Sometimes things line up.  I’ve been to this airport hundreds of times…and a bunch just in the last few weeks, but this view stopped me in my tracks.  I love the lines of the plexiglass window, the horizon reflected from behind, the palm trees along the right side, and the traffic snaking along below.  I took this photo with my phone…and I just love everything about it!

I was surprised to find these mailboxes on a walk not far from my son’s suburban home.  I think of mailboxes like this as something I would find on a rural lane.  I love they way they are all in a line, there is something about the differences in color and degrees of rustiness that add to their character.  (Along with that branch on the end!)

This nearby canal runs alongside a line of hiking/biking/running trails.  We took our grandsons out in the stroller to walk along them and Geoff did some running to keep up his training for the Rock and Roll half marathon tomorrow.  I love following the line of the canal with your eye and seeing the mountains in the distance.

These drying flowers also seem to hang in a line, remnants from the profusion of spring wildflowers.

Back at home brought me back to the beach.  Along the cliffs there were stacks and stacks of rocks, all in a line.  I wonder if they are stacked by the same person(s) or if people see them and add to the piles.  I saw them a few weeks ago, and there are even more in the same spot now.  It’s hard to get a photo that shows the number of stacks.

As I drove to my other son’s house last night, I watched the sunset as I followed the line of freeway that stretches its way from one end of our state to another.  The huge orange ball slowly sunk, making the taillights of the cars ahead even more prominent.

I spent the day today with my other grandson while his parents prepared to celebrate my daughter-in-law’s completion of her pediatric residency at a dinner with all the other residents.  I’m loving these grandma moments, getting to watch child development from a new perspective.  As I watched him run from one end of the backyard to the other, touching the grass,, crinkling dry leaves in his fingers, poking his finger in the sprinkler heads I was reminded of the power of exploration and curiosity.  How lucky I am to look at the world again through the eyes of my three young grandsons!

So, what’s lining up in your world this week?  Take a look around and captures those lines in a photo or few.

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Be on the look out for those things that are in a line…or create some lines of your own.  Be sure to share with the rest of us!