Quiet Casts at Hoover Reservoir

Framed by trees and softened by rain, visitors to Red Bank Park spend a calm afternoon fishing along the edge of Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for May 30, 2025.

Framed by trees and softened by rain, visitors to Red Bank Park spend a calm afternoon fishing along the edge of Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for May 30, 2025.

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Between Two Trees

Between Two Trees

A fisherman settles into his lakeside seat, framed by two trees along the shoreline of Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for May 18, 2025.

Farmhand’s Lending Hands

Farmhand’s Lending Hands

A C.A.B.B. farmhand lends a hand by holding down the farm’s tent during gusty winds at the Saturday Farmers Market—the first day of the season at its new location in the COhatch and North High Brewing parking lot on South State Street. My Final Photo for May 17, 2025.

Frog Friday Tadpoles

Frog Friday Tadpoles

A mother looks on as children use their headlamps to examine tadpoles found during Frog Friday at the Highlands wetlands. My Final Photo for May 16, 2025.

Uptown Swarm

Uptown Swarm

Bees swarmed above a tree in front of Talbott’s Flowers on Thursday afternoon before moving on in their search for a new home in Uptown. My Final Photo for May 15, 2025.

Sunset Sailors

Sunset Sailors

Sailors ease into the wind across Hoover Reservoir as they position for the start of a friendly afternoon race, the near-still waters mirroring the approaching sunset. My Final Photo for May 13, 2025.

One By Land. One By Limb.

One By Land. One By Limb.

Two fishermen—one casting from the shore, the other balanced on a fallen tree—try their luck in the high waters of Hoover Reservoir at the Red Bank Boat Ramp. My Final Photo for May 13, 2025.

Stabilizing Graeter’s

Stabilizing Graeter’s

Sixty pints of Graeter’s ice cream were restabilized on a cart after shifting during transport from the Uptown Westerville store to other locations in need of the frozen treats. My Final Photo for May 12, 2025.

Sunday Spring Memories

Sunday Spring Memories

William Wise, 93, sits quietly on a Sunday afternoon at Blendon Cemetery, where his wife of 70 years is buried. My Final Photo for May 11, 2025.

Mother’s Day Floral Fullfillment

Mother’s Day Floral Fullfillment

The Talbott’s Flowers workroom was bustling on Saturday as staff filled Mother’s Day orders, including 90 placed that same day. My Final Photo for May 10, 2025.

Ready For the Morning Garden Sale

Ready For the Morning Garden Sale

Westerville Garden Club volunteers sort and arrange plants and flowers for the club’s sale on Saturday at The Masonic Hall in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for May 9, 2025.

Winter Chill. Summer Sweats.

Winter Chill. Summer Sweats.

A spectator bundled in a large blanket shields himself from the evening chill, while another fan stands comfortably in a sleeveless shirt during a youth baseball game at Huber Village Park. My Final Photo for May 8, 2025.

Alluring Attention

Alluring Attention

Bishop Merriman watches closely as he ties a lure to his fishing line at the Alum Creek North Park Dam. My Final Photo for May 7, 2025.

Warching From The Balcony Level

Warching From The Balcony Level

Young dancers watch from the second floor of Generation as older performers take the stage on West College during Fourth Friday in Uptown. My Final Photo for May 23, 2025.

Rescue Training After-Action Report

Rescue Training After-Action Report

Westerville firefighters gathered at the Walnut Street Boat Ramp for an after-action report following a training exercise involving the rescue of a kayaker on the Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for May 22, 2025.

Roof Removal For Renovation

Roof Removal For Renovation

Carpenters remove the facing and lower portion of the city hall roof where an addition will be added connecting the building with the old police station as part of the renovation of the two buildings. My Final Photo for May 21, 2025.

Dark Skies and Dangerous Currents

Dark Skies and Dangerous Currents

A nighttime rainstorm is moving in from the west, swelling the already high waters rushing over the dam at Alum Creek Park North in Westerville. My Final Photo for May 20, 2025.

Tree Trimming Makes For Better Harvest

Tree Trimming Makes For Better Harvest

Workers removed low-hanging branches Monday from the Braun Farm and Otterbein farmland along Cooper Road and Collegeview to prevent interference with farm equipment ahead of planting and the hay harvest. My Final Photo for May 19, 2025.

Between Two Trees

Between Two Trees

A fisherman settles into his lakeside seat, framed by two trees along the shoreline of Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for May 18, 2025.

Farmhand’s Lending Hands

Farmhand’s Lending Hands

A C.A.B.B. farmhand lends a hand by holding down the farm’s tent during gusty winds at the Saturday Farmers Market—the first day of the season at its new location in the COhatch and North High Brewing parking lot on South State Street. My Final Photo for May 17, 2025.