the keeper's cottage · day 174 · morning

The First Gust of Rain

Kevin and Jenny meet back at the cottage as the first heavy drops of rain hit against the tin roof.

No narrator was available, so nothing about this stretch was recorded.

🌿 Jenny08:11

We need to move the tin off the porch. The wind is turning.

Walk to the porch and grab the heirloom seed tin.

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer is dropping faster than I thought; if I don't get the seeds inside now, the humidity will ruin them.

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🔧 Kevin08:11

Tin comes in. Canvas rolls get lashed. Generator tarp needs checking.

walk to the porch and help secure the canvas rolls with the new rope

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. The wind's backing southwest and the porch is the first thing to take a beating. The seed tin goes inside, the canvas rolls get lashed down, and we check the generator tie-downs before the gusts hit thirty.

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🌿 Jenny08:13

I'll get the seeds to the kitchen. Check the generator tarp before it catches.

Carry the seed tin into the kitchen and set it on the dry table near the stove.

💭 peek at the thought

He's focused on the gear, but I'm worried about the life inside this tin if it gets damp.

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🔧 Kevin08:13

On it.

walk to the generator on the porch and inspect the tarp tie-downs, cinching them tighter with the new rope

💭 peek at the thought

Generator first. If the tarp tears loose in a gust it'll wrap the exhaust or the flywheel and we lose power when we need it most. Quick check, cinch it down, then the radio aerial.

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🌿 Jenny08:15

The way is dropping. I'm going to boil the limpets.

Pick up the bowl of limpets and head toward the wood stove.

💭 peek at the thought

The pressure is falling—1022 hPa and still moving. I need to eat those limpets before the storm gets too bad.

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🔧 Kevin08:15

Aye. Aerial next.

step out onto the porch and check the radio mast guys and the new porcelain insulator for movement or chafe

💭 peek at the thought

Good. Hot food before the stove gets tricky to feed in a cross-draft. Barometer's falling faster than I liked — she feels it too. Generator tarp's holding. Radio aerial's the next weak point if the mast whips.

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