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. πŸ’•πŸ°
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!)

Thankful for another nice day on the beach today!πŸ™πŸŒžπŸ°

Thankful for another good day on the beach πŸ™πŸŒžπŸ° 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!βšΎπŸ’•
Here is Castle #9 today –

Castle #9
castle #9, looking up toward the dunes

A cool breeze made for a great beach day today!

So nice to meet new friends: Aaron and his son Ezra πŸ’• Nini Joan and her grandson Ernie πŸ’•Daniel and son ReubenπŸ’•Lorraine πŸ’•and Nina (who talked with me a long time!πŸ’•
Old friends: Vladimir and friend Vitale πŸ’• Jason & Lila’s children, Harvey and Molly πŸ’•Janine & Danilo’s children Mateo and Emmy πŸ’• 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

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

Beautiful day on Massachusetts Street Beach today🌞

Beautiful day today 🌞 so nice to see Rocky’s grandkids Beau, from Smyrna, and Emily, from Media πŸ’• an old friend, Conway, from Lewes πŸ’• Diane and her daughter KimπŸ’• 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.

Castle #5, August 13, 2026

It was a good beach day 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.

Castle #4