The morning sun casts shadows across the small pond, hayfield, and round bales on a section of the Sharp Farm on Africa Road. My Final Photo for Sept. 30, 2021.
Duane Yarnell rakes hay on the lower section of the small field behind his barn and across the creek from a field of corn. My Final Photo for Sept. 29, 2021.
A brick mason replaces old brick and tuck-points the mortar joints between others to refresh the exterior of a section of the Graeter's Ice Cream store in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for Sept. 28, 2021.
A woman wears plastic gloves to keep from touching the worms she's using for bait while fishing at Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for Sept. 27, 2021.
Three Oromia women wearing chelie beadwork pose for a photo with their family during the group's celebration of Irreecha, a tradition marking the end of the rainy season for the regional state in Ethiopia. My Final Photo for Sept. 26, 2021.
A young girl pulls herself 40-feet into the canopy of a tree at the corner of Alum Creek Par5k during Arbor Fest, an annual city event to raise awareness of the benefits of forest and prairie maintenance. My Final Photo for Sept. 25, 2021.
Rows of field corn begin to dry after a strong growing season in fields along Africa Road across from the Yarnell Farm barns. My Final Photo for Sept. 24, 2021.
Goldenrod bursts into color under storm clouds blowing over the prairie at the edge of the Edward S. Thomas Nature Preserve in Sharon Woods Metro Park. My Final Photo for Sept. 23, 2021.
A great egret feasts on an abandoned goldfish pulled from the waters of the wetlands at Highlands during a break in Tuesday's rain. My Final Pho
A city electric worker removes the canvas bird used to pull a cable through recently laid conduit that will hold new three-phase wire going to the upgraded power sub-station off Collegeview. My Final Photo for Sept. 21, 2021.
Soybeans on the Braun Farm property are slowly drying out readying themselves for harvest this fall. My Final Photo for Sept. 20, 2021.
A set of parents watch a softball game at Highlands from reserved seats in the shadow of a maple tree at center field. My Final Photo for Sept. 19, 2021.
A skater launches himself toward the Westerville Skate Park during "Skate Late," an evening of skating under lights at the skate park. My Final Photo for Sept. 18, 2021.
Afternoon clouds travel across a field with scattered bales of late-season hay. My Final Photo for Sept. 17, 2021.
An artist puts away her portable easel, paints, and brushes after a morning with other painters at one of the goldenrod fields in Sharon Woods Metro Park. My Final Photo for Sept. 16, 2021.
A fisherman tries his luck below the spillway for the Westerville Alum Creek dam during rain showers Tuesday afternoon. My Final Photo for Sept. 15, 2021.
A surveyor returns tools to his truck at the end of his day beginning to mark the corners and elevation of about 14 acres on North West Street that was approved by the planning commission for the development of 88 townhomes. My Final Photo for Sept. 14, 2021.
Dad readies the boat as Mom, wearing a backpack filled with snacks, escorts their three children along the Walnut Street boat ramp dock for a day of fishing on Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for Sept.13, 2021.
Luminaries marking the number of people killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers 20 years ago illuminates the lawn at the Westerville First Responders Park on the second day of a memorial honoring people who died in the collapse. My Final Photo for Sept. 12, 2021.
The American Legion Honor Guard fires a 21-gun salute at the end of noon ceremonies at First Responder's Park marking the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washing, and Pennsylvania. My Final Photo for Sept. 11. 2021.
A carpenter claws away a section of a beam he cut during construction of a new barn at Tussic and Big Walnut in Galena. My Final Photo for Sept. 10, 2021.
A kayaker wears a quizzical expression as he approaches a fisherman several hundred feet into Hoover Reservoir near the Walnut Street boat ramp. My Final Photo for Sept. 9, 2021.
A flock of three nonbreeding goldfinch munch on the seeds of wildflowers growing along the wetlands at Highland. My Final Photo for Sept. 8, 2021.
A fisherman shifts his position just above the dam at Hoover Reservoir during a Tuesday afternoon session on the lake. My Final Photo for Sept. 7, 2021.
Swimmers enjoy the last day of the 2021 season at Highlands Pool. My Final Photo for Sept. 6, 2021.
Parishioners arrive in the rain for the first Sunday Mass at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Westerville. My Final Photo for Sept. 5, 2021.
A fisherman casts for baitfish just before sunrise where he and his fishing companions prepared to launch a day of fishing dreams on Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for Sept. 4, 2021.
Kevin Scott steers his tractor around an umbrella and lawn chairs placed in an open space in the farm field he cutting for hay on North West Street. My Final Photo for Sept. 3, 2021.
Rodney Parker and Kevin Scott deliver a wagon of hay to a horse barn near Croton, Ohio. My Final Photo for Sept. 2, 2021
Sailboarders enjoy 30-mile-an-hour winds gusts to propel themselves across the choppy waters of Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for Sept. 1, 2021.
