Apart — Kevin at the dock, Jenny at the garden

Midday work at dock and garden

Kevin is at the dock test-fitting the bronze sleeve on the Yanmar prop shaft; Jenny is in the garden checking seedlings and heirloom seed packets.

Kevin test-fits the bronze sleeve onto the Yanmar prop shaft, checking for binding with the dial indicator. Jenny checks the moisture levels of the tomato seedlings, finding the soil well-watered by the steady rain.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You stand over the Yanmar with the bronze sleeve in hand, the engine tarp pulled back. Rain drips off the dock planks onto your forearms as you align the sleeve with the prop shaft keyway. The shaft turns free by hand — no scoring you can feel.

🔧 Kevin08:28

Kevin — slide the bronze sleeve onto the prop shaft, aligning the keyway; turn the shaft by hand to check for binding; fetch the dial indicator from the tool roll and set it up on the coupling

💭 peek at the thought

Sleeve slides on clean. No binding. Dial indicator will confirm what my fingers already know — this fit is good enough to run.

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🔧 Kevin08:32

Kevin — read the dial indicator and note the runout figure in the notebook; wipe the sleeve and shaft clean with a rag; pull the engine tarp back over the Yanmar and secure the corners with bungee cords

💭 peek at the thought

Runout's under a thou. That's as true as this shaft's ever going to run. Log it and button up before the rain gets worse.

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🔧 Kevin08:36

Kevin — walk back up the dock toward the cottage, wiping hands on a rag; step onto the path that cuts through the garden

💭 peek at the thought

Engine's covered. Notebook's updated. Rain's still coming down warm and steady. Nothing more to do on the Yanmar today. Stomach's reminding me it's past midday.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the garden

You crouch by the raised beds under the shade cloth, the rain a steady drum on the fabric above. Tomato seedlings in the front row have their first true leaves; peppers are slower. The heirloom packets on the porch table are drying, edges curling.

🌿 Jenny08:30

Jenny — touch the soil around the tomato seedlings to check the moisture level.

💭 peek at the thought

They're actually coming up. Finally. I can't let the salt wind get them once they move out from under this cloth.

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🌿 Jenny08:35

Jenny — walk back toward the cottage to find something to eat.

💭 peek at the thought

My stomach is actually growling. I can't think straight on an empty belly, and I still haven't touched that waterlogged crate.

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🌿 Jenny08:38

Jenny — walk to the porch and check the status of the drying seed packets.

💭 peek at the thought

I'm still thinking about those seeds. If I plant them now, the rain is good, but the soil is too acidic. I need to check the pH again before I risk a single heirloom.

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