October 5, 2022.

Corner Survey

Corner Survey

A survey crew marks locations in the Uptown Westerville block that contains the former police detective bureau in the old Post Office, Java Central, Westerville Florist, and other buildings within the alleys behind those buildings. My Final Photo for October 4, 2022.

Book Harbor Dig Out Begins

Book Harbor Dig Out Begins

A contractor uses a backhoe to clear dirt from beneath where the Book Harbor bookstore stood to prepare for a new foundation as the property is converted to a multiple-story business and office building. My Final Photo for October 3, 2022.

From The Shallows

From The Shallows

A family retrieves objects from the shallows at the Twin Bridges boat landing as the afternoon sun reflects in ripples formed by wind at Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for October 2, 2022.

Poison Ivy Volunteer

Poison Ivy Volunteer

A volunteer working to clean trash and debris from the shores of Hoover Reservoir pulls garbage from a stand of poison ivy growing at Red Bank Park. My Final Photo for October 1, 2022.

Tie-Died Homecoming Dance

Tie-Died Homecoming Dance

A couple dances to the sounds of The British Invasion playing at OtterFest Friday night on homecoming weekend at Otterbein University. My Final Photo for September 30, 2022.

Old Windows. New Windows.

Old Windows. New Windows.

Workers install decorative trim around panels at the base of the windows of the apartment and business building under construction on West College in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for April 3, 2024.

Heron Watching

Heron Watching

A couple watches a blue heron fish the rapid waters flowing over the Alum Creek North low-head dam after several days of rain raised the creek’s level as more storms approached. My Final Photo for April 2, 2024.

Blue And White Spring

Blue And White Spring

Senetti Blue White blossoms bring color to a section of a greenhouse at Hoover Gardens as the gardening center begins to stock with spring plants and trees. My Final Photo for April 1, 2024.

Twin Bridges. Twin Clouds.

Twin Bridges. Twin Clouds.

A woman fishing at the Twin Bridges boat ramp is silhouetted against the late afternoon sky. My Final Photo for March 31, 2024.

Almost Pizza Time

Almost Pizza Time

A painter preps an exterior light for refinishing as DiCarlo’s Pizza on the upgraded brick walk beside Java Central is nearing completion with new trees planted and almost all the bricks laid. My Final Photo for March 30, 2024.

Stations In Uptown On Good Friday

Stations In Uptown On Good Friday

A couple stops at one of the 12 Stations of the Cross boards placed on the sidewalks in Uptown Westerville by Church of the Messiah to mark Good Friday. My Final Photo for March 29, 2024.

Ohio Heat Training

Ohio Heat Training

The Ohio Heat AAU running club sprints up the hill to the Hoover Dam’s lower parking lot. My Final Photo for March 28, 2024.