Sandcastle Builders Gifts

'Looks like this part of the beach has been claimed.'

"Nation-building never works."

'Why couldn't you just give him a bucket and shovel?'

Holiday time.

"The tide is coming in, sweetheart!"

I rather like bucket and spade holidays.

Hiding the electronics.

"Mom! Don't think of me as covered with sand. Think of me as sugar coated."

Young Picasso at the Beach

"If you hold a shell to your ear you can hear the ocean..."

Sunbathers.

Bathing-men attend to women on the french coast

Summertime

'Hang on a second, I think I have a sand castle in my shoe.'

'we must be near the water because I see a sea gull.'

"William Blake said you can see the whole world in a grain of sand, but he doesn't always make a lot of sense."

Happy holidays for kids.

"You can build it with me, but you can't wreck it with me."

"In the current market, it's just more practical."

'If that's a proposal, I accept!'

"Make a sandcastle with you? Of course darling. What about Thursday 3.15pm?"

"I don't care if you saw this in a western..."

'He's going to be an estate agent, just like his Dad.'

"Just ignore it. It's a mirage."

Beach flirting

Stonehenge Sandcastle

Squirrel on the beach

"Yeah, that's right. I'm the sandman. Where did you think I was getting my sand all these years?"

"City kids."

'Sophie has discovered Gehry.'

Summer reading for the family.

'Beach snowman.'

"What're you talking about? I love the beach."

'Think, Billy - where did you bury Dad?'

'Oh, come on - If you're gonna mess up my castle, take the whole thing.'