A customer walks through the greenhouse at Hoover Gardens where Spring baskets and flowerpots fill the tables and roof. My Final Photo for April 3, 2020.

A contractor wearing safety gear removes an asbestos-laden window frame wrapped in plastic from the old McVay home on Hempstead where the Westerville parks department will demolish the building and party house to make way for a new park. My Final Photo for April 2, 2020.

A landscaping crew lays brick on the steel grate structure built to help protect and provide a level, ADA-compliant walkway around the heritage oak next to Java Central. My Final Photo for April 1, 2020.

A painter rolls a finish coat on a wall at the rear of the Church of the Messiah sanctuary where contractors are nearing completion of an upgrade to the building. My Final Photo for March 31, 2020.

A sign noting businesses are open on the west side of State Street during sidewalk rebuilding appears inaccurate as workers lay reinforcing rods and forms for new sidewalks to be poured later in the week. My Final Photo for March 30, 2020.

A fisherman uses his kayak to retrieve a snagged lure from the calm waters of the inlet at Red Bank Park on Hoover. My Final Photo for March 29, 2020.

A youngster satisfies his curiosity and playtime with a series of splashes in a puddle on Vine Street where his father took home for a morning walk. My Final Photo for March 28, 2020.

A trio of basketballs and a collection of small and tennis balls fight their way through the unforgiving waters at the base of the low head dam at Alum Creek in Westerville. My Final Photo for March 27, 2020.

Construction workers walk beneath the 8 State Barrel & Boar marquee after one of their company’s vehicles struck the edge of the iconic structure less than two years after it was previously hit by a truck. My Final Photo for March 26, 2020.

Fresh Thyme shopping carts get a powerwash cleaning just outside the front entrance of the store on Polaris Parkway. My Final Photo for March 25, 2020.

Sparks fly from a grinding wheel smoothing a steel beam surface before being welded into the supports for a platform around the oak tree in the brick walk at Java Central. My Final Photo for March 24, 2020. 

A contractor trods through a flooded field near the Westerville Community Center looking for relatively dry access to measure where the parks department plans a bridge to connect the center addition to a new section of bike path. My Final Photo for March 23, 2020.