East wind, and a few flies, but a good beach day!

Wind from the East, and a few flies in the late afternoon.
So nice to see Carol Denlinger this morning ๐Ÿ’—
Ari and his dad, Reed, walked up from the Market Street beach, and were happy to find me! ๐Ÿ’— Katie brought Charlie and Harper, from Wilmington ๐Ÿ’— Marlene brought her daughter, Holly, from Delaware County, PA ๐Ÿ’— Robin, from Shippensburg, Theresa from Hagerstown, MD, and Pam, from Milton were walking, and stayed awhile to visit with me ๐Ÿ’—Molly brought Harvey and his little sister up, from the Market Street beach, and were pleased they found me!๐Ÿ’— Sad to say goodbye to Mary Garbiesi , who was leaving on the 6:15 ferry. So nice to spend time on the beach with her๐ŸŒž๐Ÿ’—
My castle on Sunday – with beautiful sailboats out on the bay.โ›ต

Saturday, nice day on the beach๐ŸŒž

Happy to be building with granddaughter Maura (8) and my son, Brendan, from Havertown, PA! ๐Ÿ’— Mike and Kristie, Lititz, PA, brought Penelope and Jackson, for a quick lesson ๐Ÿฐ Sammie, Molly and their mom from Forest Hills, MD, also wanted to learn some techniques๐Ÿฐ

my son Brendan’s castle
granddaughter Maura (8) and her castle
Maura and her second castle of the day
Sailboats were out while I was building my castle

Wind out of the West

Strong wind out of the West today!Lots of people walking – grandmom Linda, from DC and Lewes, had her daughter and grandkids Cooper, Abby Lee, and Joey, from Newtown Square ๐Ÿ’—grandmom Robin, with granddaughters Avery and Lainey ๐Ÿ’— Carol, from I Love Lewes , was happy to “find” me!๐Ÿ’—And a surprise question. I usually hear “Are you the Sandcastle Lady?” But this afternoon, heard, “Are you Jack McKeown’s wife?”(!) It was Aaron Carney, who worked at Middletown Township with Jack!

Today’s castle

Onshore breeze and a great Beach day!

A beautiful onshore North breeze today on the Massachusetts Street Beach ๐ŸŒžMore friends found me – so good to see Conway, Annette, Kelly and sweet baby Rose ๐Ÿ’—Andree, Katy and Aiden came back, and brought Yadira, Celeste, Isabella and Lais. ๐Ÿ’— Wonderful, to see Misti Burmeister! ๐Ÿ’—Ida and Fadya stopped by.๐Ÿ’— McKenzie (from Oregon) and her grandfather came๐Ÿ’—Tatum, Blake, and their grandmother stopped๐Ÿ’—Reese and Bryce, too.๐Ÿ’—Marsha saw my post, and came to say hello, with her grandchildren Avery and Braedan.๐Ÿ’—

Here is my castle today.

Over the winter

As I typed the title of this post, I realized it could mean something I did over the winter, or that I am “over the winter.” I am “over the winter”, looking forward to warm weather, and sandcastle building! Here is something that I did over the winter on a salvaged trunk that now serves as a coffee table in my home in Pennsylvania.

A reminder of what I am missing