Author: Lynn McKeown

Today’s castle is on the left; yesterday’s is on the right.

Here’s the North side view of my castle. Here is my granddaughter Susie’s (age 14) castle on the right; my castle yesterday is on the left.

Very quiet on the beach today – could be the quiet before the storm of the holiday crowds.
a view of Tuesday’s castle at the right of yesterday’s; the fog blurs the horizon line.

today’s castle

today’s and yesterday’s castles.

It was great to have my granddaughter, Susie 14 years old, building today!
Since yesterday’s late castle was still in pretty good shape, I built another small one.
Here’s a view of today’s castle on the left, and yesterday’s on the right.

Here’s Susie’s castle – still under construction.
another view of Susie’s awesome castle

We returned to Lewes this afternoon, about 2pm, and after unpacking the car, I went down to the beach, and was happy to build something. Life is good.

It’s a lot of fun to build sandcastles, and even more fun if there are friends sitting visiting with me! Audrey and John Bewley, friends from home came back today; and Michele Smith and James surprised me by coming and visiting today, too!

South view of the castle, with the crab race idea guy – Riley

Here’s the East side view of the castle, with Riley

My grandson, Riley – 6yrs+3days, taught a dad and his 3 year old son, Atticus, today. Riley carved the only cottage and stairs coming down, explaining how to do each step. (I’m a pretty proud Nana!)

It is wonderful to come over my dune, and see a great creation on the horizon at the edge of the water! Sandcastle Dude II (aka Frank) built a great sandcastle next to mine. People had lots of compliments and comments! “It looks like a turtle top castle,” “I think it looks like a stadium,” and “the horseshoe crab looks like it’s defending the kingdom!”

My castle today, as much as I could finish, starting late in the day.

Frank (aka Sandcastle Dude II) with his wife Mary Beth, with Frank’s castle

building castles

Mila and her castle

view of all their castles, with my castle in the background, and the ferry leaving the terminal.

Vera, and her castle

John 8, Alexandra 11, and Julia 11, from Rockville, MD, and their castle today.

Steele 9, Bella 9, and Fenner 6 – from Wilmington, DE, with their deep tunnel castle.

Even spending time with kids, I did manage to build a castle today.

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Today, my challenge was to finish a castle, and be OFF the beach by 3:30pm. Only a dinner with Brendan, Julie and Maura, at Irish Eyes Pub & Restaurant could be incentive enough.
I did finish in time!
What a great surprise to see a new ‘sandcastle neighbor’ set up right next to my castle ruin (trampled last night.)