Category: Sand Castles on the beach

Today was a much better beach day than yesterday.First thing this morning, Conway and Annette brought their granddaughter, Rose💗 Molly brought Harvey and Lila to say hi this morning 💗 Randy, his son Lowen and daughter Beta were walking, and stopped by 💗Diane, whom I met last year, came by, too.💗Emma (6) and brother, Luke (9) were here, from Milton, with their cousin Archer (12), from Holden, NY 💗 Emma decided to hang out with me for the rest of the day.💗

Today, castle tops came down – the first photo shows a great black backed gull, who decided to perch on a neighboring castle, taking out their castle top. The second picture shows the damage he caused. The third is another neighboring castle that survived. And the last picture is my castle that lost its top before I finished the village. I did the best I could, reaching over the village, to the top, making what I could, of the collapsed tower. The last picture is Emma (6), from Milton, who kept me company while I worked.

great black backed gull perched on a neighboring castle

Results of that perching

High wind from the North earlier this morning kept the flies away. The biting flies came after lunch. Stumpy came for lunch again. The wind pushed the tide way up, around my castle. When I went down this morning, there were the remnants of a sweet Thank You, written in pebbles!💗Camden and Max, from Baltimore, brought their two children Phee (7) and Jules (4). Very nice to talk to them, and show them how to pack a sand mold.💗 I have sand toys free to good homes, in the two bags in front of the tree. 🏰Here is my castle today 💗 🏰

Just a little breeze today on the beach, but a nice day, without flies!💗. Carol Denlinger stopped by, with her husband, Beany. 💗 Sam (4 1 / 2), from Oregon, gave me a tour of Peregrine and Mary Pearl’s tunnel and castle. Both Mary Pearl (9) and Peregrine (8) are from Baltimore. 🏰💗Natalie stopped by, with some inspirational words. 💗 Stumpy the one footed seagull came for a little lunch. 💗And the big news was a fun interview building today’s castle with WDRE Coast News, that was televised at 6pm tonight!🏰

WRDE Coast News came to Massachusetts Street beach this morning, to do a little news interview with me. Tori Seagraves, their reporter and Matthew were fun, and very easy to work with. It will air at 6pm tonight, and will be on their website.

granddaughter, Maura (8) and her castle

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

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

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 💗grandmom Robin, with granddaughters Avery and Lainey 💗 Carol, from I Love Lewes , was happy to “find” me!💗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!

it was great, building with my grandson Jonah, today!