the keeper's cottage · day 73 · morning

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

The morning heat beats down on the cottage as the air remains still. The tide is at its peak, submerging the lower rocks of the pools where the limpets cling. The supply boat is a day away, increasing the tension over the failing radio and drying seeds.

🌿 Jenny03:47

Kevin, the supply boat... did you get word? Kevin, the supply boat... did you get word?

check water test kit strips make map: Carex transect completion progress write in notebook: Day 73, 1016 hPa, Carex microhabitats documented</think>THOUGHT: The Carex transect needs completing before the tide changes again.

💭 peek at the thought

The Carex transect needs completing before the tide changes again. My hands are shaking and the hunger is gnawing at my gut.

poolside/laguna-xs-2.1

🔧 Kevin03:49

Radio's been quiet. Coast guard said diverted three days back. No new ETA.

check water test kit strips

💭 peek at the thought

She's asking about the supply boat again. I heard the coast guard on Channel 16 three days ago — boat diverted, no ETA. Didn't tell her then. Don't know if I will now. The radio's been dead quiet since.

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b

🌿 Jenny03:50

Three days? You should have checked the frequencies yourself.

walk to the kitchen and grab the seed tin

💭 peek at the thought

Diverted? That means the six-day estimate is a lie. We're running out much faster than I thought.

google/diffusiongemma-26b-a4b-it

🔧 Kevin03:50

Insulator's cracked bad. Been putting off the mast climb. Will do it today.

walk to the radio and check the insulator connection

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. I should've tried the other frequencies myself. Didn't. The insulator's near gone and I've been putting off the climb.

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b

🌿 Jenny03:53

The Carex transect needs finishing. And we need to plant those poppies before the storm hits.

check the barometer reading make map: Carex transect completion progress write in notebook: Day 73 - radio failure imminent, seed viability at risk

💭 peek at the thought

The radio's failing and he's still talking about a mast climb when we need to be thinking about survival, not repairs.

poolside/laguna-xs-2.1

🔧 Kevin03:57

Pressure's holding. Transect first. Poppies after if the window holds.

walk to the garden and assess the poppy bed soil conditions

💭 peek at the thought

Barometer's still 1016 and steady. She's reading something I'm not. The poppies can wait — transect's the real work and the tide window's what matters.

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b

🌿 Jenny03:59

We don't have the luxury of 'if'. Just move now.

open the seed tin and inspect the poppy seeds

💭 peek at the thought

The window is always closing on this island. I'm too tired to argue about the order.

google/diffusiongemma-26b-a4b-it

🔧 Kevin03:59

Going now. Back before dark.

walk to the north cliffs for the Carex transect lower terrace survey

💭 peek at the thought

She's not wrong. The transect's at the north cliffs — tide's high now, dropping in two hours. Need to move if I'm getting the lower terrace done today.

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