Welcome to the One/Day Project

Here you will find hundreds of photos that I've taken every day since 2/29/2008. I reached my initial goal of making it to leap day 2012 (after 1462 photos), but I'm still going - the new goal is to make it to Monday, 2/29/2016.

Every photo in these galleries is a unique creation from that day. My intent is to create art, and I've taken great care to create most of these photographs. In addition to not uploading simple snapshots, I try incredibly hard not to repeat myself.

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Cliff Castle Do I have to mention that this is worth a stop? Cause it is.
Montezuma Castle Again, a misnomer - it was built by the Sinagua people that disappear around 1400. This site is obviously impressive - it's a 4-story structure built 100 feet into a cliff!!! It's about 10 miles South along I-17 from Montezuma Well. As a preservation effort, the park service restored some of the walls a few years ago using the same materials that the Sinagua would have used to build it, primarily mud from Beaver Creek. That's why the lower sections are a different color - the mud is relatively fresh.
Montezuma Well The day after we hiked and drove around Sedona, we headed South and stopped by Montezuma Well, a natural sinkhole that's constantly fed by underground springs at a lovely 76 F degrees. The 'well' does not support fish, but the water flows out through a 'swallet' and meets up with nearby Beaver Creek. The area includes ruins (can you find them?) built by the Sinagua people that disappeared around 1400 for unknown reasons. The name is a misnomer, as Montezuma (Aztec) never made it this far North, but the people that first named it didn't know that. I HIGHLY recommend stopping by, it's a very cool place with great information.
_12/20/10_ Cliff Castle Today we left Sedona and headed South to Tucson. Along the way, we stopped at Montezuma Well and Montezuma Castle, about 10 miles apart. Both are misnomers, named by early settlers that thought they were Aztec when, in fact, the Aztecs never made it this far North. They were built by the Sinagua people, who vanished from the area 500-600 years ago for reasons unknown. This is obviously the 'castle', not the well. It's 100 feet off the ground and would have had ladders to get to it when it was in use. Other ruins are nearby, but none as spectacular as these - 4 levels built straight into the cliff. I'll post more photos in a separate gallery, but in case you're wondering what the well is - it's a sinkhole that's fed by underground springs, so there's constant water at the bottom. Sinagua ruins are all around the rim, as well as inside the well. Both stops are just minutes from I-17 and they're well worth the stop. More photos! [last year]
Montezuma Well
The day after we hiked and drove around Sedona, we headed South and stopped by Montezuma Well, a natural sinkhole that's constantly fed by underground springs at a lovely 76 F degrees. The 'well' does not support fish, but the water flows out through a 'swallet' and meets up with nearby Beaver Creek.
The area includes ruins (can you find them?) built by the Sinagua people that disappeared around 1400 for unknown reasons. The name is a misnomer, as Montezuma (Aztec) never made it this far North, but the people that first named it didn't know that.
I HIGHLY recommend stopping by, it's a very cool place with great information.
Montezuma Well The day after we hiked and drove around Sedona, we headed South and stopped by Montezuma Well, a natural sinkhole that's constantly fed by underground springs at a lovely 76 F degrees. The 'well' does not support fish, but the water flows out through a 'swallet' and meets up with nearby Beaver Creek. The area includes ruins (can you find them?) built by the Sinagua people that disappeared around 1400 for unknown reasons. The name is a misnomer, as Montezuma (Aztec) never made it this far North, but the people that first named it didn't know that. I HIGHLY recommend stopping by, it's a very cool place with great information." href="javascript:openLB(1140246266,'',XLarge,'',1024,768);">Montezuma Well The day after we hiked and drove around Sedona, we headed South and stopped by Montezuma Well, a natural sinkhole that's constantly fed by underground springs at a lovely 76 F degrees. The 'well' does not support fish, but the water flows out through a 'swallet' and meets up with nearby Beaver Creek. The area includes ruins (can you find them?) built by the Sinagua people that disappeared around 1400 for unknown reasons. The name is a misnomer, as Montezuma (Aztec) never made it this far North, but the people that first named it didn't know that. I HIGHLY recommend stopping by, it's a very cool place with great information.
Montezuma Well
The day after we hiked and drove around Sedona, we headed South and stopped by Montezuma Well, a natural sinkhole that's constantly fed by underground springs at a lovely 76 F degrees. The 'well' does not support fish, but the water flows out through a 'swallet' and meets up with nearby Beaver Creek.
The area includes ruins (can you find them?) built by the Sinagua people that disappeared around 1400 for unknown reasons. The name is a misnomer, as Montezuma (Aztec) never made it this far North, but the people that first named it didn't know that.
I HIGHLY recommend stopping by, it's a very cool place with great information.
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