A Drink Before Christmas

A woman enjoys a drink in the front window of Old Bag o’ Nails as colorful reflections from a decorated Electric Division truck light up the glass during the town’s pre-Christmas tree lighting festivities. My Final Photo for December 5, 2025.

A woman enjoys a drink in the front window of Old Bag o’ Nails as colorful reflections from a decorated Electric Division truck light up the glass during the town’s pre-Christmas tree lighting festivities. My Final Photo for December 5, 2025.

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Family Gardening

Family Gardening

Mom and dad get a little assistance from their two children as they prepare their Westerville community garden plot for planting. My Final Photo for May 9, 2020.

Spring Run Runoff

Spring Run Runoff

Runoff from Spring Run mixes with the clear waters of Alum Creek where they connect along Cooper Road. My Final Photo for May 8, 2020.

Mustard Field

Mustard Field

A crop of yellow mustard grows in a field along Morse Road in Licking County. My Final Photo for May 7, 2020.

Parking Sensors Installed

Parking Sensors Installed

A work crew installs sensors in the parking lot behind city hall as part of the program to monitor and collect data on city-owned parking lots and includes the use of a mobile app for shoppers. My Final Photo for May 6, 2020.

Fishing Big Walnut

Fishing Big Walnut

A fisherman works his lures in the center of Big Walnut Creek as seen from Hoover Dam and the shoreline south of the dam. My Final Photo for May 5, 2020.

Decontamination Duties

Decontamination Duties

A Westerville firefighter decontaminates the Medic 111 truck after it transported a patient to the hospital. My Final Photo for May 4, 2020.

Happy Birthday, Soldier

Happy Birthday, Soldier

100-year-old and World War II veteran Ernie Rodgers waves to the parade of fellow veterans and Shriners, family, friends, neighbors, and people he didn’t know including Westerville police and fire who drive by his Westerville home Sunday to wish him a happy birthday. My Final Photo for May 2, 2020.

Colorful Entrance To Inniswood

Colorful Entrance To Inniswood

Park visitors at Inniswood Metro Gardens are greeted this weekend with flowering crabapple trees anchoring both ends of the parking lot. My Final Photo for May 2, 2020.

Driveway Barber

Driveway Barber

A young man gets his hair cut in the driveway of his duplex apartment on Huber Village Blvd. My Final Photo for May 1, 2020.

Highlands Baseball Upgrades

Highlands Baseball Upgrades

Workers continue to upgrade the baseball fields at Highlands with new fencing and changes to the dugout which will have concrete pads once the season is allowed to begin. My Final Photo for April 30, 2020.

Man And Shovel

Man And Shovel

A construction worker shovels gravel into the hole cut into College Avenue at State Street for the installation of new storm drains and a manhole. My Final Photo for April 29, 2020.

Tulips And Trees

Tulips And Trees

 A woman pauses as she makes an arc around flowering tulips and trees at the end of the parking lot at Inniswood Metro Gardens. My Final Photo for April 28, 2020.

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.

Double Dunkin Digging

Double Dunkin Digging

A crew removes the existing curb and sidewalk to make way for a new curb cut for two drive-thru lanes for the new Dunkin’ donut shop on South State Street. My Final Photo for November 16, 2022.

Alley Landscaping

Alley Landscaping

A landscaping crew puts fill dirt into the edge of a new concrete alleyway poured during the upgrade and reconstruction of East Home Street. My Final Photo for November 15, 2022.

The Harvest Continues

The Harvest Continues

Duane Yarnell watches as Kevin Scott runs his repaired combine through a section of the soybean field below the barn on the Braun Farm. My Final Photo for November 14, 2022.