A flotilla of boats race in the Columbus Fall Classic Saturday at Hoover Reservoir after having canceled last year's event because of the pandemic. My Final Photo for Oct. 9, 2021.

A work crew vacuums debris from a hole cut into State Street near Walnut Street where a pressure cutter cuts away the road to expose a gas line that needs repair. My Final Photo for Oct. 8, 2021.  

Weeds, leaves, and farm debris litter the floor of the abandoned gazebo on the Sharp Farm property as developers plan for homes, apartments, and businesses on the land around the historic house that once was a...

An array of Plein Air artists study their subjects and their results during a painting session at Red Bank Park on Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for Oct. 5, 2021.

The morning fog obscures the corn nearing harvest on the field behind the Yarnell's Farm barn on Africa Road. My Final Photo for Oct. 5, 2021.

Workers use propane torches to heat and seal plasticized paint strips road markers for motorists on West Main Street marking the roadway is to be shared with bicyclists. My Final Photo for Oct. 4, 2021.

A lone woman fishes in a small inlet near one of the docks on Alum Creek State Park on Sunday afternoon. My Final Photo for Oct. 3, 2021.

Otterbein students pause to record their pumpkin purchase from the Boy Scout Troop Pumpkin Patch in front of the Masonic Hall on South State Street in Westerville. My Final Photo for Oct. 2, 2021.

Duane Yarnell pulls his hay baler and a wagon across the field on County Line Road making his last hay harvest for the season. My Final Photo for Oct. 1, 2021.

The morning sun casts shadows across the small pond, hayfield, and round bales on a section of the Sharp Farm on Africa Road. My Final Photo for Sept. 30, 2021.

Duane Yarnell rakes hay on the lower section of the small field behind his barn and across the creek from a field of corn. My Final Photo for Sept. 29, 2021.

A brick mason replaces old brick and tuck-points the mortar joints between others to refresh the exterior of a section of the Graeter's Ice Cream store in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for Sept. 28, 2021.

A woman wears plastic gloves to keep from touching the worms she's using for bait while fishing at Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for Sept. 27, 2021.

Three Oromia women wearing chelie beadwork pose for a photo with their family during the group's celebration of Irreecha, a tradition marking the end of the rainy season for the regional state in Ethiopia. My Final...

A young girl pulls herself 40-feet into the canopy of a tree at the corner of Alum Creek Par5k during Arbor Fest, an annual city event to raise awareness of the benefits of forest and prairie maintenance. My Final...