Looking For Lost Lure

A fisherman wades into the deep waters below the Alum Creek dam to retrieve a favored lure snagged on the creek bottom. My Final Photo for June 8, 2025.

A fisherman wades into the deep waters below the Alum Creek dam to retrieve a favored lure snagged on the creek bottom. My Final Photo for June 8, 2025.

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Tuesday Night Tunes

Tuesday Night Tunes

Guitarists fill the stage room at Java Central with their usual Tuesday evening performance of favored songs. My Final Photo for October 8, 2024.

Afternoon Wetlands Walk

Afternoon Wetlands Walk

A man walks his dog in the late afternoon sun across the boardwalks spanning the wetlands at Highlands Park. My Final Photo for October 7, 2024.

Quiet At the Creek

Quiet At the Creek

A couple sits in the shade of trees on the bank of Alum Creek, where two women hope their baits and fishing skills below the dam will be successful. My Final Photo for October 6, 2024.

Run In Morning Mist

Run In Morning Mist

Three runners pass the fog-shrouded Yarnell Farm soybean field below the barns as the sun rises over a low-hanging layer of clouds Saturday morning. My Final Photo for October 5, 2024.

Resting From The Ride

Resting From The Ride

A motorcyclist relaxes in his hammock stretched between trees at the Walnut Street boat ramp entrance at Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for October 4, 2024.

Out Of Bounds Fence Painting

Out Of Bounds Fence Painting

The safety fence along Cooper Road at the Westerville Golf Center gets a fresh coat of paint. My Final Photo for October 3, 2024.

Sign Of A Crash

Sign Of A Crash

Westerville Police investigate a crash Wednesday when a car turned too wide onto Brooksedge from Schrock and struck the brick sign in the median. My Final Photo for October 2, 2024.

Bridge Over Hoover Reservoir

Bridge Over Hoover Reservoir

A woman walks across a culvert section of the old, normally submerged Sunbury Road, which is now exposed because of the low water level at Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for October 1, 2024.

Rejection Hugs

Rejection Hugs

Opponents of a Westerville School Board policy allowing children to leave school for religious instruction hug after the board rescinded the policy Monday night. My Final Photo for September 30, 2024.

Infield Slide

Infield Slide

Jesse Allman records himself riding a skimboard across a puddle in the infield at the baseball field in Alum Creek Park North. My Final Photo for September 29, 2024.

Cars, Coffee, And Comparison

Cars, Coffee, And Comparison

Exotic car fans study a 2019 Lotus Elise parked next to a Model A Ford at the Cars and Coffee meetup behind Westerville City Hall Saturday afternoon. My Final Photo for September 28, 2024.

Windy Surprise

Windy Surprise

Two women are surprised when their shared umbrella turns inside out as they stepped into the crosswalk at College and State during Friday afternoon’s heavy wind and rain. My Final Photo for September 27, 2024.

Frozen Hoover Better For Birdwatching

Frozen Hoover Better For Birdwatching

Birdwatchers flocked to the Red Bank boat ramp on Hoover Sunday afternoon, saying the near-frozen lake left little open water for birds, making it easier for birdwatching. My Final Photo for January 26, 2025.

Hollyhocks and Black-Eyed Susans

Hollyhocks and Black-Eyed Susans

Carole Bond holds some of the seeds given away by the Central Ohio Herb Society as part of the Westerville Library’s seed giveaway on Saturday. My Final Photo for January 25, 2025.

Upwind From the Dust

Upwind From the Dust

A cloud of concrete dust blows away from a worker cutting a section of one of the preformed panels installed for the outer wall of Smashpark, a sports and entertainment being built at Cleveland and Polaris. My Final Photo for January 24, 2025.

Indoor Skateboarding In Uptown

Indoor Skateboarding In Uptown

Skaters, kept out of the skatepark by the winter storm and brutally cold temperatures, settle for the second choice, video gaming in OldSkool at a skate park in Hawaii. My Final Photo for January 23, 2025.

Officially Los Altos

Officially Los Altos

A worker installs new letters onto the marquee at 8 North Street, marking it as Los Altos Mexican restaurant. My Final Photo for January 22, 2025.

Shell After Sunset

Shell After Sunset

The brightly lit Shell gas station at State and Schrock sits against a clear blue and frigid sky after sunset Tuesday. My Final Photo for January 21, 2025.

It’s Not Snow. Its Brine.

It’s Not Snow. Its Brine.

A dusty layer of dried salty brine used to melt snow covers sections of West Main and other streets in Westerville, creating the illusion of a snowy or icy surface. My Final Photo for January 20, 2025.