Author: Lynn McKeown

Jordan 8, and his little sister, Ariana 4, from Newcastle, DE built a fine castle together  Jordan was definitely the building supervisor, but was very patient with Ariana <3

Cassie 10, enlisted Shannon, 8, to help her build today.  Both girls are from Magnolia, DE.  Both girls are good people, and fun to be around <3

 

It always feels good to build a sandcastle.  I think you ALL should get down in the sand (it really does wash off) and feel the texture of the sand, and carve something wonderful!  Even if it’s just a pyramid – (last summer, one young builder only wanted to smooth (and smooth and smooth) his creation – didn’t want to build anything on it, but it made him happy.  And I think that’s what it’s all about, isn’t it? Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.  That young man found happiness, and was satisfied.  So many times, we pursue happiness, but keep on the ‘hunt’ (and we may have left behind something that could very well have satisfied our hunger.

Charlie, 5, from Frederica, DE often comes and sits with me, asking if he can help me.  He carries water, and will smooth things, and makes the most beautiful trees – with a funnel!  What a sweet boy – I love the little bits of time with kids like Charlie!

Alex is 12, from Baltimore, Maryland, and has made an awesome castle, surrounded by walls and tunnels.  His castle made lots of people stop in their tracks, giving much praise to the builder!  (I hate to see Alex, his brother Logan, and his mom and dad go back to Baltimore!)

 

Cassie has been building this week, and tried her first curving staircase today, with success!  She is 10 years old, from Magnolia, DE, and friends with the Troutman girls, from Frederica, DE.

I went to the beach rather late (2pm) and nimbus cumulous clouds started forming.  I gave some lessons to a family from Baltimore, and started my structure (had to start over, because of the castle destruction last night.)  I keep hoping if I keep teaching, that I will be making more creators than there are destroyers.  (I like to think positive!)

I hope to get to the beach earlier tomorrow!  (Hope springs eternal.)

The wives seemed to do most of the merman or mermaid construction today – but the kids were eager to put on ‘finishing touches.’

(That’s a LOT of sand, Ricardo!!  Hope there’s lots of water left for you to shower!)

Kate (8 years old) built a castle before I had to leave the beach today.  (Thunder and threatening sky.)  Her sister Amelia, 13, was still in the process of building, as was her cousin, Kyle, 11, and his brother Blake.  I hope they got a good castle in today!  (And hope it will stay standing tomorrow – we had major destruction here last night

 

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Alex 12, Logan 8, and their Dad, Mike, a high school teacher in Carroll County, MD, were waiting for me when I got to the beach at 2pm.  They had been wanting to find out all the ‘secrets’ of sandcastle building.  I showed them everything I knew (in about 5 minutes!)  And they took that information, and built a great castle.  You can see Alex and Logan’s mom with a sandcastle mold in the photo, with Logan and his neighboring kingdom behind Alex’s castle.  I look forward to seeing this family build more!!

It probably was because I was so tired last night – here’s the photo that I uploaded, and typed a caption (but the photo didn’t show!)