Columbus Parks workers connect two sections of docks before moving them into position to create a small boat harbor just north of the Hoover Reservoir Dam marking one of the signs of Spring. My Final Photo for April 12, 2023.

The recently repaired decking at a Highlands Aquatic Park pavilion gets a coat of finishing stain as the city parks department prepares the pools, decks, and picnic tables for opening May 27, 2023. My Final Photo for April 11, 2023.

Detectorist Bill  Dawson digs into the soil beneath where the 1882 marker at the Braun Farm once sat looking for the metal object his detector alerted him to as he walked the area between the barn and farmhouse. My Final Photo for April 10, 2023.

A fisherman searches below Hoover Dam for saugeye hidden in the shallows where he grabs them by their gills instead of casting a line with traditional bait. My Final Photo for April 9, 2023.

A young Easter egg hunter showed up with a five-gallon bucket to hold his collection of eggs at the city’s Spring Eggstravaganza at Hoff Woods Park. My Final Photo for April 8, 2023.