
looking out on a calm bay

Building in August & September on the Massachusetts Street beach, in Lewes, Delaware
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


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. ππ°
Here is Castle #11 today.


Thankful for another good day on the beach πππ° so nice to meet Rose, 7, who flew from Michigan, and Sloan, 6 1/2 π°Also met Cooper 11, and Emily 6 π°
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!βΎπ
Here is Castle #9 today –

