Brick masons lower themselves on the ladder and support structure from a work platform at one of the elevator shafts for an apartment complex being built at the Galaxy at Polaris on Ikea Way. My Final Photo for February 21, 2024.

Girl Scouts from Troop 6195 wearing sunglasses to shield their eyes from the late afternoon sun offer encouragement to buyers at State and Main just a few feet from their Girl Scout Cookie stand where they accept cash, credit cards, and Venmo. My Final Photo for February 20, 2024.

A group of young girls take advantage of a day off from school and warming weather to play a game of truth or dare on the stage at the Alum Creek Park amphitheater. My Final Photo for February 19, 2024.

The oak tree at the corner of Brisbane and Barcelona casts its winter shadow across snow that remains on the ground after a weekend storm. My Final Photo for February 18, 2024.

Sledders gather at the top of the snow-covered hill at Alum Creek Park South after an overnight storm brought seven inches of snow to central Ohio. My Final Photo for February 17, 2024.

A line of westbound cars sits idle on Central College at the bridge below Hoover Dam waiting for police to open the roadway following a series of car crashes without injury during the evening snowfall. A group of drivers, passengers, and parents of drivers stand together waiting for tow trucks to remove their vehicles. My Final Photo for February 16, 2024.

The brick facade at the new Ampersand restaurant and apartment building on West College is power-washed Thursday as the building replacing the Book Harbor bookstore gets closer to opening. My Final Photo for February 15, 2024.

Vases filled with roses sit ready for arrangements at Talbott’s Flowers in Uptown Westerville for delivery and sale to the affectionate on Valentine’s Day. My Final Photo for February 14, 2024.

City service workers use three crescent wrenches for leverage and another to rotate a broken section of the fire hydrant in front of Westerville Antiques to make repairs after it failed during a routine inspection last week. My Final Photo for February 13, 2024.

Acorn Nursery’s greenhouses covered in plastic for the winter sit along Alum Creek just below the Alum Creek Park dam, in the background. My Final Photo for February 12, 2024.

With the Red Bank bridge at the horizon and a minimum of four boats to race on a winter day, a quartet of sailors from the Hoover Sail Club pass the final buoy on the final race Sunday afternoon. My Final Photo for February 11, 2024.

Three young artists show their works created on the theme of the environment during a performance by the woodwind section of The Westerville Symphony at the Women in Science event at the Westerville Community Center. My Final Photo for February 10, 2024.

An extra-large thin-crust pizza dough gets tossed at Cardinal Pizza to make a double cheese pie on National Pizza Day. My Final Photo for February 9, 2024.

A man is served homemade chicken tortilla soup by the chef at Souperbowl Dinner to raise money for W.A.R.M. at the Senior Center in the Community Center. My Final Photo for February 8, 2023.

A nine-year-old boy unscrews the door of a bluebird house for cleaning in a prairie field at Hoover Reservoir along Sunbury Road under the direction of his grandfather who watches from a short distance. My Final Photo for February 7, 2023.