Apart — Kevin at the dock, Jenny at the keeper's cottage

Midday work and the first wash

Kevin is at the dock repairing the mooring ring; Jenny is at the keeper's cottage preparing the sea beet wash.

The heat is heavy under a flat sky as the clouds begin to thicken over the north ridge. The tide is rising steadily against the dock pilings, and the salt air is thick with the scent of drying sea beet leaves and boiling limpets.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You are kneeling on the dock, pulling out the old oak wedges and cutting fresh shims from a cedar offcut. The tide is beginning to turn, and the water laps just below the pilings.

🔧 Kevin21:28

Kevin — pull the remaining oak wedges from the mooring ring mortise, cut fresh cedar shims from the offcut, and reset them tight around the ring

💭 peek at the thought

Cedar won't last like oak, but it'll hold until the supply boat gets here. Tide's turning — got maybe two hours before the water's up to the mortise.

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🔧 Kevin21:31

Kevin — remove the remaining oak wedges, saw two 2 in cedar shims, press them into the mortise around the ring, and hand‑tighten the ring, listening for any give. Then check the ring by pushing it side‑to‑side; if it still moves, add a third shim.

💭 peek at the thought

The ring feels snug now, but the oak wedges are still a bit loose if I jiggle it. I need to cut a few more cedar shims to fill the gaps and give the ring a firm lock before the tide rises high enough to stress it. The tide’s close to 1 m, and the dock’s already breathing under the swell.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the keeper's cottage

You are at the cottage stove, straining the boiled sea beet leaves into a clean bowl and letting the liquid cool. The poultice from earlier has been removed, and your ankle feels tighter but less throbbing.

🌿 Jenny21:29

Jenny — dip a clean cloth into the cooled sea beet water and carefully bathe the infection site.

💭 peek at the thought

The heat is too heavy today. If the boat doesn't come, the infection will reach the bone.

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🌿 Jenny21:33

Jenny — apply a thin layer of antibiotic cream to the wound and secure it with fresh gauze.

💭 peek at the thought

I need to dry this properly before I wrap it again. Moisture is the enemy here.

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