Building in August & September on the Massachusetts Street beach, in Lewes, Delaware
I had about an hour of prep work before 4 hours of building and carving, but needed another 20 minutes to finish the West side of the castle! The shadow stretched all across the dune path at 5:45pm – food and wine were calling me!
I have videos of the beach Tuesday and Wednesday, but no photos. It was REALLY windy and chilly, and no building for me.
I start on the day before’s castle, splash it down, and put some more sand on top, and splash it again. This makes each day’s castle a little bigger than the day before.
I was so glad to see Airek coming to the beach! He has a lot of joy building sandcastles, and joy is “catching!”
I had to start from the ground up, and could only manage a small castle, hopefully the next one will be a little bigger.
Airek, in his twenties, was in Lewes 2 years ago, and was bitten by the Sandcastle bug. He returned, and built a great Castle next to mine!
I was moving more slowly than usual, and even took a break sitting in the water for awhile, to cool off. When I took the picture, I had trouble finding the horizon where the water met the sky! I left a little earlier than I would have liked, because of the storm coming.
A beautiful day on the beach today!
A mother of one of the children who trampled yesterday’s castle said she thought it was like the sandcastle contest, where they’re destroyed afterward. I explained I work on the same spot, so I don’t have to start over.
Sunday, September 8, was my first time on the beach, since Wednesday, September 4, before Dorian’s storm here.
It’s good to build, in these last summer days!
