The Sandcastle Lady

I went to the beach rather late (2pm) and nimbus cumulous clouds started forming.  I gave some lessons to a family from Baltimore, and started my structure (had to start over, because of the castle destruction last night.)  I keep hoping if I keep teaching, that I will be making more creators than there are destroyers.  (I like to think positive!)

I hope to get to the beach earlier tomorrow!  (Hope springs eternal.)

The wives seemed to do most of the merman or mermaid construction today – but the kids were eager to put on ‘finishing touches.’

(That’s a LOT of sand, Ricardo!!  Hope there’s lots of water left for you to shower!)

Kate (8 years old) built a castle before I had to leave the beach today.  (Thunder and threatening sky.)  Her sister Amelia, 13, was still in the process of building, as was her cousin, Kyle, 11, and his brother Blake.  I hope they got a good castle in today!  (And hope it will stay standing tomorrow – we had major destruction here last night

 

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Alex 12, Logan 8, and their Dad, Mike, a high school teacher in Carroll County, MD, were waiting for me when I got to the beach at 2pm.  They had been wanting to find out all the ‘secrets’ of sandcastle building.  I showed them everything I knew (in about 5 minutes!)  And they took that information, and built a great castle.  You can see Alex and Logan’s mom with a sandcastle mold in the photo, with Logan and his neighboring kingdom behind Alex’s castle.  I look forward to seeing this family build more!!

It probably was because I was so tired last night – here’s the photo that I uploaded, and typed a caption (but the photo didn’t show!)

Today I spent a lot of time teaching, helping, and talking (not necessarily in that order!  I didn’t start carving my castle  until after 3 o’clock!  (But better late than never!)