Kindergarten Cop

Westerville Police Officer Ryan Schleve talks with his kindergarten counterpart, 5-year-old Alan Lerner, a Mark Twain Elementary student, during the school's 50th-anniversary celebration. My Final Photo for September 12, 2024.

Westerville Police Officer Ryan Schleve talks with his kindergarten counterpart, 5-year-old Alan Lerner, a Mark Twain Elementary student, during the school’s 50th-anniversary celebration. My Final Photo for September 12, 2024.

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Push And Pull Sisters

Push And Pull Sisters

Sisters push and pull their fully-loaded wagon home after spending part of Saturday morning shopping at the Uptown Westerville Farmers Market. My Final Photo for May  27, 2023.

Festive First Fourth Friday

Festive First Fourth Friday

A large crowd, taking advantage of a warm and breezy spring day, fills State Street in Uptown Westerville for the first Fourth Friday event of the year. My Final Photo for May 26, 2023.

Making Markers

Making Markers

Lynn Aventino, Executive Director of Uptown Westerville Inc., measures spaces for vendor booths on East College for the first Fourth Friday street festival. My Final Photo for May 25, 2023. 

Getting The Pressure Treatment

Getting The Pressure Treatment

Lounge chairs at Highlands Pool get a final power washing as the aquatic center prepares for opening Saturday. My Final Photo for May 24, 2023.

Sharon Woods Hives Return

Sharon Woods Hives Return

Beekeeper Billy Miller inspects one of the Sharon Woods Metro Park bee hives several weeks after installing the hives after a two-year absence in the park. My Final Photo for May 23, 2023.

Starting From the Bottom

Starting From the Bottom

A mason seals a replacement drain on East College as work continues to resurface College from State to Spring. My Final Photo for May 22, 2023.

Flamingos On Vine

Flamingos On Vine

A quarter of flamingos grace the front yard of a home on Vine Street during its fourth Art Walk where the neighborhood displays art, performs music, and provides games and food for visitors. My Final Photo for May 21, 2023.

Straw-Sipping Sisters

Straw-Sipping Sisters

Sisters share a fresh-made lemonade during a break in shopping at the Uptown Westerville Saturday Farmers Market on its opening day for the season. My Final Photo for May 20, 2023.

In The Depths Of Frog Friday

In The Depths Of Frog Friday

A youngster navigates his way through lily pads, aquatic plants, and mud searching for frogs, tadpoles, fishes, and snakes during Frog Friday at the Highlands wetlands. My Final Photo for May 19, 2023.

The Farm Shed

The Farm Shed

A single three-point antler is displayed on the stump of a downed tree on the Braun Farm after it was found by a farmer plowing the fields to plant soybeans and corn. My Final Photo for May 18, 2023.

Making A Slippery Slide Slipperier

Making A Slippery Slide Slipperier

The slide at Highlands gets a washing, scrubbing, waxing, and buffing before the pool opens next weekend for the 2023 season. My Final Photo for May 17, 2023.

Curbing College

Curbing College

A concrete contractor removes broken, cracked, and eroded gutters from East College near Uptown as the first stage of resurfacing College from State to Spring. My Final Photo for May 16, 2023.

The Final Vacuum

The Final Vacuum

“The Machine That Sucks” moves through piles of leaves along Cherrington Road as the city’s leaf removal continues through its final weeks. My Final Photo for December 28, 2023.

Uptown Evening Glow

Uptown Evening Glow

Late afternoon traffic travels along State Street in Uptown Westerville where the city glows in the darkness of heavy cloud cover less than half an hour after sunset. My Final Photo for December 27, 2023.

Time To Move

Time To Move

Two of the collection of clocks at Grandfather Clock Company in Uptown Westerville sit on a bench in the workshop as the company prepares to leave Uptown for a storefront on South State Street. My Final Photo for December 26, 2023.

Christmas Morning – 2023

Christmas Morning – 2023

The Nativity scene sits near the altar beneath the star in the dome of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church on Christmas morning. My Final Photo for December 25, 2023.

Fog-Shrouded Fishing

Fog-Shrouded Fishing

A lone fishing boat sits in the fog-shrouded still waters off Red Bank Park at Hoover Reservoir on Sunday morning. My Final Photo for December 24, 2023.

Inniswood Christmas

Inniswood Christmas

The Inniswood Christmas Tree and six empty chairs sit by the windows of the Innis House on a winter day overlooking the creek that runs through the Metro Park. My Final Photo for December 23, 2023.

End of the Season

End of the Season

Limbs and needles are swept away as the last act of cleanup at the Christmas tree lot at Glengary Shopping Center in Blendon Township as it shuts down for the season. My Final Photo for December 22, 2023.