From April 1, 2004 until today, I worked on a daily photo project which I titled "A Year in One Place." There is a field about 100 feet from my house. On the opposite side of the field is a stream. My goal was to take a photo of this end of the field every day for a year. The photo to the right is a reminder that I put in my car. It now has such character that everyone in the family has agreed that I need to leave the reminder there for good. Yes, I sometimes eat bananas in the car.

Here are some highlights from a year of taking daily photos in this place:

• April 12 - garbage appears (maybe a cardboard box) and is visible until May 17
• April 21 - new leaves are noticeable on the trees
• April 29 - first wildflowers appear
• May 12 - trees are noticeably full
• May 18 - the stream is no longer visible
• June ? - the first time someone asked me why the hell I was taking pictures there every day
• June 18 - wheat begins to turn brown
• July 1 - first photo taken by someone other than myself (guest photographers included Hannah, Maddy, Tim, Kayla, Arissa)
• July 6 - wheat is harvasted
• July 6 - first two of three vehicles appear
• September 4 - first photo missed because someone forgot while I was out of town
• September 15 - third vehicle
• September 18 - field is flooded
• September 21 - trees begin to appear noticeably thinner
• October 13 - leaves begin to change colors
• October 19 - first time I forgot
• Total number of days missed - 9
• Total out of the 9 that are on a misplaced disk somewhere - 3
• November 4 - first frost
• November 10 - leaves nearly gone
• November 28 - stream is visible again
• December 27 - first snow
• January 22 - first photo taken during a snow storm
• February 1 - first footprints in the snow
• February 18 - first (and only) dog appears bringing the first (and only) human along with her
• March 5 - my shadow is in the picture
• March 24 - last time it snowed
• March 31 (day 365) - first time a police officer stopped and asked what I was doing. I told him, "Nothing now. I'm finished."