Thursday, May 16, 2013

Building Sandcastles/Hiekkalinnoja rakentamassa

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We are winding down our fourth homeschool year here in Florida. The beach is steps away, calling us to play. Yesterday morning, Mr. A started building his amazing sandcastle fortress.

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A perfect beach day, everyone else was in the water, most of the time.

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But Mr. A was steadfast: he had a vision to create.

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Help was recruited. Thanks, S! (Little Miss helped, too.)

Eventually we had to leave the beach, and go in for dinner.

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But after dinner we raced back to the beach to see if his castle was intact.

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It was.

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So amazing.

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Beautiful.

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Detailed, and complex.

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Again, we had to leave the creation, and head to bed, but this morning we went straight to the beach to see how much damage had happened overnight.

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To our great surprise, none!

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So Mr. A and Little Miss continued their work, almost the whole day today.

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Everyone walking by stopped to comment. One lady said she had seen the sandcastle last night, and walked miles today to come see what it looked like today - she was so happy to see it still here, even bigger, and thought it looked like Jerusalem, and its' walls.

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But tonight as Mr. D, Little Miss and I walked back to the beach to see the castle (and the sunset), the whole area had been trampled down. Systematically, by fairly big feet. Every wall, every building, destroyed.


Mr. D started the rebuilding process, but eventually we had to come back in to tell the sad news to Mr. A.

He said it was amazing how long it had stayed intact. And how hard it would be to keep a sandcastle from being wrecked over the busy beach weekend.

Nevertheless, Mr. A and Mr. D are going to continue rebuilding tomorrow morning.

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Eilen Mr. A aloitti rakentamaan uskomatonta hiekkalinnoitusta. Se pysyi upeana koko eilisen päivän, ja tänäänkin, ja Mr. A jatkoi laajennusta melkein koko päivän. Mutta tänä iltana, kun menimme takaisin rannalle, hiekkalinnoitus oli poljettu kasaan, tarkoituksella. Niin surullista. Mutta Mr. A ja Mr. D aikovat aloittaa uudelleenrakentamisen huomisaamuna.

7 comments:

  1. Bummer that someone had to ruin it! What a beautiful couple of days. :)

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  2. Good thing you still have the amazing castle in the photos :)

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  3. Ihania kuvia taas kerran. Ja todella upea hiekkalinna. Harmi, kun jotkut tarkoituksella hajoittaa noin hienoja rakennelmia. En ymmärrä :(
    Onko toka kuva, jossa vene tyynessä vedessä, samalta rannalta? Ei ollut kertaakaan noin ihanan tyyni meri, kun me oltiin siellä.

    Olivia

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  4. I agree, Heidi! Mr. A has been busy working on it again, today:)

    Sari, I know!!! I'm so glad I took the photos.

    Kiitos, Olivia! Juu, sama ranta! Tiekkö, ekalla viikolla oli aaltoinen meri, mutta uskon, että Floridaankin on tullut kesä. Meri on ollut ihanan tyyni tämän viikon. Ja kuumempaa koko ajan.. Yötkin.

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  5. Todella kaunis tuo venekuva!
    Meilläkin on ollut tämän päivän kesä. Asteita 28, helle :) Ihanaa!

    Olivia

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  6. Vau, Olivia, siellähän on yhtä lämmin kuin täällä:)

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