Well, I don't have much to write today because there's really not much new but I did take some pictures of Gulfport over the weekend that I wanted to post. Brooks and I are currently living in Gulfport which is on the Mississippi gulf coast and is a few miles down the road from Biloxi. I had never visited Gulfport before "the storm" but from what I understand it was a fair-sized tourist spot on the Redneck Riviera. (That was always my Dad's name for the Alabama gulf coast and I've determined that it applies to the Mississippi coast as well.) Without having anything to compare post-Katrina Gulfport to, I am struck by the abandoned nature of things here. The house where we are staying is about three blocks from the beach, but I've never seen such an abandoned beach before. There are tons of empty lots where houses or hotels or some touristy place used to stand. As I'm out walking or jogging along the streets, I'm struck by the number of "For Sale" signs as well as the number of houses that appear to have just been "left behind", almost like those books about the rapture or something. I doubt that these pictures will portray the strangeness, almost eeriness and ghosttown-likeness, but I figured a picture's worth a thousand words. (Guess I shouldn't have rambled on so much then but isn't that what blogging's for?) By the way, if anyone can tell me an easy way to link other people's blogs to my site, that would be great. I've been getting comments from people I haven't seen or talked to in forever but I can't figure out how to do it. Oh well - I guess I'll learn!
3 comments:
Dear Ashley & Brooks,
so glad to receive the information and pictures of where you are. The photos certainly display the "abandoned nature" of things there. I pray that you will be amazingly aware of God's presence and that it will be a reminder to you that he will never abandon his children. Peace of God!
(From your anonymously-blogging cousin in Maryland) Very cool blog! If you want to link other people's blogs, you can use some simple code: just type in <a href="put_the_url_here">put_some_text_here</a>, and it will display the text but link to the URL that you put within the quotes.
As a real example, I'm putting that in code as this link, which doesn't link to anything real: put_some_text_here.
Hey Ashley and Brooks! I hope the move went well and that you are getting settled in down there. I look forward to keeping up with you through your blog. Miss you! I'll see you in Atlanta June 2.
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