Building in August & September on the Massachusetts Street beach, in Lewes, Delaware
Yesterday’s Castle was destroyed, so it took a lot of effort to restore the mound on which I build.Rain came and went, and I persevered and built this one all day. I imagine tonight’s rain will just wet this castle down ( unless there is human intervention like there was last night.)Thankfully, there were wonderful kids today – Cooper, 6 1/2 and brother kWilder, 4 (from Washington DC) and Alex, 10 and his sister, Elise 12,there with their grandmom.This is Castle #12, on August 20, 2026.
I was thankful for the nice breeze on the beach today, that I am still able to build, and that I have good friends that always help me carry and put away my chair, and all my buckets and molds! I am thankful for young sand castle builders, like Eli, 9,and his friend James, 11, from New Hampshire, who hung out with me today. 💕🏰
Here is Castle #11 today.
It was such a long day yesterday, the day stretched into the night, and I did not post yesterday’s castles!
Castle #10, and Eli 9, and his castle.
Thankful for another good day on the beach 🙏🌞🏰 so nice to meet Rose, 7, who flew from Michigan, and Sloan, 6 1/2 🏰Also met Cooper 11, and Emily 6 🏰
Old friend Harvey, 10, who came to hang out, telling us about his fantastic birthday in New York, having a tour of Yankees stadium, and seeing two baseball games!⚾💕
Here is Castle #9 today –
So nice to meet new friends: Aaron and his son Ezra 💕 Nini Joan and her grandson Ernie 💕Daniel and son Reuben💕Lorraine 💕and Nina (who talked with me a long time!💕
Old friends: Vladimir and friend Vitale 💕 Jason & Lila’s children, Harvey and Molly 💕Janine & Danilo’s children Mateo and Emmy 💕 the best thing was having Reese, Bryce, Will and Alex carry my chair and all my bags!
Here’s Castle #8.
Very disappointed when I got to the beach this morning a little before 11:00. Every bit of my Sandcastle from yesterday including the mound that I build on every day was stomped to the ground.
The good news is a wonderful family came to my rescue, and all of them pitched in to try to get the sand back up for me to build upon! God bless Libby (the mom,) Grace, Mark, Evelyn, Lucas and Mary for all their help! At my age, it’s just too hard to to start from scratch.
With a late start I wasn’t off the beach until 4:30 today, but here is my castle #7, thanks to good beach friends!
Emmy 5 and sister Avery 3 and their castle
Beautiful day today 🌞 so nice to see Rocky’s grandkids Beau, from Smyrna, and Emily, from Media 💕 an old friend, Conway, from Lewes 💕 Diane and her daughter Kim💕 Lots of little sandcastle lessons with Grace, Lucas and Evelyn 🏰
Sad to say goodbye to the Troutmans 😭, and to my daughter Beth, Matt, and my 3 grandkids.😭
Here is my Castle #5 today.
Not as many sea nettles; a few moon jellies, and there weren’t any biting flies!
It was so nice to meet Elaine, who stopped by with her granddaughter Catherine. Diane, a friend I met here several years ago, came by to say she will be at the Ocean House for several weeks. And my favorite visitor today was Nana, with her granddaughter Talia. They came back two or three times to check my progress on the sand castle!
Here is today’s Castle, the 4th one this summer.
