the keeper's cottage · day 54 · morning

The Mid-Morning Heat

The rain has stopped but a heavy mist hangs over the island. The temperature rises as the barometer holds steady at 981 hPa.

Kevin meticulously sorts the remaining heirloom seeds under the magnifying glass, identifying viable packets despite the high humidity. Jenny prepares the gathered limpets in the cast iron skillet and begins chopping the sea beet leaves for their meal.

🔧 Kevin02:34

Kevin — walk to the generator shed, check oil level, then return to kitchen table and continue seed sorting under magnifying glass

💭 peek at the thought

Pressure holding steady. Mist means moisture in the seed packets still. Need to finish sorting before humidity spikes again. And I should check the generator oil while the engine's cold — easier to read true level.

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🌿 Jenny02:34

The limpets are ready to be boiled.

Pick up the handful of limpets and move to the wood stove.

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way's so obsessed with that engine while the whole island is rotting in this humidity. My ankle is throbbing.

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🔧 Kevin02:36

Put a pinch of salt in if we've got any left. Makes the grit settle.

set down magnifying glass, wipe hands on trousers, and walk to the stove to watch the pot

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Good. Protein. Haven't eaten since yesterday midday. The limpets'll be tough but the sea beet'll soften them.

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🌿 Jenny02:36

We'll check the tin after these are.

Drop the limpets into the cast iron skillet with boiling water.

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He thinks salt fixes everything. We're down to the last grains and the damp seeds.

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🔧 Kevin02:38

Kevin — reach up to the shelf, take down the salt tin, and set it beside the skillet

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Salt tin's on the shelf above the stove. Half full last I looked. She'll find it.

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🌿 Jenny02:39

Be careful with the amount.

Pick up the pencil and return to the sketch of the sea beet morphology.

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If he uses the rest now, I'll have nothing to season the sea beet later.

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🔧 Kevin02:40

Just a pinch.

open the tin, pinch a small amount between thumb and forefinger, sprinkle it into the skillet, then set the tin back on the shelf

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She's right. Too much salt and we're drinking water all afternoon with nothing left in the tank for tomorrow.

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🌿 Jenny02:41

I'll start the sea beet next.

Chop the cleaned sea beet leaves on the cutting board.

💭 peek at the thought

At least he didn't dump the whole thing. My stomach is growling louder than the wood stove.

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