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Read F8 - The My Final Photo Newsletter

Tuesday Night Tunes

Tuesday Night Tunes

Guitarists fill the stage room at Java Central with their usual Tuesday evening performance of favored songs. My Final Photo for October 8, 2024.

Afternoon Wetlands Walk

Afternoon Wetlands Walk

A man walks his dog in the late afternoon sun across the boardwalks spanning the wetlands at Highlands Park. My Final Photo for October 7, 2024.

Quiet At the Creek

Quiet At the Creek

A couple sits in the shade of trees on the bank of Alum Creek, where two women hope their baits and fishing skills below the dam will be successful. My Final Photo for October 6, 2024.

Run In Morning Mist

Run In Morning Mist

Three runners pass the fog-shrouded Yarnell Farm soybean field below the barns as the sun rises over a low-hanging layer of clouds Saturday morning. My Final Photo for October 5, 2024.

Resting From The Ride

Resting From The Ride

A motorcyclist relaxes in his hammock stretched between trees at the Walnut Street boat ramp entrance at Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for October 4, 2024.

Out Of Bounds Fence Painting

Out Of Bounds Fence Painting

The safety fence along Cooper Road at the Westerville Golf Center gets a fresh coat of paint. My Final Photo for October 3, 2024.

Sign Of A Crash

Sign Of A Crash

Westerville Police investigate a crash Wednesday when a car turned too wide onto Brooksedge from Schrock and struck the brick sign in the median. My Final Photo for October 2, 2024.

Bridge Over Hoover Reservoir

Bridge Over Hoover Reservoir

A woman walks across a culvert section of the old, normally submerged Sunbury Road, which is now exposed because of the low water level at Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for October 1, 2024.

Rejection Hugs

Rejection Hugs

Opponents of a Westerville School Board policy allowing children to leave school for religious instruction hug after the board rescinded the policy Monday night. My Final Photo for September 30, 2024.

Infield Slide

Infield Slide

Jesse Allman records himself riding a skimboard across a puddle in the infield at the baseball field in Alum Creek Park North. My Final Photo for September 29, 2024.

Cars, Coffee, And Comparison

Cars, Coffee, And Comparison

Exotic car fans study a 2019 Lotus Elise parked next to a Model A Ford at the Cars and Coffee meetup behind Westerville City Hall Saturday afternoon. My Final Photo for September 28, 2024.

Windy Surprise

Windy Surprise

Two women are surprised when their shared umbrella turns inside out as they stepped into the crosswalk at College and State during Friday afternoon’s heavy wind and rain. My Final Photo for September 27, 2024.

Managing The Rehearsal

Managing The Rehearsal

The stage manager for Generation Performing Arts Center dress rehearsal checks the phone she uses as a scheduling and timing device as dancers get into position for the next sequence of the Christmas show at Westerville Central High School. My Final Photo for December 12, 2024.

Christmas Remembrance

Christmas Remembrance

A Merry Christmas top hat decoration hangs at First Responders Park where tribute and Christmas greetings are paid to the city’s first responders who gave their lives performing their duties. My Final Photo for December 11, 2024.

Rainy Uptown Lighting

Rainy Uptown Lighting

Rainwater drips from Christmas lights hanging from the Old Bag of Nails awning in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for December 10, 2024.

Training At The Library

Training At The Library

Four-year-old Ira studies the movement of “N” scale trains making the rounds in a display at the Westerville Public Library, where the Columbus Area “N” Scalers set up its annual display. My Final Photo for December 9, 2024.

Not A Dollar Tree

Not A Dollar Tree

A Christmas tree is tied onto the top of a family van after it was chosen from several hundred available at Glengary Shopping Center, where Dollar Tree is one of the anchor stores, not the price of the tree. My Final Photo for December 8, 2024.

Messiah Rehearsal

Messiah Rehearsal

The Westerville Symphony has a dress rehearsal at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church for its Sunday evening performance of Handel’s Messiah in the church’s sanctuary. My Final Photo for December 7, 2024.

Diesel-Powered Sleigh

Diesel-Powered Sleigh

Santa stands in his diesel-powered bucket truck sleigh after overseeing the holiday tree lighting in front of city hall Friday night. My Final Photo for December 6, 2024.