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I came to the beach alone today, but I’m never really alone – there are old and new beach friends here!

Bobbi and her daughter Kristen brought Max and Coco to meet the Sandcastle Lady! It was so nice see them, and talk about today’s sandcastle. I will try to make a castle for Coco tomorrow 💕🏰

I taught Ruby last year, and she and her mom came back, and were building today. Their castle was still in process when I took the picture.🏰💕

Ruby and her mom, working on their castle💕

I was able to finish my 16th castle, giving thanks to God for this beautiful day.

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Castle 16, under a blue sky and fluffy clouds
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Great kids today!

Rhoda’s mom told her she had 5 minutes till they had to leave – and Rhoda made a 5 minute castle!💕🏰

Rhoda 7, and her 5 minute castle
Agnes 7, a new beach friend

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A breeze and sunshine

A great day on the Massachusetts Avenue beach today, with a nice breeze. Castle #15 looking out on a calm bay.

Castle #15, looking out to the calm bay
the back of Castle #15
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Kids and castles today

It makes me so happy to see kids building!

Rhoda, almost 8, from Mt. Airy was a good listener💕🏰
Fiona, 9. was still working on her castle. 💕🏰
Reese is an old hand at building castles -,this one is great,!💕🏰

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Another destroyed castle, but I rebuilt

Here’s what I found when I arrived at the beach this morning.
Two nights in a row someone has destroyed my previous day’s work. I love it when it rains on the castle, because it always looks like an Impressionistic castle. This was feet, stomping. It’s hard for me to have to rebuild.
But Eli and his dad Hunter helped me scoop sand, to fill the holes, and I was grateful!
I did my best to build castle #13 before I had to leave the beach today.

So disappointing to see this today

I was able to finish the back of the castle before I had to leave today
I was almost able to finish the front, before I had to leave early.

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Yesterday’s Castle was destroyed, but I was able to build a new one 💕🏰

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.

This is Castle #12
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A cool breeze, good friends, and up and coming sandcastle builders 🏰

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.

castle #11, looking out to the blue sky and blue bay
I was happy to be able to carve a third row of village houses (never mind that the East and West sides of the castle were a wasteland today!)