So many things in life now we can do anytime thanks to electricity and rapid transportation, but there is this matter of the sunlight of the day. When it comes in a window, especially at a strong angle in the morning, it marches quickly, spotlighting things as it goes. You cannot say, “Well, I’m going to spend five minutes watching it reflect off something on a shelf.” It does not linger; you see it only for the short while it is there. And the next day, even if it is sunny, the light will not hit quite the same spots again.
This is the light as it hit berries and a tree sitting on a window sill opposite:
Makes me want to cut down some trees so I would experience some sunshine in my home…. but I know I’d regret it come summertime. That shade is precious in August.