lynifer

"it doesn't even look real. it's just too perfect."

after watching the flooding of raleigh and durham on the news, our brief run-in with tropical storm alberto took us to wilmington for a movie and dinner. upon our return the sun was shining and all looks hopeful for real swimming tomorrow (knock on wood and cross your fingers).

the yellow moon rises over still rough seas and i find myself once again prone to melodramatic attempts at spanish poetry.

(here i am teaching maria to say "...las nubes, !ay! !que negras son!!" on day one.)

and since it's already after midnight and my paper is now due on monday, the sand castles.

day one:

(i'm sorry, i just have to point out my favorite part of the first picture. in the background you can see maria forcibly dragging jenny into the fierce and frigid [pardon the poetic hyperbole] ocean for some boogie boarding "fun".)

day two: (liz and jord's handiwork. it was too cold for the rest of us, and once the rain started, too cold for them to finish.)

hmm. i just realized that we weren't nearly so camera happy with liz's castle. ooops.
with the gloomy weather, the familial lethargy also set in.

this castle was really quite a feat. structurally sound, so much so that we were unable to beat the rain to see it crumble. the central bridge had two arches underneath, and due to my last minute feats of engineering, we were able to construct two canals that pulled in the sea water before the waves battered the battlements. the moat filled beautifully. among the many compliments, our favorite was from a 10-year-old girl who said, "our sand castle looks like crap compared with this one."

goodnight!