Walk After Thanksgiving

Shrouded in wind, cold, and evening darkness, walkers make their way along the stairs at Hoover Reservoir on Thanksgiving night. My Final Photo for November 27, 2025.

Shrouded in wind, cold, and evening darkness, walkers make their way along the stairs at Hoover Reservoir on Thanksgiving night. My Final Photo for November 27, 2025.

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Firewood Needed

Firewood Needed

Rodney Parker loads firewood into his truck getting it ready for the next phase in delivering it to a customer and taking advantage of a dry, warm winter day for the task. My Final Photo for Feb. 3, 2020.

Warm Winter Sunset

Warm Winter Sunset

A warm winter day sun sets behind a farmhouse near Croton, Ohio. My Final Photo for Feb. 2, 2020.

Beaver’s Domain

Beaver’s Domain

Chips from a beaver’s overnight logging trip to the shoreline at Alum Creek Park litter the ground beside an unfinished sectioning of a tree it felled. My Final Photo for Feb. 1, 2020.

Cold Patch Sealing

Cold Patch Sealing

A Miller Pipeline crew presses cold patch asphalt into place around steel plates installed over Columbia Gas Company work holes on West Main Street. My Final Photo for Jan. 31, 2020.

Working On Live Wires

Working On Live Wires

Westerville electric workers wearing safety gear isolating them from the power line prepare to move live cabling from to a new pole replacing an aged and decayed pole on South State Street. My Final Photo for Jan. 30, 2020.

City Hall Cleanup

City Hall Cleanup

A landscaper clears leaves and garden debris from the front of city hall where a larger crew duplicated the work on other sections of the building and parking lot. My Final Photo for Jan. 29, 2020.

Safety Zone Signage

Safety Zone Signage

A set of boundary markers delineate the safety zone where a work crew uses a remote-controlled 24-inch circular saw blade on an extension arm to remove trees close to the AEP powerlines behind the Kohl’s shopping center at Huber and State. My Final Photo for Jan. 28, 2020.

Above The Roof

Above The Roof

A carpenter steadies himself as he walks across a section of the parapet atop the new Home 2 Suites hotel being built adjacent to Costco near Polaris. My Final Photo for Jan. 27, 2019.

Cold And Windy Sunday On The Lake

Cold And Windy Sunday On The Lake

A pair of wetsuit clad kiteboarders pass each other on the wind-whipped, choppy waters of Alum Creek Lake on Sunday afternoon. My Final Photo for Jan. 26, 2020.

Dam’s Vernal Pool

Dam’s Vernal Pool

A small vernal pool forms below Hoover Dam where more rain and snowmelt saturates the ground helping form the essential bodies of water. My Final Photo for Jan. 25, 2020.

Not A Dry Seat In The Park

Not A Dry Seat In The Park

The bare trees surrounding the Alum Creek Park playground are reflected in puddles settling onto one of the seats in a swing at the park after a night and day of rain. My Final Photo for Jan. 24, 2020.

Community Center Construction Continues

Community Center Construction Continues

A “Do Not Enter” sign marks a roadway at the front of the Community Center where construction continues on expansion of the facility. My Final Photo for Jan. 23, 2020.

Hair At Hanby

Hair At Hanby

A woman’s fabric-braided hair hangs across her colorful sweater during a discussion of Westerville’s importance in the Underground Railroad at the Hanby House. My Final Photo for September 25, 2022.

Cradled Cecropia

Cradled Cecropia

A young girl holds a Cecropia moth caterpillar during Autumn Arborfest at Alum Creek Park North. My Final Photo for September 24, 2022.

Keeping A Video Record

Keeping A Video Record

A mother uses her phone to record video of her daughter as part of Generations dancers performing on West State Street during Fourth Friday. My Final Photo for September 23, 2022.

First Fall Afternoon

First Fall Afternoon

The sun peeks between a break in clouds moving over the meadow at Sharon Woods Metro Park where goldenrod is the predominant flower on the first day of fall. My Final Photo for September 22, 2022.

New Mayors Court

New Mayors Court

A woman and her interpreter talk during the first Westerville Mayors Court held in the meeting room at the new Justice Center on Huber Village Blvd. My Final Photo for September 21, 2022.

Time For A New Roof

Time For A New Roof

A roofer removes the old flashing on the dormer over the city hall main entrance as work began Tuesday replacing the roof and much of its sheathing. My Final Photo for September 20, 2022.

Signs Of The Season

Signs Of The Season

Both maple leaves and soybeans are turning the golden colors of fall as the crops mature and the trees begin to go dormant for the winter. My Final Photo for September 19, 2022.