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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!)

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Thankful for another nice day on the beach today!🙏🌞🏰

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 –

Castle #9
castle #9, looking up toward the dunes
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A cool breeze made for a great beach day 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.

Castle #8 looking on a calm bay
Castle #8 looking up to the dunes
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Destruction, but a resurrection, with help!

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!

Sometimes, I like the back of the castle best. Castle number 7, looking up toward the dunes.
Castle #7, with the ferry in the background