Rough Place To Relax

A young girl relaxes on a rock after helping care for a neighbor’s dog during a family walk at Highland Wetlands. My Final Photo for June 10, 2025.

A young girl relaxes on a rock after helping care for a neighbor’s dog during a family walk at Highland Wetlands. My Final Photo for June 10, 2025.

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Puppy Rescue

Puppy Rescue

A young puppy wearing its personal flotation device is cradled in its owner’s arms after being rescued with its owner and two other kayakers from Hoover Reservoir Sunday afternoon after a severe thunderstorm moved across the lake. My Final Photo for July 14, 2024.

The Main Art Entrance

The Main Art Entrance

A spectator glances toward the art displayed at the first booth at the Main Street entrance to the Westerville Music and Arts Festival on Saturday morning. My Final Photo for July 13, 2024.

Centering The Tent

Centering The Tent

A pole puller aligns the center support for the tent built atop the small hill next to Everal Barn at Heritage Park for this weekend’s Westerville Arts and Music Festival. My Final Photo for July 12, 2024.

The Fisherman Returns

The Fisherman Returns

Westerville firefighters load their rescue boat on its trailer after finding a fisherman, at left, rear, who launched his boat from the trailer in the foreground and then absentmindedly went fishing, leaving the trailer and his running truck on the boat ramp on Hoover Reservoir Thursday. My Final Photo for July 11, 2024.

Wind Across Soybeans

Wind Across Soybeans

Strong southerly winds ripped across the soybean fields at Yarnell Farm early Wednesday morning as cooler and wetter weather came to central Ohio. My Final Photo for July 10, 2024.

Red Wagon Removal

Red Wagon Removal

Tom Schneider removes his train of red wagons from his front yard as he changes the humorous display of cows and wagons along Tussic Road. My Final Photo for July 9, 2024.

Hempstead Closed

Hempstead Closed

Road-closed barriers mark both sides of the creek where the city is replacing a culvert on Hempstead Road, causing the road to be closed until the end of summer. My Final Photo for July 8, 2024.

Sunday Concert In the Park

Sunday Concert In the Park

The Westerville Concert Band performs in the Alum Creek North Amphitheater, opening the July series of Sunday night concerts in the park. My Final Photo for July 7, 2024.

A Bubbly Attempt

A Bubbly Attempt

A young girl tries to blow bubbles with her small wand that matches the heavy flow of bubbles from the nearby electric bubble-blowing machine at the Saturday Farmers Market in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for July 6, 2024.

Sidewalk Performance

Sidewalk Performance

Musician Bob May accompanies himself on guitar while singing on the sidewalk in front of Middlefield Bank during Uptown Friday Night’s music concerts. My Final Photo for July 5, 2024.

Preparing For The Next Candy Toss

Preparing For The Next Candy Toss

Brother and sister share their perfect location as they stare down State Street looking for the next group tossing candy in the July 4th parade in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for July 4, 2024.

Patio Lighting

Patio Lighting

The LED lights on the patio at Jimmy V’s are refracted in raindrops falling from umbrellas on the patio after a brief rainstorm. My Final Photo for June 3, 2024.

Christmas Remembrance

Christmas Remembrance

A Merry Christmas top hat decoration hangs at First Responders Park where tribute and Christmas greetings are paid to the city’s first responders who gave their lives performing their duties. My Final Photo for December 11, 2024.

Rainy Uptown Lighting

Rainy Uptown Lighting

Rainwater drips from Christmas lights hanging from the Old Bag of Nails awning in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for December 10, 2024.

Training At The Library

Training At The Library

Four-year-old Ira studies the movement of “N” scale trains making the rounds in a display at the Westerville Public Library, where the Columbus Area “N” Scalers set up its annual display. My Final Photo for December 9, 2024.

Not A Dollar Tree

Not A Dollar Tree

A Christmas tree is tied onto the top of a family van after it was chosen from several hundred available at Glengary Shopping Center, where Dollar Tree is one of the anchor stores, not the price of the tree. My Final Photo for December 8, 2024.

Messiah Rehearsal

Messiah Rehearsal

The Westerville Symphony has a dress rehearsal at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church for its Sunday evening performance of Handel’s Messiah in the church’s sanctuary. My Final Photo for December 7, 2024.

Diesel-Powered Sleigh

Diesel-Powered Sleigh

Santa stands in his diesel-powered bucket truck sleigh after overseeing the holiday tree lighting in front of city hall Friday night. My Final Photo for December 6, 2024.

Almost Ready For Lighting

Almost Ready For Lighting

A city parks worker pulls strings of LED lights around one of the limbs about halfway up the tree installed on the lawn at city hall for Friday night’s “Parade of Lights” and tree lighting ceremonies. My Final Photo for December 5, 2024.