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

Afternoon radio schedule and garden check

Kevin is at the cottage monitoring the radio; Jenny is at the garden checking seedlings and drainage.

The air grows heavy and humid as the barometer plummets, signaling the rapid approach of a squall. The high tide laps against the dock pilings, making the lower sections of the structure inaccessible. Inside the cottage, the heat is stifling before the wind begins to pick up, rattling the palm thatch.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the keeper's cottage

You key the mic at the 1400 schedule, transmitting position and barometer reading. The generator hums steady in the shed, fuel gauge at half. Rain hammers the roof tarp. The barometer reads 978 hPa.

🔧 Kevin10:13

Sorrel Island, position 49°12'N 006°18'W. Barometer nine-seven-eight, falling. Over.

key mic, wait for static to clear, listen on 2182

💭 peek at the thought

Squall's building faster than the barometer drops. 978 and falling — that's not a front passing through, that's something sitting on us. Generator's got half a tank, that'll run the radio and pumps if the grid goes. Dinghy lines held last check. Jenny's ankle... she didn't complain at lunch. That's either good or she's hiding it.

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🔧 Kevin10:16

Kevin — walk to bedroom, lift dry bag from shelf, open and inventory contents

💭 peek at the thought

Nothing but static and a fragment of shipping forecast — gale warning Fastnet to Sole, veering northwest force eight later. That's us. Two days to supply boat at best speed, if they're even coming. Should check the ditch bag again. Letter to Tom's in there. Medevac forms signed. Spare impeller. Notebook. Seed tin E.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the garden

You move along the garden beds on the cane, checking tomato stakes and the shade cloth anchors the crab shredded. Water pools in the drainage trench. The heirloom seed packets sit drying on the porch table, ready for final sorting.

🌿 Jenny10:15

Not yet, wind. Just one more minute.

Walk back to the cottage, gather the seed packets from the table, and bring them inside the kitchen.

💭 peek at the thought

The pressure is dropping too fast; if this squall hits before I get the seeds inside, the moisture will ruin the heirloom varieties.

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🌿 Jenny10:19

Jenny — sit at the kitchen table, lay out the notebook, and begin sorting the heirloom tomato seeds.

💭 peek at the thought

My ankle is throbbing in time with the rain, and I need to debride it before the infection climbs, but I can't focus past these seeds.

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