the keeper's cottage · day 328 · afternoon

The Clouds Break In

The sky darkens further, and the first heavy drops of the wet season hit the corrugated metal roof.

The air is thick and motionless, the 30°C heat pressing down on the cottage. The barometer continues its slow drop to 1035 hPa, signaling a coming shift despite the current stillness. The tide is high, lapping steadily against the reinforced dock pilings.

🌿 Jenny11:05

Jenny — close the notebook and tuck the seed tin under my arm.

💭 peek at the thought

There it is. The sky doesn't care if I'm ready.

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🔧 Kevin11:05

Rain's settling in. I'll batten the dinghy.

walk to the porch and pull the dinghy cover from the locker, then head down to the dock to secure it over the engine and cockpit

💭 peek at the thought

Rain's here. She's moving the tin — good instinct. The barometer's been telegraphing this for days. Need to get the dinghy cover on before the deck floods and check the tank overflow.

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🌿 Jenny11:07

Don't let the wind catch the cover.

Watch him from the porch, leaning against the doorframe.

💭 peek at the thought

He's always moving, and I'm just watching the clouds bruise.

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🔧 Kevin11:07

Won't.

reach the dinghy, unfold the heavy canvas cover over the cockpit and engine, then thread the tie-down lines through the cleats and pull them tight with trucker's hitches, checking each knot twice

💭 peek at the thought

She's not wrong — the gusts off the point have torn two covers off already. Need to lash it proper, not just drape it.

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🌿 Jenny11:09

The barometer is dropping fast. We should move.

Step back inside the kitchen and close the door against the wind.

💭 peek at the thought

The air is so thick you could carve it.

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🔧 Kevin11:09

Generator first, then garden.

walk back up from the dock to the cottage porch, unhook the generator cover, check the ratchet straps over the frame are still tight, then move to the garden beds to batten down the shade cloth edges with extra timber and stones

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. 1035 to whatever it is now in minutes — that's not a front, that's a punch. The dinghy's covered. Tank's near full. Radio's on the shelf. Need to check the generator lashings and the garden tarp corners before the wind gets teeth.

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🌿 Jenny11:11

Jenny — walk out to the garden, the wind picking up and whipping my hair.

💭 peek at the thought

way's so efficient while I'm just heavy with the heat. ownSAY: I'll check the lime beds one last time.

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