Rodney and Kevin cut a fallen tree into sections small enough to be split into firewood from a field on Africa Road that they help manage in Westerville. My Final Photo for January 31, 2023.
Afternoon winter snow flurries fly past the open door and begin to coat the barn at the Braun Farm. My Final Photo for January 30, 2023.
Parishioners enter St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church on a wet winter morning before sunrise. My Final Photo for January 29, 2023.
Winter sailors steer their craft across the mild waves of Hoover Reservoir working their way to the completion of a set of friendly races before the setting sun darkens their course. My Final Photo for January 28, 2023.
A Great Blue Heron stands between bald cypress knees growing at the wetlands at the highlands Aquatic Center. My Final Photo for January 27, 2023.
A crew retrieves test borings from a field along Africa Road where soil quality testing is required before any development can begin on the property or be sold to a prospective buyer. My Final Photo for January 26, 2023.
A blanket of snow followed by rain both brightened and dampened Hoover Reservoir and its neighbors including this relatively new area below the dam. My Final Photo for January 24, 2023.
Jim Hance stands in his company workshop where he's helping clear out tools and equipment sold in an online auction as En-Hanced Products closes its doors after more than 100 years manufacturing industrial equipment, agricultural seed sorters, and GoCycles. My Final Photo for January 24, 2023.
A few footprints mark the path of winter wanderers in the blanket of snow covering Red Bank Park the day after several inches of snow fell in the early morning. My Final Photo for January 23, 2023.
A band of intrepid walkers traverses their way through a snow-covered path through the prairie at Sharon Woods Metro Park during a Sunday morning snowfall that left several inches of white powder for their outing. My Final Photo for January 22, 2023.
A quintet of dancers smiles at the completion of their final practice routine for the afternoon at Generations in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for January 21, 2023.
A concrete crew cleans up at the end of the day after pouring another section of the right-in right-out entrance to a new Dunkin doughnut drive-thru at Windsor Bay Shopping Center. My Final Photo for January 20, 2023.
An afternoon cloud moves across the eastern sky appearing to float over buildings in Uptown Westerville but marking the beginning of a strong wind storm and cooler temperatures. My Final Photo for January 19, 2023.
A great Blue Heron sits on the naked branch of a cypress tree at the wetlands at Highland Park. My Final Photo for January 18, 2023.
Barren branches hang over Schrock Lake at Sharon Woods Park where the sunset is reflected in the slightly rippled waters of the lake. My Final Photo for January 17, 2023.
The interior of the barn at the Braun Farm is shown in this 360-degree stitched panorama photo. My Final Photo for January 16, 2023.
Thickening ice covers the western shoreline of Hoover Reservoir after overnight temperatures fell into the teens. My final Photo for January 15, 2023.
Families gather around a fire and drink hot chocolate after finishing the Winter Hike in Sharon Woods Metro Park Saturday. My Final Photo for January 14, 2023.
A tree removal crew works to remove a large maple tree with its rotten roots exposed near Towers Hall on Otterbein University after it fell during storms the previous day. My Final Photo for January 13, 2023.
A mother and daughter select ideas for Westerville's Edge Adventure Park during the first public planning meeting about building the new park in a deep ravine along Alum Creek. My Final Photo for January 12, 2023.
A work crew removes trees and shrubs growing in rocks in the base of Smothers Road over Hoover Reservoir preventing the plant's roots from damaging the important structure and blocking views of the lake. My Final Photo for January 11, 2023.
A construction fence now encircles the plot of land on West College where a building with ground-floor businesses under four apartments will be built. My Final Photo for January 10, 2023.
Desiccated giant foxtail grass seedheads wave in thebreeze across a fallow field near the barn at the Braun Farm in Westerville. My Final Photo for January 9, 2023.
Westerville police crash investigators talk as they inspect a single-car crash at Polaris Parkway and Meridian Way late Sunday afternoon that required a person to be transported to the hospital. My Final Photo for January 8, 2023.
A man crosses Hoover Dam beneath an almost clear winter sky with the sun shining bright warming him on his walk. My Final Photo for January 7, 2023.
A work crew working under cloudy skies and cold temperatures remove lights from the trees at the entrance to the Westerville Library, another marker of the end of the Christmas season. My Final Photo for January 6, 2023.
A knitter at a Westerville Libary club meeting shows off the turkey she made using plastic shopping bags in a technique named plarning, a combination of plastic and yarn using plastic strips instead of traditional yarn to make a bag, or in this case a Plarn turkey, that can be easily washed without damage, shrinkage, or losing its shape. My Final Photo for January 5, 2023.
A city worker removes a Christmas wreath attached to a light pole near the library as the year-end holiday celebration comes to an end with the removal of the lights. My Final Photo for January 4, 2023. #Westerville #westervilleohio #westervillenews #uptownwestervilleohio #wvloh #ohio #f8wwwwwh #wwwwwh #f8 #everydayohio #ohiopix #ohio #everydayusa #apad
A pair of birders, one holding binoculars in one hand and a camera in the other, scan Hoover Reservoir for a Pacific Loon to add a checkmark to their annual list of birds they've watched. My Final Photo for January 3, 2023.
A fisherman proves his success fishing for Muskie below the Alum Creek Park North low-head dam by showing a catch preserved in a photo on his smartphone as he leaves the creek after failing to catch anything Monday. My Final Photo for January 2, 2023.
