Friends join in song to celebrate a birthday just before the guest of honor blows out the candles at the end of a picnic gathering at Alum Creek Park. My Final Photo for October 17, 2025.

A pickup baseball player climbs the backstop to celebrate a pretend home run he hit during a game with friends at Alum Creek Park. My Final Photo for October 16, 2025.

A political satirist dressed in a MAGA hat and oversized diaper performed for nearly two hours at the corner of State and College, taunting passersby with exaggerated displays of bravado and reacting theatrically to their responses. My Final Photo for October 15, 2025.

As the late afternoon sun pours gold through the maple leaves, a bicycle and scooter rest quietly beneath the tree at the edge of Red Bank Park, waiting for their riders to return. My Final Photo for October 14, 2025.

A worker uses a GPS device to check the elevation of asphalt paving installed Monday on one of the roads through the East of Africa project. My Final Photo for October 13, 2025.