Still awaiting fame . . .

When my family would gather in Ocean City, MD for our annual family reunions, we all had our designated chores. My brother, the chef (for real) obviously, was relegated to cooking, while my Mom, did cleaning and pancakes for breakfast. I have always been handy with the camera, so I took the photos. I also was in charge of designing and building the sand castles.

My castles weren't of the caliber you see on some of the forwarded e-mails I have received from major competitions around the country. I didn't have any rising castles out of the sand with dragons swirling about them. But, mine were still cool. I put a lot of detail in them, using straight edges to cut walls and buildings, shells to decorate windows, path ways, and even draw bridges. I created dolphins swimming in the sea, turtles, laying eggs, dragons coming out of the sand and plenty of geometrical designs.

One year, a young girl, maybe 6, watched as I made my castle. She was very impressed. She ran and got her Mom. Mom was impressed, too. Then the young girl looked at me with such sincerity and said,

"You should be famous!"

I'm still waiting to be famous. But I do believe the young girl was right. I should be famous.

Please check out my jewelry at:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/beadhappy4u

before I get famous and run out of stuff!

Have a great day!