Cold Can’t Stop Fun

A child celebrates despite the cold after coming down the inflatable gingerbread slide in Uptown during Small Business Sunday. My Final Photo for November 30, 2025.

A child celebrates despite the cold after coming down the inflatable gingerbread slide in Uptown during Small Business Sunday. My Final Photo for November 30, 2025.

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Quiet Walk At Sunset

Quiet Walk At Sunset

A woman crosses against the horizon illuminated by Thursday’s sunset in Sharon Woods Park. My Final Photo for Dec. 10, 2020.

After The Dust Clears

After The Dust Clears

A construction worker blows dust and debris from East College Ave. as the crew finished the day laying topsoil along the edges of the new sidewalk recently finished on the east-west corridor road. My Final Photo for Dec. 9, 2020.

Heritage Christmas Colors

Heritage Christmas Colors

A woman pauses to photograph trees festooned with colored lights as part of the Christmas season decorations at Heritage Park in Westerville. My Final Photo for Dec. 8, 2020.

Police First On The Scene

Police First On The Scene

A Westerville Police officer looks over a cruiser damaged in a crash Monday afternoon at West Main and Cleveland Ave. My Final Photo for Dec. 7, 2020.

Cloudy Skies and Calm Waters

Cloudy Skies and Calm Waters

The shoreline at Schrock Lake in Sharon Woods Park is framed by cloudy skies and calm waters during Sunday afternoon. My Final Photo form Dec. 6, 2020.

WARM Collection

WARM Collection

Workers and volunteers unload the final truck of food donated to W.A.R.M. where the annual food drive collected 60,000 pounds of food more than doubling last year’s amount. My Final Photo for Dec. 5, 2020.

Final Decorations

Final Decorations

A city worker slings a string of lights onto a tree near the Everal Barn in Heritage Park as the city completes decorating the park for the holiday season and the official lighting ceremonies. My Final Photo for Dec. 4, 2020.

Christmas Star Rises Over State

Christmas Star Rises Over State

City workers install the Christmas Star over State Street in an annual tradition that began in the mid-1930 in hopes to instill happier spirits during the Christmas season. My Final Photo for Dec. 3, 2020.

Christmas Banners

Christmas Banners

City workers install Christmas season banners on the light poles in Uptown Westerville with plans later in the week to raise the Christmas Star at State and Main. My Final Photo for Dec. 2, 2020.

Partly Cloudy or Partly Sunny?

Partly Cloudy or Partly Sunny?

A scattering of snow covers a smiling sun painted on the sandwich board advertising Totadalicious on South State Street after an overnight storm. My Final Photo for Dec. 1, 2020.

Snow Corn

Snow Corn

An ear of field corn is nestled under a blanket of ice and snow as the first snow of the season settled on the Braun Farm fields. My Final Photo for Nov. 30, 2020.

All For An Owl

All For An Owl

Photographers and friends of fowl gather below the Alum Creek Dam to observe and photograph a snowy owl that began visiting the structure earlier this week. My Final Photo for Nov. 29, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajg6-WsIOe0

Pool Permanently Closed

Pool Permanently Closed

Very little of the Clearwater Pools buildings remain as the demolition crew nears the completion of removing the closed business at 3C Highway and Emrick Road in Blendon Township. My Final Photo for March 15, 2023.

Sunny Snow Day

Sunny Snow Day

The morning sun casts a bright sharp light over an antique sickle mower sitting at the edge of a snowy garden and field at the Yarnell Farm on Africa Road. My Final Photo for March 14, 2023.

Parking Upgrades

Parking Upgrades

Technicians replace parking sensors in the city hall parking lot as the city upgrades the original almost two-year-old trial version of the system with longer-lasting sensors to feed information to an app detailing open parking spots in Uptown. My Final Photo for March 13, 2023.

St. Paul DayLight Morning

St. Paul DayLight Morning

Steps in the morning snow lead to the Mary statue at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church before the first Sunday Mass. My Final Photo for March 12, 2023.

Five Fishing Friends

Five Fishing Friends

A quintet of fishermen tries both luck and skill as they fish for Muskie in flow below the Alum Creek Park low-head dam. My Final Photo for March 11, 2023.

Making It Rain

Making It Rain

Seedlings at Hoover Gardens are sprayed as one of the first steps to get the newly planted spring flowers ready for sale when the days get longer and the weather gets warmer. My Final Photo for March 10, 2023.

With One Hand …

With One Hand …

Westerville Crew athletes practice with one hand behind their back as they begin spring season training for summer competitions. My Final Photo for March 9, 2023.