Read F8 - The My Final Photo Newsletter
Uptown Tuneup
Gary Puckett restrings a mandolin in his music studio in Uptown Westerville as he waits for his Cardinal Pizza to be done. My Final Photo for March 8, 2024.
Racing Rowers
A kayaker steers away from a rapidly approaching Westerville Crew rowing boat practicing with other boats at Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for March 7, 2024.
Measuring Ups And Downs Uptown
Surveyor Matt Preston measures elevations and locations along West Main Street for the city which plans to lay new water mains in Uptown. My Final Photo for March 6, 2024
Distillery’s Doors
Carpenters finish attaching the second of two new doors to the south side of the old post office after the doorways were added to open onto a planned elevated patio to serve customers of High Bank Distillery. My Final Photo for March 5, 2024.
The Blues On Monday
Joseph Domanik plays blues on his Stratocaster while leaning on an oak tree still burdened with last summer’s leaves. Domanick decided his day off from work and the temperature in the low 70s at the start of March gave him good reason to sit in the afternoon sun at Red Bank Park even if to play the blues. My Final Photo for March 4, 2024.
Peaceful Sunday At The Lake
Brian Cooper and his 10-year-old daughter, Aleah, enjoyed a peaceful moment on the dock at the Hoover Walnut Boat Ramp, lounging in the lawn chairs he keeps in his car for spontaneous outings like this when the weather is nice and they have no other obligations. My Final Photo for March 3, 2024.
Saturday Cookies
Six-year-old Lucy Todd bites into a cookie as her brother, Mike, 3, chews on the cookie his parents got for them at the Cookie Walk in Uptown Westerville Saturday afternoon. My Final Photo for February 2, 2024.
Youngest Fish Fry Disciple
Six-year-old Benjamin Galio, the youngest and smallest server at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church’s Lenten fish fry pauses for a moment to smile and have his picture taken before serving another group of diners. My Final Photo for March 1, 2024.
Brick Walk Trees
Workers cover freshly poured concrete designed to be platforms for grating surrounding trees to be planted in the Brick Walk between Java Central and High Bank Distillery. My Final Photo for February 29, 2024.
Fixing The Flooring
A flooring crew installs new tongue and groove maple strips to match the existing floor at High Bank Distillery in Uptown, which will be sanded and stained for a new durable surface. My Final Photo for February 28, 2024.
Skating Like Summer
Kadin runs her skates crisscross over Haywood Alley in Uptown enjoying both the warm February weather and the smooth surface of the roadway to help relieve stress and get some exercise. My Final Photo for February 27, 2024.
Spring Soil Sampling
Farmer Kevin Scott displays a soil sample bored from a field off Cooper and Collegeview Roads where after having the sample tested will be planting a crop as soon as early April depending on soil and weather conditions. My Final Photo for February 26, 2024.
Hay Field Striping
Stripes of green freshly planted grasses between aged hay mark sections of the Sharp Farm hayfield which was recently tilled for soil studies on the land the city purchased more than a year ago for development. My Final Photo for June 11, 2024.
In His Homemade Wooden Boat
Doug Rudy sails his homemade wooden boat, Grace, onto the choppy waters of Hoover Reservoir on a windy and chilly Monday afternoon. My Final Photo for June 10, 2024.
Hoover Swallows
A barn swallow turns to leave its nest after feeding the young birds born in its mud home on the ceiling walls of the pavilion on the east end of Hoover Dam. My Final Photo for June 9, 2024.
Market Bubble Mania
A young boy plays with bubbles blowing in the wind from the bubble machine in the youth corner of the Saturday Farmers Market in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for June 8, 2024.
The Afternoon Race
Afternoon sailors run relaxed races in the stiff winds moving dynamic cloud structures over Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for June 7, 2024.
Presenting The Board The Board
Serena Lehmann holds a fence board as her husband, Marc, explains to the Uptown Review Board his selection of the stain to be used if the board approves a fence behind their home. My Final Photo for June 6, 2024.
Seven Fishing. One Fishing Hole.
Seven fishing hopefuls line up along the short section of retaining wall below the dam at Alum Creek North, hoping their spot is the best location for the big one in the shallow waterways. My Final Photo for June 5, 2024.