A puddle of asphalt, concrete, and brick mud settles around a donut hole cut around a manhole cover at State and Main in Uptown Westerville where a new, elevated cover surrounded by a block of concrete will replace the old fixture. My Final Photo for Aug. 21, 2020.

A father and son enjoy their fast food meal on the concrete abutment at the spillway in Alum Creek at Alum Creek Park North in Westerville. My Final Photo for Aug. 20, 2020.

Using a family quilt, two women eat their lunch on the lawn at Towers Hall at Otterbein University. My Final Photo for Aug. 19, 2020.

Electricians rewire the traffic signals at State and Main, the last set of signals being rewired as part of the Uptown Improvement Project. My Final Photo for Aug. 18, 2020.

Four Otterbein University seniors spend Tuesday afternoon relaxing in their hammocks at Grove and Main waiting for classes to begin next week. My Final Photo for Aug. 17, 2020.

Westerville Police Officer Justin Alloway, center, listens as instructions are given to people who gathered at Westerville North High School Sunday morning to search for Emily Noble who’s been missing for about three months. My Final Photo for Aug. 16, 2020.

Families fish along the edge of the holding pond at Hoff Woods Park. My Final Photo for Aug. 15, 2020.

A Great Egret sits on a cypress tree branch while preening after spending part of the morning feasting in the still waters of the Highlands wetlands on South Spring 
Rd. My Final Photo for Aug. 15, 2020.

A fly fisherman floats his lure downstream in the waters of Big Walnut Creek just below Hoover Dam. My Final Photo for Aug. 13, 2020.

The morning begins to show as concrete is pumped onto the second-floor garage section of the COPC offices being built behind the company’s other two buildings on Africa Road.

Contractors pump concrete into the void between rocks placed into the edge of Alkire Run to mediate erosion near the bridge on the path that leads to the fields adjacent to the Community Center. My Final Photo for Aug. 11, 2020.

Golden tassels on green corn stalks contrast with the rich red roof color of the barn on the Braun Farm on Cleveland Ave. My Final Photo for Aug. 10, 2020.

A couple begins their Sunday afternoon kayaking trek on the still waters of Alum Creek from the landing in Kilbourne. My Final Photo for Aug. 9, 2020.

A tractor bales hay following rows defined by avoiding the abundance of groundhog burrows in the Otterbein hayfield at Copper and Cleveland Ave. My Final Photo for Aug. 8, 2020.

A man reaches to retrieve a brick ripped up from below State Street at Main Street where the next phase of the Uptown Improvement Project includes new brick crosswalks. My Final Photo for Aug. 7, 2020.