A city worker removes a Christmas wreath attached to a light pole near the library as the year-end holiday celebration comes to an end with the removal of the lights. My Final Photo for January 4, 2023.

A pair of birders, one holding binoculars in one hand and a camera in the other, scan Hoover Reservoir for a Pacific Loon to add a checkmark to their annual list of birds they’ve watched. My Final Photo for January 3, 2023.

A young skater pushes off as he approaches a slope at the center of the Westerville skatepark that was just cleared of most of the snow by a group of skaters hoping for a few days of relatively clear winter weather to ply their sport. My Final Photo for December 30, 2022.

A drone pilot and his co-pilot study the flight characteristics of the new drone the pilot received for Christmas as it takes its first flight from the parking lot at an empty Highlands Park. My Final Photo for December 29, 2022.

A snowboarder steadies himself as he nears the end of a ride across the player’s bench at Alum Creek Park where he and another boarder built ice ramps to propel themselves across the bench usually empty this time of the year. My Final Photo for December 28, 2022.