Sunshine and castles, Wed Aug 12, 2015

Katelyn and Sofia Aug 12, 2015 Katelyn 7, from Stormville, NY, and Sofia 11, West Chester, PA, and their castle

IMG_2406 Sofia 11, has decorated her castle with an intricate pattern of sand.

IMG_2408 Charlie 7 years + 364 days old, and his castle of the ring of towers

IMG_2410 Riley 5 3/4 years old, made steps, trees and a house with me on my finished castle

Storm coming, Tues Aug 11, 2015

Dark clouds were gathering, as the final touches were put on the castles

IMG_2403 Dad and son, Riley 5 3/4, building a castle together

IMG_2402 First castle, Jonah 2 years old

IMG_2401 Finishing touches on castle

Alexandra, Sophie, and John and their team castle

John 8, Alexandra 11, and Sophie  10 and a half, Rockville, MDThe sandcastle lady is stumped. I took the picture of these kids and their castle on my camera, same setting as all the other photos I took today, but my website says it exceeds the limit, and won’t insert it.
I can tell you that these three worked well together, and the castle was big (maybe that’s the reason?)
EUREKA! (not the vacuum cleaner.) I found a way around it – and here they are (I hope!)

A strong North East wind pushed the tide way up today

IMG_2359 Haley, 10 years old, from Lewes, with her castle. She was a great student, and helped teach her cousin, Peyton.

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Peyton, 7 years old, from Lewes, alongside his castle. Peyton was a good listener, and came back to say thank you for the sandcastle lesson.
IMG_2361 (photo would NOT turn, for some reason!) June, 5 years old gave her mom instructions on building this castle (and her mom, Sue really got into building.)

IMG_2362 Iris, 7 years old, said it was a 5 hour drive to Lewes that should only have been 3 hours, from Harrisburg. She did a nice job, and built her castle by herself.

IMG_2366 Here’s my castle today, surrounded by water.

IMG_2369 This is the East side of my castle, being beaten down by the tide.

sandcastle kids recognized me in my disguise

Rain and clouds over the beach on Thursday, so the Sandcastle Lady transformed into Gardening Lady. (Dirt, rain and sweat completed my disguise.) I wish I could say it was easier to pull weeds, but here in Lewes, when crab grass rizones spread, they can get to be 2′ long! I got a lot done, but there’s more to go. (I’m not hoping for a bad day, though!)IMG_2353