sing like wildflowers

My full and kooky life as a homeschooling mommy to 2 great kids, raising a child with HLHS (Hypolastic Left Heart Syndrome), coping with depression, following Jesus, and being much too camera happy.

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Welcome to my blog! My name is Esther and I’m so happy you are here. I’m an avid nature photographer and a daydreaming thinker. My posts revolve around photos of nature’s beauty, homeschooling adventures with my 2 kids, sporadic reflections on my child’s heart condition, Bible reading reflections, gardening feats, and other mish mash things. Hopefully you’ll leave encouraged, pensive, or smiling at the simple things of life. Thank you for stopping by and hope you’ll find some interesting posts to read!

Finally, a beach sand castle or something like that

Ellis has been dreaming of building a sand castle for years and we finally made an outing to Santa Cruz beach with supplies bought in 2020.

This was our first sand castle making experience at the beach. As you can see in the pics below, they look funky and nothing like fancy castles that you imagine you’d make when you start building. The process was much harder than we thought and took long to build.

Next time may be more successful since we know where to start the builds…stay closer to the edge of the waves for wetter sand than at the dry sandy part of the beach. Chris will appreciate this since we went back and forth bringing us buckets of water to have it just wet the sand and have it dry up in a seconds or less.

medieval castle moat thing. Ellis’ build
village toilet. my build. Sorry, the toilet humor, can’t help it
Something interesting & questionable. By Elliot

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8 responses to “Finally, a beach sand castle or something like that”

  1. shoreacres Avatar
    shoreacres

    Wonderful! A bucket and a shovel can create terrific castles.

  2. growingthroughsomething Avatar
    growingthroughsomething

    Looks so fun! I hope you guys had a great time!

    1. singlikewildflowers Avatar
      singlikewildflowers

      Thank you! It was s really nice break and wonderful weather.
      Have a great weekend and take care.

      1. growingthroughsomething Avatar
        growingthroughsomething

        Same to you!

      2. singlikewildflowers Avatar
        singlikewildflowers

        😀

  3. heavenstobetty Avatar
    heavenstobetty

    This post makes me miss California! 🥹 I love the beach!

    1. singlikewildflowers Avatar
      singlikewildflowers

      Even though we live close to the beach, we don’t visit often at all. But I can see what you’re saying.
      You’re a CA girl!

  4. Linda Schaub Avatar
    Linda Schaub

    That looks like fun – it has to be 55-60 years since I made a sand castle. OMG am I that old?

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