When we document our lives, we usually focus on the people we were with or the event itself. But the weather is often part of the memory too, even if we do not realize it at the time.

Think about how often you remember a day by how it felt outside. The rain that kept everyone indoors. The stifling heat, or he snow that changed your plans. Weather has a way of shaping the mood of a day, and that mood becomes part of the story.

Phone photos add up fast. It is easy to reach a point where your library feels too big to manage. I started a simple routine that keeps the work small. Each day I open my Photos app and search for that day’s date. I type the month and day without the year. For example, September 2.