Yesterday, Coco (about 4) wanted me to build the castle that I painted on my signβ€οΈ
This is castle #17.Β



Building in August & September on the Massachusetts Street beach, in Lewes, Delaware
Bobbi and her daughter Kristen brought Max and Coco to meet the Sandcastle Lady! It was so nice see them, and talk about today’s sandcastle. I will try to make a castle for Coco tomorrow ππ°
I taught Ruby last year, and she and her mom came back, and were building today. Their castle was still in process when I took the picture.π°π

I was able to finish my 16th castle, giving thanks to God for this beautiful day.
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Here’s what I found when I arrived at the beach this morning.
Two nights in a row someone has destroyed my previous day’s work. I love it when it rains on the castle, because it always looks like an Impressionistic castle. This was feet, stomping. It’s hard for me to have to rebuild.
But Eli and his dad Hunter helped me scoop sand, to fill the holes, and I was grateful!
I did my best to build castle #13 before I had to leave the beach today.

So disappointing to see this today


Yesterday’s Castle was destroyed, so it took a lot of effort to restore the mound on which I build.Rain came and went, and I persevered and built this one all day. I imagine tonight’s rain will just wet this castle down ( unless there is human intervention like there was last night.)Thankfully, there were wonderful kids today – Cooper, 6 1/2 and brother kWilder, 4 (from Washington DC) and Alex, 10 and his sister, Elise 12,there with their grandmom.This is Castle #12, on August 20, 2026.

I was thankful for the nice breeze on the beach today, that I am still able to build, and that I have good friends that always help me carry and put away my chair, and all my buckets and molds! I am thankful for young sand castle builders, like Eli, 9,and his friend James, 11, from New Hampshire, who hung out with me today. ππ°
Here is Castle #11 today.

