A woman steadies her discarded Christmas tree into place at the Alum Creek Lake Visitors Center where the tree and collection of other families trees are destined to be used as fish habitat in the lake. My Final Photo for Dec. 5, 2020.

Volunteers tie teal bows to utility poles and trees in Uptown Westerville marking Cervical Cancer Awareness Month with a program named Paint the Town Teal. My Final Photo for Jan. 4, 2020.

A slack line indicates both the stillness of the waters at Schrock Lake and this fisherman’s success on a rainy Friday afternoon. My Final Photo for Jan. 3, 2020.

Rodney Parker uses draft horses Belle, left, and Smoky, to pull an ash tree trunk from the woods bordering a small creek off Africa Road where modern office buildings now line the skyline where farm fields once stood. My Final Photo for Dec. 2, 2020. 

A Red-Shouldered Hawk launches itself from a bluebird nesting box where it perched watching the meadow fields on the shoreline of Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for Jan. 1, 2020.

A Tim Horton’s barista serves a cup of coffee to a drive-thru customer shortly after the new two window drive-thru only coffee shop opened one lane for business Tuesday in Glengary Center in Blendon Township. My Final Photo for Dec. 31, 2019.

Broken windows, rotting siding, and collapsed gutters mark the condition of the family farmhouse left abandoned when the farm stopped operation. My Final Photo for Dec. 30, 2019.

Parishioners arrive before sunrise during an early morning rain for the first Mass at St. Paul the Apostle Church Sunday. My Final Photo for Dec. 29, 2019.

An angler checks the water level and depth at the end of the Red Bank boat ramp as he prepares himself and his gear for a day of winter fishing on the low and unfrozen water at Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for Dec. 28, 2019.

A young boy carrying a football sprints to keep up with his family crossing the footbridge along the edge of the wetlands at Highlands Park. My Final Photo for Dec. 27, 2019.

A Westerville City Electric worker trims errant branches growing into power lines along an alley in Uptown. My Final Photo for Dec. 26, 2019.

The Robbins family poses for a quick family portrait during an afternoon break in thr Christmas celebration at their home. My Final Photo for Dec. 21, 2019.

Heavy morning fog obscures the path for a woman walking her dog around the Westerville Sports fields on Cleveland Ave. My Final Photo for Dec. 24, 2019.

Parishioners unbox, sort, and place red and yellow poinsettias around the altar as St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church prepares for its Christmas Masses. My Final Photo for Dec. 23, 2019.

One of the last trees sold at the Glengary Center Christmas Tree lot gets a trim and a shave before being bundled in plastic and tied atop a customer’s vehicle. My Final Photo for Dec. 22, 2019.