Apart — Kevin at the dock, Jenny at the north cliffs

Midday Work Apart

Kevin is at the dock driving greenheart shims at the north toe on the ebb tide; Jenny is at the north cliffs finishing the Carex transect and sketching sea beet morphology.

The air is heavy and still at 26°C as the wet season lingers. The tide is out and low, exposing the slick rocks of the tide pools. Kevin is at the dock focusing on the Yanmar's vibration, while Jenny is at the north cliffs monitoring the state of the horizon.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You are at the dock, mallet in hand, preparing to drive the tapered greenheart shims under the north toe piling. The tide is falling, exposing more of the piling toe as you work.

🔧 Kevin01:26

Kevin — walk to the north piling toe, set the first tapered greenheart shim against the exposed piling face, and drive it home with the mallet

💭 peek at the thought

Tide's dropping right on schedule. Need to get these shims driven before the water comes back up. The scour void under the north piling cap is ugly — a foot of nothing holding up the whole dock. Greenheart's the only wood that'll take the salt and the load.

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🔧 Kevin01:28

Kevin — drive the fourth greenheart shim under the north piling toe, then set and drive the fifth

💭 peek at the thought

Three shims driven. The piling's biting now — can feel the resistance change through the mallet handle. Void's filling. Two more to go before the cap sits solid. Tide's still falling, giving me another twenty minutes maybe. Back's starting to talk.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the north cliffs

You are on the north ridge, notebook open, continuing the Carex transect along the elevation gradient. The wind is steady, and the sea beet fringe is visible below, just above the high-tide line near the cottage.

🌿 Jenny01:27

Stay down, you little stubborn thing.

Sketch the seed head of the Carex culm in the notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

The soil here is too acidic for the heirlooms, but the Carex doesn't care about my fears.

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🌿 Jenny01:31

Jenny — close the notebook and tuck it under my arm to protect the sketches.

💭 peek at the thought

If the barometer keeps dropping, the supply boat won't make it through the swell.

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a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.