Winter Sun

My office faces east, with a big window and lots of house plants. This combination allows me to watch the progress of the rising sun as the seasons change.

I start work early. Now that we have passed the shortest day of the year, I am enjoying opening the blinds earlier each day because the sun is coming up earlier. It is also moving northward as the winter progresses. This means that I can begin to shift my plants from one cluster to a broader area since I get more sunshine before the sun moves around the building.

This is one of the processes of nature that helps me get through the short, cold months of winter. Soon enough, I tell myself, the morning sun will be so hot that I will wish I had a tree to shade this window.

But not now.

Image from MaxPixel.