Author: Lynn McKeown

What a day on the beach today! Cloudy, then light rain, then heavy rain, then light rain again. I kept working, and then the sun came out for a short time, before the thunder. That’s when I had to stop, pack up, and go as quickly as I could.

After a rain delay, the towers I started began to fail, around 2pm. As they continued to disintegrate, a story of the haunted castle began, with the people in the villages below paying homage to the spirits.

Thursday’s castle💗🏰So nice to have Marie Curatola with us for a few days💗. Jesse and daughter Harper came by today💗it was a good day on the beach 💗🏰

Barely a wisp of a breeze on the beach today; very hot! Met Marion and Jane Waggoner, celebrating their 59th anniversary 💗💗

Today was the 22nd castle built this summer. I am so very thankful I am able to be here in Lewes.💗🙏
I am thankful for my dear friends, John and Audrey Bewley, who keep me company while I work, and help me pack up💗 it was nice to talk to Beau and his daughter Hannah today, from Millsboro.💗

Labor Day on the Massachusetts Street Beach wasn’t as crowded as yesterday.I make a new castle every day, and this was the 21st one I made. 💗Lisa and Toni walked up to visit me from the Market Street Beach💗 Scott Nathan, a photographer from Delaware Beach Life magazine came, and did some photos late in the day that will be in the summer 2024 issue.💗

Crazy crowds on the beach, (but there was a little calm buffer around my sandcastle.)
As soon as I came down this morning at 10:00, Wesley (7), Wyatt (5), Alexandra (7) and Savannah (9) all came, to carry and splash water on yesterday’s castle, to prepare for building today’s. 💗Cecilia (9) was here with her parents, from Mertsville, PA 💗

After last night’s destruction; 45 minutes to build up the base; and 4 hours of building and carving, a new castle today💗🏰
Many people came to talk💗So nice to see Colleen Davis Jacono !💗 Vaughn, grandfather to Eli (5), from Carlisle and Lewes 💗 Marna “found” me from the Market Street beach, and will bring her granddaughters Piper and Ainsley tomorrow 💗Deb, from Hanover, and daughter Erin, from Gilbertsville were fun to talk with, and took lots of pictures 💗Lee, from Lewes, brought her daughter Rachel, from Harper’s County, MD, and her children, Rowan (17) and Issac (12), that I taught when they were little!💗
My favorite sand castle student was Aiden (10), from Wilmington 🏰. He was charming, with great manners! I also met his brother Owen, and their grandparents and parents.💗🏰

So sad to come to the beach this morning, and see the total destruction of yesterday’s castle. It means so much work to rebuild the base.