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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI live a few miles down the road
from Intercontinental Airport Houston, so literally hundreds of planes fly over my house daily. It's not as bad as it sounds, I don't really notice them usually.
Some days, like this morning, my 2 year old and I will hang out on the swing outside and he will point out every plane he sees flying over with his funny way of saying, "See one!" It's a fun and relaxing activity he and I share.
With all the anxiety and anger I am prone to feeling in this day and age, I sometimes have to stop and let it go in order to remind myself there are moments to take in and just "see one".
Corny i know, but it's real.
lamp_shade
(14,814 posts)I'm a little verklempt now.
spanone
(135,781 posts)Duncanpup
(12,822 posts)malthaussen
(17,175 posts)KS Toronado
(17,136 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,584 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,148 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,584 posts)people find their metaphorical roses to stop and sniff in many different guises.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,281 posts)what a time in their young little age.
lpbk2713
(42,736 posts)Blink your eyes and they are out the door and on their own.
George II
(67,782 posts)....we were under the approach path for the planes. I used to lay in the backyard on my back watching them for hours.
A month or so after moving up to CT I thought, "there's something missing." Oh right, airplanes!
JackintheGreen
(2,036 posts)And my two year old also likes watching them. But hes a dog and thinks theyre just really big crows
and he hates crows!
Thanks for the smile!
Zorro
(15,722 posts)It's a pretty awesome free app that maps aircraft flights and flight paths around the world, along with originating/destination airports, flight scheduled departure/arrival times, and altitudes. And for $10 annually it will give one a pilot's view out the cockpit.
Bo Zarts
(25,389 posts)My company, Transco (Transcontinental Gas Pipeline), had a hangar on the west side. I flew Learjet 25Bs, Learjet 55s, and a four-engine Lockheed JetStar-2. Great job. Ken Lay was my boss before he started Enron.