Category: Sand Castles on the beach

After 5 days away from building, I was very happy that the winds finally died down enough that I could build on the beach!

It’s a small castle, started from the ground up, but I hope to build a little bigger every day.

This is looking up toward Cape Henlopen and the ferry

Looking up toward the Inlet, there were a few people back on the beach today.

The castle I built on Thursday was trampled and dug up with long handled shovels. I gave the shovels back to the father of his destructive kids, and asked if he knew who would help me fill in the many holes on my structure, but he had no answer for me. This family was neutralized by 10 families who stopped by today, to say they enjoyed the castles.
Despite that trampling, I was able to prep the sand, and built this castle today.
I was exhausted, but happy to build this castle.

A phone call on the beach, from dear South African friends came before I even started carving the castle. They wanted to stop in Lewes on their way to South Carolina, and take Jack and I out to lunch. I never want to stop ‘playing’ once I get to the beach (plus I didn’t want to have to shower and get dressed, before I finished a castle, either!) I don’t usually stop to have lunch, but we hadn’t seen Sue and Peter in a long while. They are in the U.S. visiting, and wanted to see us. Jack suggested we go to On the Rocks, and I was ready in a flash (a long beach cover up over my bathing suit, and I was ready!) Lunch was nice, and I was back on the beach at 2:30, and worked till 5, and finished the castle for the day.
This castle was about 2 and a half hours carving, after the sand prep in the morning.

a href=”http://sandcastlelady.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Aug-29-2016-franks-castle-with-lace.jpg”> It was so good to have Frank building alongside me today! Here’s his castle!

My castle today, with my brother Bill Hicks’ boat out in the bay

There was a light wind, coming onshore that was very nice today!
Zain, 7 years old, worked with his brother, Aiden 4 years old, on a very nice castle.

Anna’s little brother, Jack (4 yrs old) made one jump too many over Anna’s beautiful dolphin sand sculpture! Luckily, Piper and Anna were able to smooth out his footprint (where he missed the jump.)
Anna 7, from Swingerland, NY was the mastermind behind this wonderful dolphin sand sculpture. Piper 5, from Blue Bell, PA, made the blow hole for the dolphin.

Clouds hanging over my castle made this picture better, today.

Castles don’t have to ‘fit the mold,’ for sure! Anna and Piper made a Volcano Water Slide Ride castle!

Piper 5, and Anna 7’s volcano water slide ride castle

another late start castle for me. I’m hoping to get there earlier tomorrow.

It was so good to see my old friend, Piper, come up the beach with her mom Stephanie and grandmom Jody! Piper teamed up with two new friends, and made a fantastic castle!
Jack, 4 and sister Anna 7, from Swingerland, NY, with Piper 5, from Blue Bell, PA and their fantastic castle

I had a late start on the beach today, but did manage to get the front of a castle done. Hopefully, I’ll work on the back of it today – or maybe get an earlier start with a new castle.

It was such a disappointment when we went to the beach this morning, and found all the lovely castles tramped down and destroyed. I can’t understand parents/kids who think it’s okay to tear down something that someone else has made (not to mention the intense work it takes to pile up and prepare the sand with buckets of water to begin carving.)
When kids like Sebastian, 10 years old, from Wilmington, DE, come, and create, it makes my faith in humanity soar <3 Sebastian, 10, from Wilmington, Delaware, and his castle village today.

What a great day on the beach today, having seasoned builders come back!
The first two are two of my favorite people, Molly and her brother, Colin, from Toughkennamon, who were here on August 3rd, saying they’d be back – and they did come back! Colin was in process, working on his castle, when the calimari called him from Striper Bites (actually, it was Colin’s mom, saying they had to leave, enticing him with lunch, including that calimari!) Colin’s castle had a collapse, but I promised him I would give his building site to an accomplished sandcastle builder.
The third picture is my son, Brendan, who starting building castles when he was 2 years old (well, really roads and bridges.) He hasn’t built a castle in a long time – but came up with a crisp, angular design yesterday, that made me really happy to see him building alongside of me again, after many years! (I hope Colin is happy with his ‘sub!’)
Fourth, is Lila and Owen’s Aunt Kelsie, who used to watch me many years ago, and build her own castles. She was the best cheerleader for her niece and nephew!
Last, my castle, yesterday.

Molly 7, from Toughkennamon came back to build again!

The calimari called Colin 10, from Toughkennamon, right before he had a major collapse

My son, Brendan, came to the beach with his wife Julie, and their 15 month old baby, Maura. It made me very happy to have Brendan building alongside of me, as he used to do. And what a great structure!

It was amazing to have Lila 5, and Owen 8, from West Chester, PA and their Aunt Kelsie (who used to build here)

My castle today (one of my favorites.) Then again, every day is my favorite <3