Read F8 - The My Final Photo Newsletter
Carrying The Conversation
A young boy repositions one of artist Amanda McGee’s Conversation Cubes designed to be portable seats and conversation starters in the greenspace in front of City Hall. My Final Photo for August 18, 2023.
First Full Day
First-year-students at Otterbein University gather in Cowan Hall on their first full day at the school where they listened to the University president, provost and other speakers talk about their decision to attend the school. My Final Photo for August 17, 2023.
Freshmen Arrival
An Otterbein freshman carrying some of her belongings is followed into Hannah Mayne dormitory by her family bearing the remainder of the necessities for her first year at the Westerville University. My Final Photo for August 16, 2023.
Reference Work
Muralist Nick Stull references his original artwork as he makes the beginning strokes for the historical mural featuring Benjamin Hanby, William Henry Fouse, and Agnes Meyer Driscoll, on the side of the building that houses Java Central. My Final Photo for August 15, 2023.
Prairie Dock Waterdrops
Raindrops hang from the drooping stem of a Prairie Dock wildflower growing across the path at the Highlands Wetlands. My Final Photo for August 14, 2023.
Afternoon In The Park
A couple steps into the afternoon sun to continue their walk from a more shaded walkway at Sharon Woods Metro Park Sunday. My Final Photo for August 13, 2023.
Uptown Untapped 2023
A crowd celebrating Uptown Untapped fills parking lots along East Main Street closed for the annual craft beer festival in the home of the Anti-Saloon League and Prohibition. My Final Photo for August 12, 2023.
Down To The Bricks At Home
Paving bricks sit exposed on West Home Street after a paving crew milled away the asphalt surface preparing it for repaving this weekend before the arrival next week of first-year students at Otterbein University. My Final Photo for August 11, 2023.
Making A Path
A city electric worker downs a tree in the right-of-way as he and a crew begin to make repairs to a power line behind a shopping center on Schrock Road. My Final Photo for August 10, 2023.
Flying Otterbein Flag
An Otterbein University Color Guard member practices with some of the team at the Alum Creel Park Amphitheater as they prepare for the start of football season at home on September 2 against Ohio Wesleyan University. My Final Photo for August 9, 2023.
Main Street Striping
A Franklin County Engineer work crew paints lane striping on the Main Street Bridge following an earlier sealing of the structure surface. My Final Photo for August 8, 2023.
The Arrival
Afternoon storm clouds arrive across the horizon behind the wetlands at Highlands Park. My Final Photo for August 7, 2023.
Ready For Lovers
Vases filled with roses sit ready for arrangements at Talbott’s Flowers in Uptown Westerville for delivery and sale to the affectionate on Valentine’s Day. My Final Photo for February 14, 2024.
Six Hands. Four Wrenches.
City service workers use three crescent wrenches for leverage and another to rotate a broken section of the fire hydrant in front of Westerville Antiques to make repairs after it failed during a routine inspection last week. My Final Photo for February 13, 2024.
Winter Coverings
Acorn Nursery’s greenhouses covered in plastic for the winter sit along Alum Creek just below the Alum Creek Park dam, in the background. My Final Photo for February 12, 2024.
Sunday Sailors
With the Red Bank bridge at the horizon and a minimum of four boats to race on a winter day, a quartet of sailors from the Hoover Sail Club pass the final buoy on the final race Sunday afternoon. My Final Photo for February 11, 2024.
Art For The Environment
Three young artists show their works created on the theme of the environment during a performance by the woodwind section of The Westerville Symphony at the Women in Science event at the Westerville Community Center. My Final Photo for February 10, 2024.
Tossing Double Cheese
An extra-large thin-crust pizza dough gets tossed at Cardinal Pizza to make a double cheese pie on National Pizza Day. My Final Photo for February 9, 2024.
Souperbowl Serving
A man is served homemade chicken tortilla soup by the chef at Souperbowl Dinner to raise money for W.A.R.M. at the Senior Center in the Community Center. My Final Photo for February 8, 2023.