Patio Clearing Marks Winter’s Approach

Despite the mild weather, most of the outdoor seating at Jimmy V's in Uptown has been cleared, and the waterfall is turned off as a sign of the upcoming winter. My Final Photo for November 19, 2925.

Despite the mild weather, most of the outdoor seating at Jimmy V’s in Uptown has been cleared, and the waterfall is turned off as a sign of the upcoming winter. My Final Photo for November 19, 2925.

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Baling Hay On Sharp Farm

Baling Hay On Sharp Farm

Kevin Scott and his crew bale hay on the farmland around the historic Sharp Family Home on Africa Road. My Final Photo for July 31, 2020.

Casting For Luck And  Skill

Casting For Luck And Skill

Two people sit at a picnic table with a variety of rods and reels for themselves and their children as they fish at the pond in Sharon Woods Metro Park. My Final Photo for July 30, 2020.

Senior Meeting

Senior Meeting

A group of Westerville Senior Center members has their weekly meeting at Red Bank Park at Hoover Reservoir where their biggest complaint is the closing of the pool table at the center which was their favored place to meet before the pandemic. My Final Photo for July 29, 2020.

Highlands Prairie Flowers

Highlands Prairie Flowers

A groundskeeper for Westerville Parks and Recreation mows narrow strips of grass along the edge of the small prairie filled with flowers at the wetlands at Highlands Park. My Final Photo for July 28, 2020.

Brick Crosswalk at Walnut

Brick Crosswalk at Walnut

Bricklayers install high-grade pavers on a section of the new crosswalks at State and Walnut Street in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for July 27, 2020.

Paddling Hoover

Paddling Hoover

A paddleboarder rounds a small point of land on her way to the Red Bank Road bridge where the boat landing awaits. My Final Photo for July 26, 2020.

Resting In The Shade At Hoover

Resting In The Shade At Hoover

A man sits in the shade of a tree along the shoreline of Hoover Reservoir where a pair of paddleboarders navigate their way across the still waters of the lake. My Final Photo for July 25, 2020.

Farm Field Mowed

Farm Field Mowed

A farmer with a tractor towing a mower cuts weeds and grass in the lower field of the Yarnell Farm between Cleveland and Africa Road. My Final Photo for July 24.

Hardhat Area

Hardhat Area

A construction worker’s hardhat bears stickers emblematic of his job as part of the electric crew repairing streetlights and traffic signals in Uptown as part for the Uptown Improvement Project. My Final Photo for July 23, 2020.

Angling Along Alum

Angling Along Alum

A woman casts one of her two rods into Alum Creek near the Main Street Bridge hoping that her skill will match her hopes for some luck. My Final Photo for July 22, 2020.

State And Walnut Crosswalks

State And Walnut Crosswalks

A work crew levels concrete poured into a section of the roadway on State Street at Walnut where a brick crosswalk will be built. My Final Photo for July 21, 2020.

Braun Corn

Braun Corn

Opposing rows of corn cover a section of one of the fields at the Braun Farm. My Final Photo for July 20, 2020.

Diamond Snowboarding

Diamond Snowboarding

A snowboarder steadies himself as he nears the end of a ride across the player’s bench at Alum Creek Park where he and another boarder built ice ramps to propel themselves across the bench usually empty this time of the year. My Final Photo for December 28, 2022.

Slushy Shopping

Slushy Shopping

A teenager wearing Crocs steps through cold dirty slush collected at the curb in Uptown as warming temperatures and the application of ice-melting chemicals begin to melt several inches of snow and ice from a winter storm. My Final Photo for December 27, 2022.

New No Trespassing

New No Trespassing

One of several new “No Trespassing” signs hangs on the plywood covering the door of the old farmhouse at the Braun Farm where developers hope to demolish the house and barn as part of plans to feel the property. My Final Photo for December 26, 2022.

St. Paul Sunday Morning – Christmas 2022

St. Paul Sunday Morning – Christmas 2022

The Nativity scene sits at the front of the altar and beneath the domed ceiling at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church bearing a star symbol marking the birth of Christ. My Final Photo for December 25, 2022.

Lots Of Salt At Church

Lots Of Salt At Church

A worker spreads blue-colored deicing crystals across the Church of the Messiah entrance as the congregation arrives for Christmas Eve services at the Uptown Westerville church. My Final Photo for December 24, 2022.

Snow Plows and Snow Shovels

Snow Plows and Snow Shovels

A Westerville city snow plow passes a man shoveling snow in front of Java Central after an overnight storm left several inches of snow and temperatures that dropped almost 50 degrees. My Final Photo for December 23, 2022.

One Wise Man, Working

One Wise Man, Working

A volunteer lies beneath a Christmas tree with his legs hanging out as he places three Christmas trees near the altar preparing St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church for Christmas day services. My Final Photo for December 22, 2022.