A carpenter carries plywood sheathing across the top floor ceiling of a three-story building on West College is being built. My Final Photo for August 31, 2023.
A young artist sitting on the rocks makes pencil and pastel drawings of the lilypads covering a small section of the Highlands Wetlands on a crisp late Autumn afternoon. My Final Photo for August 30, 2023.
A bagpiper from the Capital City Pipes and Drums Corp gets his instrument tuned during rehearsal at Alum Creek Park North for an upcoming competition and performing during the Andre Rieu concert at the Schottenstein Center. My Final Photo for August 29, 2023. https://bit.ly/3sxdHxl
A contractor signals as a bull float levels a large section of concrete sidewalk poured at Towers Hall on the Otterbein University campus where repairs to old and damaged high-pressure steam pipes was recently completed. My Final Photo for August 28, 2023.
A woman pauses her walk through Sharon Woods Metro Park to photograph wildflowers lining one side of the trail. My Final Photo for August 27, 2023.
A man who rode his kayak over the low head dam at Alum Creek Park North in Westerville offers a thank you and a handshake to some if the Westerville firefighters who came to his aid. My Final Photo for August 26, 2023. https://bit.ly/3R1T32N
A father spins his children to the rhythm of the band playing in front of city hall during the Fourth Friday street fair in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for August 25, 2023.
Micah Crockett scrapes Captivating Canines lettering from the front windows of the closed store as it prepares to become an addition to Cardinal Pizza. My Final Photo for August 24, 2023.
Carpenters install header boards across the second floor window of an office and apartment building being built on West College where the Book Harbor bookstore once stood in Uptown. My Final Photo for August 23, 2030.
Westerville Parks workers replace damaged storm drain pipes at Heritage Park after partially draining and damming the ponds to keep backflow out of the excavated area. My Final Photo for August 22, 2023.
Contractors lay asphalt on Lindimore Way replacing sections of the roadway damaged by fire department vehicles making 90-degree turns at the rear of the main fire station on West Main. My Final Photo for August 21, 2023. https://bit.ly/44k4fL3
Tasseled corn grabs the rays of sun shining through clouds spreading shadows across fields and yards on a hot summer afternoon. My Final Photo for August 20, 2023.
Volunteeers and Otterbein students fulfilling a community service day remove shrubs and plants from the front of the yard of the Hanby House on West Main before the historic site's lawn and rock ledge is upgraded. My Final Photo for August 19, 2023.
A young boy repositions one of artist Amanda McGee's Conversation Cubes designed tro be portable seats and conversation starters in the greenspace in front of City Hall. My Final Photo for August 18, 2023.
First-year-students at Otterbein University gather in Cowan Hall on their first full day at the school where they listened to the University president, provost and other speakers talk about their decision to attend the school. My Final Photo for August 17, 2023.
An Otterbein freshman carrying some of belongings is followed into Hannah Mayne dormitory by her family bearing the remainder of the necessities for her first year at the Westerville university. My Final Photo for August 16, 2023.
Muralist Nick Stull references his original artwork as he makes the beginning strokes for the historical mural featuring Benjamin Hanby, William Henry Fouse, and Agnes Meyer Driscoll, on the side of the building that houses Java Central. My Final Photo for August 15, 2023.
Raindrops hang from the drooping stem of a Prairie Dock wildflower growing across the path at the Highlands Wetlands. My Final Photo for August 14, 2023.
A couple steps into the afternoon sun to continue their walk from a more shaded walkway at Sharon Woods Metro Park Sunday. My Final Photo for August 13, 2023.
A crowd celebrating Uptown Untapped fills parking lots along East Main Street closed for the annual craft beer festival in the home of the Anti-Saloon League and Prohibition. My Final Photo for August 12, 2023. https://bit.ly/45pR3Fn
Paving bricks sit exposed on West Home Street after a paving crew milled away the asphalt surface preparing it for repaving this weekend before the arrival next week of first-year students at Otterbein University. My Final Photo for August 11, 2023.
A city electric worker downs a tree in the right-of-way as he and a crew begin to make repairs to a power line behind a shopping center on Schrock Road. My Final Photo for August 10, 2023.
An Otterbein University Color Guard member practices with some of the team at the Alum Creel Park Amphitheater as they prepare for the start of football season at home on September 2 against Ohio Wesleyan University. My Final Photo for August 9, 2023.
A Franklin County Engineer work crew paints lane striping on the Main Street Bridge following an earlier sealing of the structure surface. My Final Photo for August 8, 2023.
Afternoon storm clouds arrive across the horizon behind the wetlands at Highlands Park. My Final Photo for August 7, 2023.
A male gathering admires a hotrod Chevy Chevelle sitting in the parking lot of Westerville North as an unofficial used car lot for passers-by to notice. My Final Photo for August 6, 2023.
Kids line the Alum Creek Amphitheater stage as yo-yo expert Chazz Miller opens the Amazing Circus Show Saturday night. My Final Photo for August 5, 2023.
Lettering for Captivating Canines and Michael David Salon are removed from markers on East Main after both the stores recently closed and are awaiting new tenants. My Final Photo for August 4, 2023.
A plein air artist applies chalk pastels to her canvas as she stands in the late afternoon shadows edging over the pond at Heritage Park. My final Photo for August 3, 2023. https://bit.ly/3DKiTAp
Gravel is poured into the trench where new storm drains connect to a system of drains that will move water from flooded sections of East Walnut Street to the wetlands at Highland Park. My Final Photo for August 2, 2023.
Westerville police officers assist a group of kids using a water balloon slingshot against other kids and a few adults at National Night Out. My Final Photo for August 1, 2023.
