A work crew installs steel floating anchor posts around the heritage oak tree next to Java Central. The posts will eventually hold a short deck that will surround the tree. My Final Photo for March 11, 2020.

A stump grinder begins the process to reduce a silver maple tree stump to sawdust as clearing operations continue at property along Africa Road for a skilled-nursing medical facility. My Final Photo for March 10, 2020.

Construction workers inspect the Uptown Pharmacy basement that extended under the sidewalk in Uptown after removing the sidewalk as part of the Uptown Improvement project. My Final Photo for March 9, 2020.

A homeowner holds a collection of wasp nests he cleared from the eaves and crevices around his home as part of his spring cleaning. My Final Photo for March 8, 2020.

A pair of bucks and four doe stand alert in the Yarnell farm field along Africa Road just after sunset Saturday. My Final Photo for March 7, 2020.

The stump of a large maple tree sits at the edge of land along Arica Road at County Line where construction began Friday for a skilled-nursing facility with the clearing of trees and brush from the site. My Final Photo for March 6, 2020.

Trays of annual flowers are placed onto racks in the greenhouse at Hoover Gardens as a warm series of days begins to mimic the days of Spring and the garden center’s preparations to supply eager green thumbs begins. My Final Photo for March 5, 2020.

A contractor uses a Nikon automatic level to check the depth for a new storm drain being installed ion State Street as part of the Uptown Improvement project. My Final Photo for March 4, 2020.

A crew removes street lamps near the oak tree between Java Central and the Westerville Police detective bureau as the first step in creating a new walkway that will protect the exposed roots and trunk of the tree when the Uptown improvement project is complete. My Final Photo for March 3, 2020.

A steel slab gets lowered onto State Street to cover a section of a hole dug in the street where a new storm sewer pipe system will be installed as part of the Uptown Improvement project. My Final Photo to March 2, 2020.

A father and son ride their bikes along the shoreline of Hoover Reservoir at Red Bank Park on the first day of March. My Final Photo for March 1, 2020.

Draft horses Belle and Stormy pull logs and their owner, Rodney Parker, from woods being cleared along Africa Road. My Final Photo for Feb. 29, 2020.