Apart — Kevin at the garden, Jenny at the woods

Afternoon work at the garden and woods

Kevin continues the garden wall at the north return; Jenny gathers kindling from the fallen spruce and heads back toward the garden.

The humidity remains heavy over the garden, making the air thick and stifling. Kevin attempts to clear some brush but finds the slick conditions make any real progress impossible today. Jenny spends the afternoon managing the heirloom seedlings and monitoring the weather for the supply boat's arrival.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the garden

You mix a fresh batch of lime mortar, the bucket cool against your thigh. The north return stones are staged and ready. You set the first stone, bed it, tap it level with the trowel handle.

🔧 Kevin12:32

Kevin — lay the first course of the north return, bedding each stone in fresh lime mortar and tapping level with the trowel handle

💭 peek at the thought

Good rhythm. Mortar's the right stiffness — holds the stone without oozing. North return's going to go faster than the south did.

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🔧 Kevin12:36

Kevin — continue laying the second course of the north return, checking plumb with the level every few stones

💭 peek at the thought

Second course seated. Joints staying tight. Mortar's not flashing off too quick in this humidity — that's the one mercy. Back's starting to talk though.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the woods

You reach the tangled spruce trunk, branches still caught in the shade cloth wires. You pull a dead branch free, snap it — dry inside. Good kindling. You start stacking armfuls, working back toward the garden path.

🌿 Jenny12:34

Jenny — gather armfuls of dry spruce branches and stack them neatly by the garden path.

💭 peek at the thought

I'm shaking. Hunger or exhaustion, or both. I need to get these back and eat something before I collapse.

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🌿 Jenny12:39

Jenny — wipe sweat from my forehead with the back of a hand and look toward the cottage.

💭 peek at the thought

The heat is a physical weight. My skin feels sticky and I haven't eaten since the limpets this morning.

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