A painter applies stain to a pavilion in the shadow of the slides at Highlands Park Aquatic Center as the pool prepares for its Spring opening. My Final Photo for April 5, 2022.

An invasive Callery pear sprouts leaves at the base of a thorn growing from the thin stalk of an immature tree on the Braun Farm. My Final Photo for April 4, 2022.

The monstrance at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church is covered in a purple shroud marking the last week of Lent. My Final Photo for April 3, 2022.

Japanese magnolia flowers greet visitors at Inniswood along the main path where they enter the park on a relatively warm Spring day. My Final Photo for April 2, 2022.

Sections of corrugated plastic pipes are placed in an underground stormwater holding pond beneath the parking lot of a business and apartment complex being built on South State Street. My Final Photo for April 1, 2022.

City electric work crew installs wiring for new safety and emergency equipment for the traffic signals at Spring Street and County Line Road. My Final Photo for March 31, 2022.

Painters apply a sealer to woodwork on the boardwalk at Highlands Aquatic Center after having completed power washing it and all the wood surfaces at the park. My Final Photo for March 30, 2022.

Workers install docks at the boat ramp at Red Bank on Hoover Reservoir beginning the task of installing docks on all the ramps on Hoover as warmer weather begins the spring and summer season. My Final Photo for March 29, 2022.

The afternoon sun illuminates the condition of the old farmhouse at the Braun Farm on Cleveland Ave. My Final Photo for March 28, 2022.

Eager children are the first in line to make their choice from the hundreds of doughnuts offered at the first Sunday doughnuts and coffee at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church for two years when social gatherings were limited because of the covid epidemic. My Final Photo for March 27, 2022.

A red-winged blackbird breaks into song as it sits on a cattail stalk on the edge of the wetland at Boyer Nature Preserve. My Final Photo for March 26, 2022.

The desiccated body of a paper wasp remains in a cell of the nest that fell from a building during a strong windstorm. My Final Photo for March 25, 2022.