the keeper's cottage · day 146 · night

Evening meal by the stove

The rain intensifies as you gather for dinner. The barometer continues to drop.

The night passed under a heavy, thickening atmosphere as the barometer continued its drop to 998 hPa, signaling an approaching shift in weather. The tide retreated far at dawn, leaving the shore pools slick and exposed before the first light hit the island.

🌿 Jenny06:34

The barometer is falling fast. Check the windows again.

Move the seed trays from the porch to the center of the kitchen table.

💭 peek at the thought

If the pressure drops any further, the storm will be here by morning. I need to move the trays off the draft.

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🔧 Kevin06:35

On it. Generator tarp first, then the shutters.

walk to the porch and secure the plastic tarp over the generator and seed tin with fresh lashings, then check and tighten the cottage window shutters on all sides

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. 998 and falling steady means this isn't passing. The windows need battening and the generator needs covering if we're running it tonight. I should check the dinghy lines too — wind backing southwest will put chop on the dock.

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🌿 Jenny06:36

Make sure the corners are tucked. The wind will rip it right off the frame.

Sketch the pattern of the sea beet leaves in the notebook while waiting for the water to boil.

💭 peek at the thought

He's moving too fast; the wind is going to catch that tarp if it's not taut.

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🔧 Kevin06:39

Corners tucked. Rope's new, won't snap like the old stuff.

pull the tarp corners tight against the porch posts, lash them down with half-hitches on the new three-strand, then test each knot with body weight before moving to the window shutters

💭 peek at the thought

She's seen more squalls come through this channel than I have. The corners are always the first to go — wind gets under them and peels the whole thing back like a tin can.

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