I'm fortunate to live in a wonderful place for friends and family to visit for a pleasant bit of down time. This week which just happens to coincide with summer I'm spending a lovely week with my daughter, her partner, and my two gorgeous grandchildren.... Its a reminder that I am the matriarch and while defo the oldest it seems I can still build fab sandcastles queen of the castle and make great dens in the garden and thats what counts.. we also managed a good experiment on the beach - a sandcastle every two metres to see how quickly the sea came in - experimental sandcastles work in progress A great idea for keeping a lively 7 yr old entertained on a sunny day after 4 hours on the beach and a walk round the fields - we got an old double sheet from the charity shop - I wanted white but settled for pale pink and we put it over the garden table and tied knots at each corner to make it nice and tight right over to the floor - then we cut a door in it and some wind...