the keeper's cottage · day 200 · night

The Gathering Storm

The barometer continues to drop as the wind picks up from the north. The supply boat is still four days away, and the sky is turning heavy.

The air is heavy and still as the barometer continues to drop, signaling an approaching storm. Kevin and Jenny spend the night inside the cottage, preparing for the supply boat to arrive in four days.

🔧 Kevin07:54

Barometer's falling harder. North wind building. We'll need the storm lines on the dinghy tonight.

Walk to the porch and check the barometer reading, then head down to the dock to inspect the dinghy mooring and storm lines.

💭 peek at the thought

Pressure's dropping faster now. North wind means chop on the channel. Four days out and the boat hasn't radioed a position update. Chick's breathing steady in the box but it's not eating. Need to check the dock lines again before full dark.

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🌿 Jenny07:54

Check the cleats twice. I'm moving the trays closer to the stove.

Walk to the wood stove and carefully slides the seedling trays an inch closer to the heat to Combat the rot.

💭 peek at the thought

1022 hPa and still sinking. The air is like wet wool. If that storm hits before the boat comes, the seedlings are gone.

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🔧 Kevin07:56

Aye. Cleats and chafing gear. Trays — keep them a hand's breadth back. Soil cooks faster than you think.

Walk down to the dock, inspect both cleats on the dinghy's bow and stern lines, check the chafe protection on the stern spring, and add a second layer of old canvas wrapping where the line runs over the gunwale.

💭 peek at the thought

She's right about the cleats. Wind'll shift west by midnight and put the dinghy broadside to the chop. Trays need the heat but not too close — damping off spreads fast in warm damp air.

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🌿 Jenny07:56

I'll keep an eye on them.

Pick up the notebook and start a quick sketch of the sea beet's salt glands to keep my mind off the rising pressure.

💭 peek at the thought

He's right about the soil, but the humidity is the real killer right now. I can see the mold starting on the pepper leaves already.

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