the keeper's cottage · day 280 · night

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

Kevin travels to the shrine to carve a message into the driftwood scrap while battling the south-east wind. Jenny stays at the cottage to secure the garden tarps against the increasing spray and wind coming off the reef.

🔧 Kevin12:36

Kevin — walk to the wood stove and check the fire, then open the flour tin to see what's left for damper

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Wind's dropped some since we came back from the garden. House feels different with the door shut — quieter. My hands still smell like soil and salt. Need to eat something before the light goes.

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🌿 Jenny12:36

There's barely enough flour for flatsbread tonight.

I sit on the kitchen stool, rubbing my way ankle, and watch the smoke dance in the stove.

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The wind is picking up again; if the spray gets into the garden, the seeds will be washed away before they even root.

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🔧 Kevin12:38

Corned beef and limpets'll stretch it. Make a proper stew.

pull the cast iron pot from the shelf and set it on the stove, then reach for the corned beef tin

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Flour's low. Should've rationed harder last month. Still have corned beef and limpets though — protein'll carry us.

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🌿 Jenny12:39

I'll prep the sea beet leaves too, we need the salt to cut the fat.

I reach for the bunch of sea beet leaves and begin to slice them with my small knife.

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He's always so practical when the stomach growls, while I'm worried about the pH.

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