Work Day Jubilation

Luke Ernst, owner of Westerville Antiques, cheers as Ohio State scores against Michigan while watching the game from behind the counter of his Uptown store, one of many working on OSU-Michigan Saturday. My Final Photo for November 29, 2025.

Luke Ernst, owner of Westerville Antiques, cheers as Ohio State scores against Michigan while watching the game from behind the counter of his Uptown store, one of many working on OSU-Michigan Saturday. My Final Photo for November 29, 2025.

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Warm Hammock Reading

Warm Hammock Reading

An Otterbein student reads in a hammock with her back warmed by the afternoon sun on the grassy plaza behind Towers hall. My Final Photo for March 6, 2021.

Working For Warmer Weather

Working For Warmer Weather

  A gardener at Hoover Gardens replants seedlings into larger pots as the garden center prepares for the first day of Spring in about two weeks. My Final Photo for March 5, 2021.

Health Care Fencing

Health Care Fencing

A worker builds a temporary safety fence around a section of the woods cleared at County Line and Africa Roads where a new skilled-nursing health care building is under construction. My Final Photo for March 4, 2021.

Moving Power Underground

Moving Power Underground

A city electric crew installs a crossbar on a new utility pole at the Main Street bridge where power lines will be directed underground as the nearby substation is upgraded. My Final Photo for March 3, 2021.

Uptown Rainbow

Uptown Rainbow

A city electric work crew creates its own small rainbow washing off a vacuum hose used to clear holes during the replacement of a utility pole in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for March 2, 2021.

Braun Farm Maple

Braun Farm Maple

The weathered and aged trunk of the maple tree adjacent to the farmhouse at the Braun Farm begins to warm in the last month of winter. My Final Photo for March 1, 2021.

Father’s Assistance

Father’s Assistance

A father lifts his son into the crook of a tree as his family urges the youngster to pose for a photo along the shoreline of Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for Feb. 27, 2021.

Skater’s Blues

Skater’s Blues

A skater steadies himself after failing on grinding one of the sections of the Westerville Skatepark on a cool late February afternoon. My Final Photo for Feb. 26, 2021.

Ice Fishing Heron

Ice Fishing Heron

A Great Blue Heron walks its way across the thinning ice at the Highlands wetlands in search of open water for a meal. My Final Photo for Feb. 25, 2021.

Lost Light Recovered

Lost Light Recovered

City electric crews remove a streetlight pole that was broken at its base recently in a car crash on Sunbury Road near East College. Ave. My Final Photo for Feb. 24, 2021.

While The Ground Is Wet

While The Ground Is Wet

A woman uses a hand tool to turn the earth at her plot in the Westerville Community Garden at the end of Hiawatha Street. My Final Photo for May 1, 2023.

Altar Boy Assistant

Altar Boy Assistant

An usher at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church gets an assist extinguishing candles on the altar after the early Sunday Mass. My Final Photo for April 30, 2023.

The Senior Class

The Senior Class

Graduates of Westerville High School before the building became Hanby Elementary sit in the front row during Hanby’s 100 birthday celebration Saturday. My Final Photo for April 29, 2023.

Dad’s Work Tools

Dad’s Work Tools

A father shows his son and a few neighborhood kids how the front-end loader he uses at work allowing them to raise and lower the bucket while it is anchored to the trailer. My Final Photo for April 28, 2023.

Pool Time, Almost

Pool Time, Almost

The drains in the diving and lap pool at Highlands Aquatic Park get a final check before it becomes the first pool filled for the summer as the center is prepared for opening on May 27. My Final Photo for April 27, 2023.

His First Muskie

His First Muskie

A fisherman bears a wide grin as he shows off the 30-inch muskie he pulled from the shallows beneath the Alum Creek Park North low-head dam. My Final Photo for April 26, 2023.

Water Softener Cleanup

Water Softener Cleanup

A pumping station sprays sludge to stir the lime holding pond at the city water treatment plant before it is pumped into a tanker truck where it is transported to farms to be spread to aid in the growth of field crops. My Final Photo for April 25, 2023.