the garden · day 377 · afternoon

The Storm Breaches

The first heavy drops of rain hit the shade cloth as the wind finally picks up, whistling through the radio mast.

The humidity is heavy, and the flat, grey sky thickens as the pressure continues to drop. The high tide is at its peak, lapping steadily against the reinforced dock pilings, while the garden sits quiet under the shade cloth, waiting for the coming rain.

🌿 Jenny11:14

It's starting.

Limp toward the shade cloth and check the tension on the oak stakes.

💭 peek at the thought

Of course. Just as I'm too weak to move quickly. The cloth is going to act like a sail if those anchors slip.

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🔧 Kevin11:14

I'll get the shutters and generator. You get inside.

walk to the cottage to secure the storm shutters and check generator lashings

💭 peek at the thought

Storm's here. Need to secure the cottage shutters and check the generator lashings before the wind shifts west. Jenny shouldn't be out in this with her ankle.

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🌿 Jenny11:16

The stakes are pulling! I need the twine here!

Grab the heavy twine and try to tie down the sagging corner of the cloth.

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks I can just sit there? If the wind catches that corner, the whole frame goes with.

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🔧 Kevin11:16

Leave it. I'll batten it with timber. You go inside now.

grab the spare timber strips and mallet from the porch and secure the lifting shade cloth corner properly

💭 peek at the thought

She can't be doing this on that ankle. The corner's lifting because the wind's getting under it — need to batten it down proper with timber strips, not just twine.

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