For many reasons, 2013 has been a difficult year. Much of what was going on precluded sand sculpture, but on a recent walk back from running errands I took a swing through Venice. Surprised by good sand and a falling tide, I picked up some mussel shells and did a free-piled sculpture. That was 13P-1.
A couple of weeks later I went for a walk on the beach and ended up at the breakwater. The good sand was still there. I sat and watched the tide go down, and then started a sculpture. The beach was still very wet, so I made a big base and stomped on it. The beach drained faster than I expected, so that big base became part of what ended up being a really big free-piled sculpture, 13P-2.
Well, a friend of mine has been chiding me (gently) about not taking pictures of these. I have no cellular phone, and the only digital camera I had at the time weighed about 5 pounds all up and felt like more. I'd been looking at smaller ones but couldn't make up my mind. Finally I went to a camera store to look at two options. They didn't have the first, so I bought the second. "I'm tired of messing with it," I told the salesman. I tested the camera the next day and it is indeed light enough to carry on walks in my usual backpack. The next day I added some sand sculpting tools to the pack and headed for the Breakwater. It'd be a late start due to tide, but I would be able to get something done. And that was 13P-3.
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