Read F8 - The My Final Photo Newsletter
The Proper Arrangement
Uptown florist Dave Talbott shares a laugh as he works in his backroom creating another floral arrangement on a cool and rainy January afternoon. My Final Photo for Jan. 10, 2020.
Working In The Middle Of The Road
A Westerville city electric crew pulls a fiber sleeve for data cables through conduit beneath Huber Village Blvd. and Eastwind Dr. as the city expands its data capability in the south end of the city. My Final Photo for Jan. 9, 2020.
Cleaning Up After Boring Work
A Miller Pipeline worker sweeps away debris after covering a section of West Main where the company bored a pipeline for Columbia Gas to install new services to the Holmes Hotel, in background, and its businesses in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for Jan. 8, 2020.
Reserve Retirement Reception
Westerville Police Reserve officers Ted Bretthauer, in blue blazer, and John Clay, right, receive congratulatory handshakes from other officers after the two received commendation coins after retiring from the police force with 80 years of law enforcement experience between the two men. My Final Photo for Jan. 7, 2020.
Walnut Tree Shadows In Ohio
Shadows from the walnut trees behind the farmhouse on the Braun Farm cast themselves in unusual shapes toward the barn on a warm winter afternoon. My Final Photo for Jan. 6, 2020.
The Trees Of Christmas Past
A woman steadies her discarded Christmas tree into place at the Alum Creek Lake Visitors Center where the tree and collection of other families trees are destined to be used as fish habitat in the lake. My Final Photo for Dec. 5, 2020.
Painting The ‘Ville Teal
Volunteers tie teal bows to utility poles and trees in Uptown Westerville marking Cervical Cancer Awareness Month with a program named Paint the Town Teal. My Final Photo for Jan. 4, 2020.
Fishing And No Fish
A slack line indicates both the stillness of the waters at Schrock Lake and this fisherman’s success on a rainy Friday afternoon. My Final Photo for Jan. 3, 2020.
Draft Horse Days Work
Rodney Parker uses draft horses Belle, left, and Smoky, to pull an ash tree trunk from the woods bordering a small creek off Africa Road where modern office buildings now line the skyline where farm fields once stood. My Final Photo for Dec. 2, 2020.
Red-Shouldered’s Hawk’s Perch
A Red-Shouldered Hawk launches itself from a bluebird nesting box where it perched watching the meadow fields on the shoreline of Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for Jan. 1, 2020.
Tim’s First Day Brew
A Tim Horton’s barista serves a cup of coffee to a drive-thru customer shortly after the new two window drive-thru only coffee shop opened one lane for business Tuesday in Glengary Center in Blendon Township. My Final Photo for Dec. 31, 2019.
Abandoned Farmhouse
Broken windows, rotting siding, and collapsed gutters mark the condition of the family farmhouse left abandoned when the farm stopped operation. My Final Photo for Dec. 30, 2019.
9/11 Memorial At First Responders Park
Westerville firefighters salute during the opening moments for Sunday's 9/11 memorial service at First Responders Park in Westerville with a section of steel from the World Trade Center at the center of their view. My Final Photo for Sept. 11, 2022.
Morning Road Hazard
More than half a mile of cars line up on Park Meadow and Schrock Road early Saturday morning to drop off discarded household waste including tires, television, batteries, and paints at a one-day disposal site at the city garage. My Final Photo for Sept. 10, 2022.
Old Bag Flasher
A roofer is silhouetted against the afternoon sun as he installs flashing along the edge of the new roof at the Old Bag o' Nails building at State and Main in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for Sept. 9, 2022.
Flag Raising
Retired Westerville firefighter Tom Ullom repairs the fasteners on a flag before attaching it to the Main Street bridge near First Responders Park for the city's observance of 9/11 and the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. My Final Photo for Sept. 8, 2022.
The Second Seal
The second coat of asphalt seal is sprayed on the parking lot at East Main and Haywood Alley in a two-day project that will see the lot striped Thursday and open by the afternoon. My Final Photo for Sept. 7, 2022.
Avoiding The Storms
A fisherman smokes a cigarette as he tends to two lines cast from the Walnut Street boat ramp into Hoover Reservoir as storm clouds darken the horizon at the reservoir. My Final Photo for Sept. 6, 2022.
Overnighting At The Braun Farm
A homeless couple stands outside their tent pitched overnight Monday behind the barn at the Braun Farm after they say they were kicked out of their apartment on Route 161. My Final Photo for Sept. 5, 2022.