Kids and castles today!

Kids and castles today!
Audrey (6 1/2) and Lilia (5 1/2) came to learn how to build castles, and built a very nice one together, with steps.
I was so happy to see Kailee with her two wonderful kids, Carson (5) and Bryson (2) again! Carson was my favorite on the beach today! She kept checking on my progress, giving compliments on my work, and keeping me company while I built! She and her mom built the best decorated Castle on the beach today!
Two brothers, aged 7 and 4, worked with their grandfather, building a huge castle today!

Audrey and Lilia’s castle – they did a good job on their first steps

Kailee and Carson’s beautifully decorated castle
Two brothers and their amazing
castle they built with their grandfather

Onshore wind today

There was a brisk on shore breeze today keeping the beach cool as I taught kids and built Castle #26.

This picture would have been a lot better without my finger in the shot!
high tide was being pushed up by the onshore wind

After the Storm and the second high tide

After the storm, the castle mound was half there (the back half had gone to the high tide.) My Sandcastle Lady sign had gone with the wind. I told people that were walking up and down the beach to keep an eye out for it.
I built a castle, but this was 12 hours after the storm, and the high tide came up and took the back and half of the front.
I like to make up stories, and hoped that the people in the villages on the back had evacuated before that tide got them!

I think the people in the village houses were safe, but they should be thinking of an evacuation plan soon.

I am hoping all the people in the village on this side of the castle were able to evacuate!

I am thankful

I am so thankful for these good days on the beach, and will never take them for granted.
I built Castle #23 today, and was very happy to meet Sharon, who came from Milton, and brought her daughter, Lacey, who flew from Texas to Baltimore.

Looking up toward the dunes, and my friends John and Audrey, who help carry water and pack me u

Nice Onshore breeze today

My sister came last night, and was with me today! She carried water, and helped make trees. I taught Cece (4 1/2) and her dad, Eric how to make sand castles. 🏰💕 My tools and Sandcastle molds were lent to kids building sandcastles. 🏰💕 Anita and Barb came to meet me, and said they have been following me for 3 years. 🏰💕
There was a nice onshore breeze as I built my 22nd castle today.

My 22nd castle

My sister Dee, and the back of the castle, looking toward the dunes

Thanks be to God for beautiful days and lovely people!

Had a great day on the beach today, teaching some good kids, and meeting wonderful new people!
I took the first picture as the sailboat was passing in the bay, before I finished the sides of the castle, in the second picture.

I had to capture the sailboat, even though I hadn’t finished the sides of the castle!
The sailboat was gone, but I did finish the castle #21.

After a day off, back on the beach!

I had a nice day off yesterday, because of the rain. I started a watercolor painting, did some baking, wrote a letter to my friend, who just turned 96, and took myself out to an early dinner. It was good to be back on the beach, building today!

When I started building, the tide was up around the castle. The bay was really rough, and a wave knocked me down when I was getting my buckets of water. I held on to one, and a young man came to help me. He carried one bucket, and I managed to grab the second bucket. Fortunately, only my dignity was hurt!
Castle #21, looking toward the dunes

A rainy day is a day off for me 💕🌧️💕

After church, I had my breakfast here (pasta and shrimp from last night,) put on my bathing suit, sunscreen, got a hat and a cover up, packed my beach bag, and started out the door – it was raining! That means a day off for me after 19 days of building castles. 💕 I’ll be on the beach the next sunny day, and hopefully I will see you 🌞💕🏰