A juvenile red-tailed hawk spreads its wings after hunting small animals flushed from a hayfield during cutting. The hawk assumed the defensive posture after vultures appeared overhead. (My Final Photo for June 2, 2026. Photo by Gary Gardiner)

Today’s 250 flags of Westerville are the 250 flags on the hill behind the hayfield at the Yarnell Farm on Africa Road. (My Final Photo for June 1, 2026)

One of 250 flags in Westerville, Ohio. (My Final Photo for May 31, 2026.)

Sidewalk diners enjoy a warm, dry weekend outside Begin Café on East Main Street in Uptown, making the most of a long-awaited break in the rain. (My Final Photo for May 30, 2026. Photo by Gary Gardiner)

A deer pauses to survey its surroundings in the overgrown grassy field beside Millstone Creek Park, where a crew was at work installing new playground equipment in the popular park. (My Final Photo for May 29, 2026. Photo by Gary Gardiner)

The finishing coat of asphalt is laid in the new intersection on Polari Parkway leading to the Chick-fil-A and the empty field where Aldi plans to build a new store. (My Final Photo for May 28, 2026)

One of 250 flags in Westerville. (My Final Photo for May 27, 2026. Photo by Gary Gardiner)

One of 250 flag photos in Westerville. (My Final Photo for May 26, 2026)

A blue heron stands at the end of the Hoover Sailing Club dock as members enjoy the deeper waters of the lake, seemingly hoping that fewer people and boats nearby will make it easier to find a quick meal. (My Final Photo for May 25, 2026. Photo by Gary Gardiner)

A Saturday Market shopper delicately bit into a powdered sugar-coated beignet served with coffee from a vendor on the second weekend of the summer-long market. (My Final Photo for May 23, 2026. Photo by Gary Gardiner)

A visitor to Friday night’s opening of the Field of Heroes carries a flag and umbrella, each one designed for protection—one from the rain, the other as a symbol of the freedoms preserved by those honored in the display. (My Final Photo for May 22, 2026. Photo by Gary Gardiner)

A fawn left by its mother in a Bigham Ridge backyard is stuck in the netting of a saucer swing before being rescued by the Westerville Animal Control Officer, who left it nearby for the mother’s return. (My Final Photo for May 21, 2026. Photo by Gary Gardiner)