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Fortress 7140Home \ Fortresses \ July 2000 \ 7140
Location: Bellows Beach |
Friday, July 14, 2000
I went to Bellows Beach with my brothers. Ronbo
spent most of the day body boarding, I built a 2-tower fortress with an arch,
and Davey, the artist, made a life-size girl in the sand.
Davey brought his digital camera, so we used that to take all the photos. It was
mostly cloudy but very warm.
-Shut up and get to the pictures-
I was very pleased with SF7140. It maintained a futuristic look throughout, and ended up with an interesting arch. Like many fortresses, it had an element of cathedralism as well (if I may make up my own word). I put a secret entryway just under the arch for the citizens of SF7140.
The tower on the left looks a bit unusual with its twin points. This is because that's not how it looked originally. It was much taller, taller than the other tower, and as I carved, I developed a tall arch-type hole vertically through the top. It started off as an accident, but the more I carved it, the more interesting it looked. I ended up carving a complete curving arch through the top and it looked cool, until it collapsed. I just took too much sand out. Hopefully I can remember how I did it or how it looked so I can try to repeat it.
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Ronbo spent a large part of his day in the water, body boarding and doing battle with the obnoxious Man-O-War jellyfish. They were everywhere that day; in the water and washing up on the beach. They sting like a bad sunburn on contact, whether in the water or up on land.
After Ronbo got stung a few times in the water, he came ashore and got revenge on the jellyfish. This was accomplished by packing together a sand ball then throwing it full force straight down on top of the jellyfish. If done correctly, you can hear the "pop" of its little balloon bursting under the pressure. I would occasionally take a break from the fortress to pop a few myself. The little bastards like to catch a wave up the beach and float into the pool of water near the fortress and sting me.
While this battle was ensuing on Bellows Beach (which is on a military base, quite appropriately), Davey was making a sand creation of his own, a life size sand girl. He did it mostly by hand and it was quite cool. The photos of his girl are in the supplemental photo directory.
Davey's digital camera has a focusing lens, something I'm not used to with the standard disposable cameras I normally use. I took advantage of this to get some interesting close-ups I can't normally get.
We stayed until sunset, which reflected off the water. It's difficult to capture a good sunset, but I tried here.
And it was very cool to have my brothers at the beach with me.
Supplemental Photo Directory
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| All photos were taken at the same time. Chronological listing is unnecessary. |