Still Watering: Dave on State Street

Dave Talbott waters the last of the season’s perennials arranged in baskets and trays outside his florist shop on North State Street. My Final Photo for November 14, 2025.

Dave Talbott waters the last of the season’s perennials arranged in baskets and trays outside his florist shop on North State Street. My Final Photo for November 14, 2025.

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Not Pleased With Intrusion

Not Pleased With Intrusion

A groundhog stands it’s ground when interrupted in a well-worn pathway through overgrown grass in the yard at the Braun Farm. My Final Photo for June 1, 2020.

A Walk In The Park

A Walk In The Park

A family walks in the dappled sunlight cast along the tree-shrouded Hoover Scenic Walkway over Big Walnut Creek where it leads into Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for May 31, 2020.

No Droids Found

No Droids Found

A trio of Stormtroopers asks a youngster in a car seat if he has any droids in the car as he passes a checkpoint in front of the Westerville Community Center during a food drive e for W.A.R.M. My Final Photo for May 30, 3020.

End Of The Road

End Of The Road

Four reflective markers sit at the end of the recently built Braun Place road where a farmer tills a portion of the lower field of the Braun Farm. My Final Photo for May 29, 2020.

W.A.R.M. Delivery For Officer

W.A.R.M. Delivery For Officer

A Westerville police officer helps a woman unload groceries from her cart as a donation for W.A.R.M. during the department’s Fill-A-Cruiser food drive. My Final Photo for May 28, 2020.

Parking Lot Private Pandemic Pickleball

Parking Lot Private Pandemic Pickleball

A foursome uses a section of the Highlands Pool parking lot as their private pickleball court taking advantage of the pool being closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. My Final Photo for May 27, 2020.

Library Opens For Returns

Library Opens For Returns

The first box filled with books returned to the Westerville Public Library by patrons is wheeled into the building as more patrons use the drive-thru process to return books kept in their homes during the coronavirus pandemic closing. My Final Photo for May 26, 2020.

Memorial Day Honors Hike

Memorial Day Honors Hike

Ohio State junior and Army ROTC cadet Max Congrove passes Westerville Fire Station 113 about three-quarters of his way through an 11-mile hike wearing a 50-pound pack to honor American war dead on Memorial Day. My Final Photo for May 25, 2020.

Fishing’s Ultimate Reward

Fishing’s Ultimate Reward

A fisherman proudly displays his catch from Big Walnut Creek in Galena before calling it a day on the rushing waters of the rain-swollen creek. My Final Photo for May 24, 2020.

Memorial Flags

Memorial Flags

In an annual ritual a Westerville American Legion member places a flag at the gravestone of a veteran buried at Northlawn Cemetery. My Final Photo for May 23, 2020.

Field Of Heroes Setup

Field Of Heroes Setup

Volunteers from Sunrise Rotary place 3,000 flags into the sports fields on Cleveland Avenue for Field of Heroes celebration over the Memorial Day weekend. My Final Photo for May 22, 2020.

Untangling The Power

Untangling The Power

An electrician sorts through old and new cabling for streetlights and signal lights as he replaces old underground cables as part of the Uptown Improvement Project. My Final Photo for May 21, 2020.

Corn Play

Corn Play

A brother and sister play with ears of corn as they wait their turn after their brother finishes his ride in the combine harvesting corn at the Braun Farm. My Final Photo for November 23, 2022

Combining Corn From The Cab

Combining Corn From The Cab

Kevin Scott runs his combine through the corn field at the Braun Farm hoping to complete the harvest before Thanksgiving. My Final Photo for November 22, 2022.

Ends Of Day’s Work

Ends Of Day’s Work

About two hours after sunset with twilight still in the sky Kevin Scott harvests corn at the Braun Farm along Cooper and CollegeView Roads. My Final Photo for November 21, 2022.

Sunday Turkey Drop

Sunday Turkey Drop

Frozen turkeys are stacked in a van at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church where they will be delivered to Holy Rosary/St. John Catholic Church in downtown Columbus for the church’s food kitchen at Thanksgiving. My Final Photo for November 20, 2022.

Christmas Options

Christmas Options

A woman studies a selection of books and calendars while pondering a purchase at the Christmas bazaar at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church on Saturday afternoon. My Final Photo for November 19, 2022.

North West Construction Begins

North West Construction Begins

Earthmoving equipment sits at the front edge of a farm field where construction has started on a complex of townhomes on North West Street just west of Uptown Westerville. My Final Photos for November 18, 2022.

An Afternoon On the Lake

An Afternoon On the Lake

A City of Columbus crew appears to be casually maneuvering a section of a boat dock across the near-calm waters of Hoover Reservoir as if on a gentle afternoon pleasure cruise as they move the dock section to shore for winter storage. My Final Photo for November 17, 2022.