Of course I took plenty of pictures, some of which I'll post here or in my Flickr stream in the days to come.
Since I'm still a bit in beach mode, here's a first small sample:
Paper flowers
The girls had lots of fun making, selling and buying paper flowers on the beach. I used to do this when I was their age, and to my surprise thirty-something years later this is still "hot" on the beach. The flowers got a little fancier, the currency has changed (only shells of a particular kind - "zaagjes" - are accepted now) and so did the prices, but otherwise everything's still the same. K. and I had fun watching our little storekeepers. Though they're the kids of two economists, the law of supply and demand is still a complete mystery to them and so is price setting. Quite a few flowers changed owner at a price lower than what they initially paid. But overall they "did really well": they ended up with a nice collection of flowers (there were some really creative moms out there, if you ask me!) and a bucket full of shells... The flowers in the pictures above made up their initial homemade set...
Something refreshing for a hot day
I found the idea for these ice cube necklaces, at maya*made a while ago (here). Instead of flowers I used shells. I made them as a little surprise and in anticipation of the really hot weather that was in the forecast. They just loved it!! They're so easy to make - a five minute job, really. All you need is string, an ice cube tray, water and shells.
Sunsets...
And then there were numerous sunsets, one every day to be precise. I didn't take pictures of every single one of them, for the simple reason I believe you cannot capture the beauty of a sun setting sky. And to be honest, I often have the feeling sunsets on postcards or in photographs become "cheesy" somehow.
So, I preferred to just watch them, with a few exceptions... Cheesy or not...
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