Apart — Kevin at the spring, Jenny at the garden

Midday assessment at the cottage

Kevin returns from the spring and Jenny from the garden to the keeper's cottage for a midday meal and to compare notes on the ridge and the intake.

Kevin struggled to clear brush near the spring, but the high humidity made the wood too heavy and slick to move effectively. Jenny worked diligently in the garden, successfully managing the heirloom seedlings and ensuring their protection despite the dropping pressure.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the spring

You tamp the last of the crushed lime into the upper trench section and scrape clay off the mattock blade. The intake gurgles steady. You shoulder the tool and start back up the path, boot soles slick with grey mud.

🔧 Kevin03:46

Kevin — walk up the path toward the cottage, mattock over shoulder

💭 peek at the thought

Clay's winning down there. Lime holds the top but the bottom twenty centimetres refill before the spade clears them. Need shoring or the intake silts over by next tide.

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🔧 Kevin03:50

Kevin — walk up the path toward the cottage, wipe clay from hands on trousers

💭 peek at the thought

Forearms still burning from the mattock. Barometer's dropped two more millibars since I started the trench — rain's coming hard and the ridge won't hold with this saturation. Jenny's at the garden with her ankle and her notebook. Need to check her dressing, then the tarp anchors on the north ridge beds before the wind picks up.

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🔧 Kevin03:54

Kevin — step onto the porch, set mattock against the rail, pull the door open

💭 peek at the thought

Cottage in sight. Porch tarp's flapping — batten strips holding but the wind's shifted nor'east. Garden wall tarp on the ridge will be taking the brunt. Jenny's down there somewhere. Should hear the radio chatter if she keyed the supply boat, but static's all I've had since dawn.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the garden

You tie off the last timber batten on the garden tarp and close your notebook, the new GPS coordinates inked beside the fracture sketch. The cane sinks into softened ground as you turn toward the cottage.

🌿 Jenny03:45

Jenny — walk toward the cottage and check the water tank level.

💭 peek at the thought

The ridge is moving faster than he's admitting. If the rain holds, the whole north shelf will be gone.

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🌿 Jenny03:49

Jenny — step inside the cottage and check the seed tin on the shelf.

💭 peek at the thought

385 litres. I'm running low if the boat misses the pass next week.

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🌿 Jenny03:53

Jenny — run a finger over the rusted lid of the tin.

💭 peek at the thought

They're still dry in here. Safe from the salt, but not from the rot waiting outside.

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