Read F8 - The My Final Photo Newsletter
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.
Into The Wind and Cold
Foilboarder Jim Schneider works to lift his board onto its foil running into nearly 30 miles per hour wind gusts across Hoover Reservoir Sunday afternoon with other boarders. My Final Photo for February 25, 2024.
Piper’s Final Notes
A bagpiper treads away from the American Legion Honor Guard and the family and friends of 97-year-old Donald Conard, World War II veteran and survivor of the Japanese strike on the USS Franklin CV-13, after his funeral Saturday at Blendon Cemetery. My Final Photo for February 24, 2024.
Bovine Winter Moon
The full moon shines through a cloud layer as it rises behind the bovine and lunar weathervane atop Children’s Hospital in Westerville. My Final Photo for February 23, 2024.
Eastbound And Down
A caravan of vehicles crosses Otterbein Avenue as they travel east on Schrock Road in a rainstorm about 15 minutes after sunset Thursday. My Final Photo for February 22, 2024.
End Of Elevator Day
Brick masons lower themselves on the ladder and support structure from a work platform at one of the elevator shafts for an apartment complex being built at the Galaxy at Polaris on Ikea Way. My Final Photo for February 21, 2024.
Uptown Girls, Scouting
Girl Scouts from Troop 6195 wearing sunglasses to shield their eyes from the late afternoon sun offer encouragement to buyers at State and Main just a few feet from their Girl Scout Cookie stand where they accept cash, credit cards, and Venmo. My Final Photo for February 20, 2024.
Truth or Dare Day Off
A group of young girls take advantage of a day off from school and warming weather to play a game of truth or dare on the stage at the Alum Creek Park amphitheater. My Final Photo for February 19, 2024.
Winter’s Shadows
The oak tree at the corner of Brisbane and Barcelona casts its winter shadow across snow that remains on the ground after a weekend storm. My Final Photo for February 18, 2024.
Sledding At South Park
Sledders gather at the top of the snow-covered hill at Alum Creek Park South after an overnight storm brought seven inches of snow to central Ohio. My Final Photo for February 17, 2024.
Snow Crash Waiting
A line of westbound cars sits idle on Central College at the bridge below Hoover Dam waiting for police to open the roadway following a series of car crashes without injury during the evening snowfall. A group of drivers, passengers, and parents of drivers stand together waiting for tow trucks to remove their vehicles. My Final Photo for February 16, 2024.
Library’s New Trees
Landscapers struggle to unload large trees for the new entrance to the Westerville Library. My Final Photo for August 5, 2024.
Casting At Sunrise
A fisherman stretched with both arms to lengthen his cast into the waters of Hoover Reservoir just after sunrise Sunday morning. My Final Photo for August 4, 2024.
Bundles Of Bubbles
A young girl steps through a floating bundle of bubbles from the Giant Bubble Show settling into the Saturday Farmers Market in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for August 3, 2024.
Fishing On The Rocks
A fisherman stands on the rocks in the Big Walnut Creek just below the Hoover Dam spillway having chosen a remote location to measure his fishing prowess. My Final Photo for August 2, 2024.
Rudder Repaired. Ready To Race.
A young sailor takes to Hoover Reservoir after a rudder repair at the beginning of his class Thursday afternoon. My Final Photo for August 1, 2024.
Water, Water Everywhere
Good Samaritans help a flatbed truck driver retrieve the load of water bottles that fell from his truck when he turned onto Gemini Parkway, causing a minor traffic jam as the roadway was cleared. My Final Photo for July 31, 2024.
Summer clouds at State and Schrock
A pickup truck plastered with a melange of stickers turns onto State Street under a cumulus cloud-filled sky. My Final Photo for July 30, 2024.