City workers install the Christmas Star over State Street in an annual tradition that began in the mid-1930 in hopes to instill happier spirits during the Christmas season. My Final Photo for Dec. 3, 2020.

City workers install Christmas season banners on the light poles in Uptown Westerville with plans later in the week to raise the Christmas Star at State and Main. My Final Photo for Dec. 2, 2020.

A scattering of snow covers a smiling sun painted on the sandwich board advertising Totadalicious on South State Street after an overnight storm. My Final Photo for Dec. 1, 2020.

An ear of field corn is nestled under a blanket of ice and snow as the first snow of the season settled on the Braun Farm fields. My Final Photo for Nov. 30, 2020.

Photographers and friends of fowl gather below the Alum Creek Dam to observe and photograph a snowy owl that began visiting the structure earlier this week. My Final Photo for Nov. 29, 2020....

A couple passes through a beam of light reflected from an adjacent building as they near State Street in Uptown Westerville on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. My Final Photo for Nov. 28, 2020.

A tree sold for $80 is lifted onto the roof of a van sitting between the Dollar Tree store and the Christmas tree lot at Glengary Shopping Center on the first day of sales at the annual sales lot. My Final Photo for Niv. 27, 2020.

The Shell gas station at Schrock and South State is brightly lit in the late afternoon light marking it is open for business on Thanksgiving day. My Final Photo for Nov. 26, 2020.

Customers line up at the proper social distance to step into Schneider’s Bakery to pick up their Thanksgiving rolls, breads, pies, cakes, cookies, and donuts. My Final Photo for Nov. 25, 2020.

A construction worker attaches a section of roofing to the pavilion at the east end of Hoover Dam during renovations and repairs on the more than 50-year-old structure. My Final Photo for Nov. 24, 2020.

A construction worker attaches a section of waterproof sheathing to the west wall of the COPC medical building being built at the company’s headquarters on Africa Road. My Final Photo for Nov. 23, 2020. 

Turkeys begin to pile up in the Community Kitchen van as parishioners donate frozen birds, dried goods, and cash to provide the Holy Rosary-St. John kitchen with food for the holiday season and beyond. My Final Photo for Nov. 22, 2020.

A blue heron rests itself in the upper branches of one of the bald cypress trees along the edge of the pond at Highlands wetlands during a rainstorm. My Final Photo for Nov. 21, 2020.

A white coat of paint gets rolled onto the faux barn door on the side of the new carwash being built in the parking lot of West Park Plaza on Huber Village Blvd. My Final Photo for Nov. 20, 2020.

A work crew returns brick pavers to a section of Grove Street after making repairs to the damaged and uneven underlayer. My Final Photo for Nov. 19, 2020.