I love this time of day. I just love watching the sun stream in the windows and the warmth of the late day sun. I love it in a way that is not normal, for it makes me happy almost like nothing else can. I always said that if I was an animal in another life, it was a cat, not for any reason other then the fact that I just love to curl up in the afternoon sun. I want to curl up in it and let all the cares and the worries of the day melt away into that sunlight.

January has been a slow month for Sundin Photography, and although I LOVE what I do and CAN’T WAIT for the next photo shoot I have in store (I am excited beyond words for the photo shoot I have coming this weekend!), this slowness of this month has been a welcome change. It is nice to have a to-do list that is only 3 things long instead of 30. It is nice to not to use the words, “I HAVE to get this done today” about 20 times each day. It is nice to be able to stop, watch my daughter playing and really take it in, enjoy her, without constantly thinking in the back of my head of all the other things I could be doing. I love productivity. It is a little strange the way I love it. I definitely get a little spirit lift when I check something off a list. But this last week it has been different. It has been so nice to just sit back and put productivity on the shelf for a while. I know it will be there tomorrow, and that is okay with me. For today I can just sit on the couch, soak in the afternoon sun and let every other thought just melt away.

Here is a picture I took at The Wild Animal Park in San Diego on Saturday.  Something about yellow makes me smile too.