Read F8 - The My Final Photo Newsletter
Quilted Musical Memories
Gary Puckett displays a guitar head quilt given to him by one of his students, marking their time together. My Final Photo for August 21, 2024.
Wetland’s Afternoon
A cool breeze blows clouds over Highlands Park wetlands where summer’s growth of water lilies begins to brown and fall’s splash of color begins. My Final Photo for August 20, 2024.
Field Trip
A field of soybeans rushes by on a fast golf cart trip through the Yarnell Farm fields late in the afternoon as late summer clouds darken the horizon. My Final Photo for August 19, 2024.
Majestic Williams Concert
Clouds seemingly inspired by the majesty of composer John Williams’s music move across the horizon as the Westerville Symphony performs a selection of Williams’s music in the Alum Creek Amphitheater as part of the Sunday Concert Series. My Final Photo for August 18, 2024.
Holy Smoke
Light filters through smoke from four grills cooking for the St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church annual picnic in the church’s parking lot on North State Street in Westerville. My Final Photo for August 17, 2024.
Music To Read By
A man enjoys an iced tea and his book while listening to music during open mike night at Java Central in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for August 16, 2024.
Some Assembly Required
Westerville Parks workers attach an orange rib to one of the posts anchoring the new playground equipment installed at Heritage Park, replacing old equipment that had outlived its intended lifespan. My Final Photo for August 15, 2024.
Spider’s Rear-View
A spider’s web is reflected in the driver’s side rear-view mirror after several days of being rebuilt from being disturbed during the car owner’s photo treks in Westerville. My Final Photo for August 14, 2024.
Heavy Reading
A young boy moves his library books to balance on his head after they become too heavy to carry in his arms as he walks back to the car with his family in Uptown Westerville Tuesday. My Final Photo for August 13, 2024.
Under The Clouds
A fisherman readies his canoe for an afternoon fishing on Hoover Reservoir under a cumulus cloud-filled blue sky. My Final Photo for August 12, 2024.
Dam Fisherman
A fisherman standing in the late afternoon light at Alum Creek North Dam is framed by trees and bushes along the creek’s edge. My Final Photo for August 11, 2024.
Uptown’s Untapped Beer Night
The crowd for Uptown Untapped fills part of East Main Street and adjacent parking lots, where food, dancing, and drinking continue into the evening hours in the home of the Anti-Saloon League and Prohibition. My Final Photo for August 10, 2024.
Hoses Headed Home
A Westerville firefighter retrieves hoses connecting fire trucks to hydrants at a garage and house fire Sunday afternoon in Westerville. My Final Photo for September 15, 2024.
Too Cold to Pop
Noah Whitt, 5, ponders the effect of an ice-cold Too Good Eats pop on his tongue before taking another lick offered by his mother at the Saturday Farmers Market in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for September 14, 2024.
Scooter Shadow
A scooter rider kicks toward the incline in a bowl at Westerville Skate Park casting his shadow across the concrete late on a warm late summer Day. My Final Photo for September 13, 2024.
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.
Shaded Fishing
A fisherman sits in the shaded shoreline of Hoover Reservoir, silhouetted against the bright waters still lit by the late afternoon sun. My Final Photo for September 11, 2024.
Never Forget The Sacrifice
Words used to dedicate First Responders Park are projected on the 9/11 timeline wall adjacent to C-40, the section of steel girder from the World Trade Center initially installed as part of the Firefighter Memorial at the park. My Final Photo for September 10, 2024.
Please, No Tipping
Musicians gather on the Alum Creek amphitheater stage, playing a concert for themselves and whoever might walk through the park on a Monday evening. My Final Photo for September 9, 2024.