Great day on the beach today!

Before I write about today, I want to acknowledge a good beach citizen, Shannon Stevens. He gathered up broken chairs and trash thrown up on our dunes! Makes me happy!

Great kids today from Montreal – Mela, Roxanna, Vera and Olga.

A big rainstorm today

I took a photo of my castle before I walked home for lunch- and then it rained, and rained, and rained hard! Here’s a photo of before and after the rain.

My castle after the heavy rain today.

Kids from San Antonio, TX, cousin from Greenville, DE

Siena (almost 4) from San Antonio, TX and cousin Virginia (5) and their castle. Siena’s brother Christian (7) also from San Antonio, is a great sandcastle builder, but is not in the picture.

Maura (4) learning 2 methods of making sand trees

I teach kids the usual method of dripping water and sand, also a way that kids like, using a funnel with water and sand (invented by a very young Charlie, from Frederica, DE.) Maura (4) decided to decorate her castle like a funnel cake.

this is the funnel technique.

Kids and castles! what could be better?

Grandson Jonah (6) took time from swimming to build a castle.
Jonah (6) another day, another castle
teaching great kids from Wasington, DC – Hugh (almost 8) sister Amelia 4, & friend Rumi 5 1/2

Some castles built by grownups

Here are two of my castles, plus one of my son Brendan and granddaughter Maura’s.

here’s one of mine earlier this week
here’s today’s castle
son Brendan and granddaughter Maura’s castle. I thought it reminded me of a wedding cake, but Maura said, “No, it’ s a castle!)