Sand Castles.

Took the boy to the beach on July 4th, and we built a sand castle.  Current motif is very “King Kong” it seems.  Overall this took a little more than an hour to complete. Minute for minute, there is no better way to engage a 2 year old on a beach.

Here are the shots, from the iPhone.

The Cairn:

The Seaward Tower:

The Rope Bridge:

The Holdfast:

And the long view:

Massimo collected the sticks and stones, I provided the digging and the knot tie-ing.  And some of the design.  The inspiration was from Mother Nature and the beach itself.

After it was done, a woman walked by and stopped to admire it.  She was a schoolteacher, and she asked, “Are you an engineer?”

And I said, “Kind of, but not really.”

Then she asked, “Are you an artist?”

And I replied, “Kind of…more a musician.”