Mississippi Musings . . .

I suppose our countdown to leaving Mississippi begins. We have less than a year left of our stay here on the Gulf Coast, (actually, ten months.) We'll be going to Tucson next May, to go back to school for a one year Hematopathology fellowship. This should be a familiar feeling for our family, as Brent has been in school for about 11 years of our marriage. (Hematopathology just sounds cool, so thats okay.)

So here are some of the things we'll miss. Brent wearing "blues" on Mondays. He looks very handsome in uniform. Michael is dressed for swim lessons (which he was fine with until he realized he had to put his head under the water.)

We'll miss the live oak trees. (I'm not sure why they're called live, as opposed to dead.) Here's my tree hugger kids appreciating nature at a park across from the beach on 90 in Biloxi.

We'll miss the art. When the beautiful trees along the coast were killed by hurricane Katrina, instead of chopping them down and cutting them up for firework, the city had an artist create sculptures instead. Beauty out of devastation.

We'll miss picking blueberries in 94 degree weather with the humidity factor putting it over 100 degrees, at seven in the morning.

We'll miss hiking along the coastal forests in Ocean Springs, and checking out our friendly alligator (not shown).

So we'll make the most of our next ten months, and make some more Mississippi Memories.