Today's OneWord: Castles

We were building castles out of stones and sticks, leaves glued onto the surfaces of granite and quartz with sticky mud from last night's deluge from the creek. Nearby, the adults were all working hard to clear the soaked sand bags that had done so little to protect their houses from the flooding. While the rain had finally subsided, the gutters were all still clogged, leaving large puddles for the kids to splash in and the grown-ups to shake their heads dismally about.