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

Tide Turning

Kevin and Jenny meet at the cottage as the afternoon sun begins to dip.

Kevin checked the shortwave aerial at low water and re-tensioned the guy lines. Jenny dug the north slope drainage trench another meter before the rising tide forced her back, then turned to the shattered radio aerial and fitted the spare ceramic insulator and new coax cable.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the keeper's cottage

You kick your wet boots off the porch, feeling the ache in your shoulders. The supply boat is still only two days away.

🔧 Kevin07:28

Kevin — walk up to the cottage porch and sit on the step, boots off, watching the water line climb the aerial mast

💭 peek at the thought

Tide's too high for the aerial base. Should've come earlier. Three days until the boat — if it comes. Jenny's ankle won't hold two more days of garden work.

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🔧 Kevin07:32

Kevin — stand up, stretch shoulders, walk to the garden edge looking for her

💭 peek at the thought

Sun's dropping behind the west ridge. Shadows stretching across the garden. Jenny's been out there a while.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the garden

You wipe the mud from your hands onto your trousers. The salt tide is finally starting to recede.

🌿 Jenny07:31

Come on, just one more meter.

Squat down and dig the mattock into the hard-packed edge of the trench.

💭 peek at the thought

If I don't finish this trench before the next surge, the salt will kill the root systems before they even sprout.

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🌿 Jenny07:35

Almost done with this bloody trench.

Strike the mattock handle with the claw to pry up the stubborn sod blocking the drainage channel.

💭 peek at the thought

The trench is almost complete, just needs the final 50 centimeters before I can properly assess the drainage.

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