Building in August & September on the Massachusetts Street beach, in Lewes, Delaware
Just about the time I was hearing the Pineapple Coconut Rum calling me, five young friends came along, wanting to practice making steps from the castle down to the sand. Wyatt (5), Wesley (7), Reese (6), Alexandra (7), and Savannah (9). Wyatt and Wesley together, pictured.
Strong wind continuing today, from the NNE, but there was sun.
The finished castle is very different from the one built a little earlier! There was an “incident” with a juvenile black backed gull, who SAT on the top of my castle the moment I went to get a bucket. I shooed him, and repaired what damage I could. But the next time I went to my bag, he came, and SAT DOWN AGAIN! That time, he took out the middle tower completely, and the top of the third tower. I did my best to make a building from the ruined middle, and make a top on the third tower, and to redo all of the steps. It’s a Phoenix castle!
High tide today was 9:27 a.m., but the NNE wind had something to say about that! I walked up to the beach about quarter after 10:00, and found there was very little beach, because the tide was all the way up. 🌊🌊
Some good-hearted person saved two of my signs, and put them up with my chairs. The newer one of my signs was gone, must have been swept away with the wind and the tide. I am most grateful to the person who saved my other two signs! 💗
I regret that I cannot build a sandcastle today. 😔
It was good to visit with Linda Mouradian today, when she stopped on her walk! 💗
We are coming on to the full moon on the 30th, and the tide came way up last night, levelling everything on the beach! Since I was working from scratch, I had only a small base upon which to work. I decided to try a miniature castle and tiny houses. I found out smaller is more difficult!
A beautiful cloudy day on the beach today, with a good breeze out of the East. Lots of people walking, who stopped to talk. (Talking is something I love to do! Please stop by!)
Kierca stopped, and we talked before I started building💗Kirit and his wife Vishakha came, for pictures and a lot of laughing!💗Linda, from South Philly came, and we thanked God for the blessing of this beach and Sandcastles!💗Kelsie, nanny to Naomi and Zara came by, as did Nathaniel, who wants to learn how to build Sandcastles and his Aunt Elizabeth, from DC💗 many more walkers stopped; some from the Market Street Beach, too!💗
Making castles on Sunday💗. The first photo is my partly done castle, but wanted to get the sailboats out on the bay. The second picture is my finished Castle, and the last picture is of Brendan’s finished Castle before the waves and the high tide take it.
What a great day on the beach today!Aziza and Liia came, asking about castles. They were born in Kazan, Russia, living in Malvern, PA now. 💗 Dimitri and his wife, from Russia, living in Montreal now, friends from the beach for many years, found me! They had a conversation in Russian, with the girls💗 Bill, a friend of the 9 yo twins Katie and Ryan that I taught earlier this month, came to tell me that their teacher showed the class my website, with castles💗My son Brendan brought Julie and their 3 children, building a wonderful castle!💗There was a sweet note waiting for me in a sandwich bag this morning, from Molly, Jason, Harvey and Lila💗
A Southerly breeze today 💗Max (6) and his castle, Callie (8) and her castle, both from Ellicott City, Baltimore, MD, and my castle today.
my castle today
A cloudy, calm day on the beach today, light wind from the Southeast. Best day so far!
Bill Newcott , from Delaware Beach Life came, for a visit this morning. They would like to do an article for the Summer 2024 issue.
Jill and her sister Ann stopped by, saying they saw my posts on “I Love Lewes”, and were friends of my brother, Bill Hicks , and go to the Tavern on the first Fridays.💗 Ginny came by just before I was leaving today.
