Goodbye Moon, Hello Sun

A trip to the coast wouldn't be complete without pictures of a sunrise.  The pictures I captured on our recent trip aren't spectacular by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm going to share them anyway. I took these behind our hotel and the view facing the East was the beach at low tide.  The water was calm and there weren't even many birds out.  As we waited for the sun to come up over Biloxi, I took some pictures of the moon going down over Gulfport ... It was a nice way to begin our day. I captured this picture a few seconds before the sun peeped over the horizon.     It's amazing how quickly its position changes.    It was the beginning of a great day, with plenty of sunshine and bright blue skies.  We left Biloxi later that morning and headed West towards Bay St. Louis.  I hope you will join me next time to see a few of the pictures I captured there.

A Trip to the Mississippi Gulf Coast

This is the first in a series of posts I'm going to share about our recent trip to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It was a trip filled with lagniappe, and I'm going to begin with these pictures I took of the sunrise over Biloxi, Mississippi, early Saturday morning on April 10th. I took them from the beach across from our hotel in Gulfport.

It always amazes me how quickly the colors and cloud formations change during a sunrise or sunset.

It was so nice Saturday morning ... a little cool, but it was a glorious sunrise, and all was right with the world.

After the sun was up, I walked on the beach for a while. The tide was out and I was surrounded by seagulls on the sandbars chattering to each other (and fussing at me for trying to get too close to them).

I loved these sweet little sandcastles, and wish I could let whoever made them know that I captured them in a picture for "posterity."

Tomorrow I will share some pictures of the seagulls that were keeping me company on the beach. I had never really seen any up close, and I enjoyed watching them. They're beautiful little birds and left delicate little footprints in the sand ...