A ray of sun shines through afternoon clouds to illuminate Inniswood Metro Gardens. My Final Photo for Nov. 1, 2021

A sailor steers his single-sail craft along the gold-colored fall shoreline of Hoover Reservoir getting in a final sail for October. My Final Photo for Oct. 31, 2021.

A fisherman uses a fallen tree dangling over the waters below the Alum Creek low-head dam hoping the extension might increase his chances of catching more or larger fish from the creek. My Final Photo for Oct. 30, 2021. 

A rain squall obscures the eastern shore of Hoover Reservoir where trees are beginning to show their full set of fall colors. My Final Photo for Oct. 29, 2021.

Workers mark the location of a hole bored into a median island on Huber Village Blvd. to mark underground utilities that may interfere with concrete pillars for new street lights. My Final Photo for Oct. 28, 2021.

A parade of princesses, ninjas, superheroes, cartoon characters, and unicorns made their way around Uptown Westerville before returning to the pre-school at Church of the Messiah on North State Street. My Final Photo for Oct. 27, 2021.

Sharon Woods rangers and volunteers remove the heavy growth of European Alder from a section of the prairie near Schrock Lake to prevent the invasive tree from taking over and killing sections of the prairie with its native grasses and wildflowers. My Final Photo for Oct. 26, 2021.

Maple leaves cover the normally dirt path leading away from Red Bank Park at Hoover Reservoir as cooler weather and shorter days hasten the turning of leaves. My Final Photo for Oct. 25, 2021.

Before sunrise at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Westerville, Ohio. My Final Photo for Oct. 24, 2021.

A volunteer sorts his way through a dense thicket of overgrown invasive honeysuckle as he and other volunteers joined Friends of Alum Creek and Tributaries in cleaning honeysuckle and other invasives from Boyer Nature Preserve. My Final Photo for Oct. 23, 2021.

A combine and corn hauler crawl through one of the fields of corn on the Yarnell Farm hoping to harvest both fields before the end of the day and before rain arrives Saturday. My Final Photo for Oct. 22, 2021.

A young woman performs with great enthusiasm on an empty stage to an empty amphitheater in an empty park Thursday afternoon in Westerville. My Final Photo for Oct. 21, 2021.