As we stood with our tour group in Cinque Terre to listen to our guide, we couldn’t help but notice other lines in the landscape. From clotheslines holding towels on colorful balconies . . .
Towels drying on the line: Cinque Terre
to boats lined up and waiting at the base of the famous postcard-pretty hillside where small apartments and houses vie for space on the mountainside.
Boats lined up in Manarola
Half-opened shutters exposed their lines to the morning sun.
Green shutters: Cinque Terre
And wavy lines of umbrellas shaded bathers on a crowded coast
Umbrellas on the beach: Cinque Terre
while two churches stood out among other buildings with their distinguished lined facades.
A lined facade in Cinque Terre
Distinctive entrance: church in Cinque Terre
Find more lines — straight and curvy — at Weekly Photo Challenge: Lines.