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

Supply boat preparations and ridge inspection

Kevin is at the dock checking mooring lines and the Yanmar raw water pump housing; Jenny is at the cottage preparing the dock landing area and planning her north ridge inspection.

Kevin returns to the cottage from the dock, frustrated by the deep pitting in the Yanmar housing and the decaying state of the dock planks. Jenny is already at the north ridge, having discovered that the soil near the fallen spruce is acidic but viable for the garden extension.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You crouch at the dinghy's transom, flashlight beam probing the Yanmar's raw water pump housing for corrosion while the engine sits cold. The replacement impeller from the supply boat is still hours away. Salt crust coats the bolt heads; the housing bore feels rough under your fingertip. You wipe it clean with a rag and note the pitting.

🔧 Kevin13:10

Kevin — wipe the housing bore clean with rag, run fingertip over the pitting to gauge depth, then stand and stretch back. Walk back toward the cottage with the flashlight beam low.

💭 peek at the thought

Housing's pitted bad enough to leak past a new impeller. Bronze adapter might seal it if I can get the threads clean, but the bore's gone oval. Need to measure it proper when the light's better.

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🔧 Kevin13:14

Kevin — climb the dock ladder to the path. Head up toward the cottage, flashlight cutting through the salt spray.

💭 peek at the thought

Morning light'll show the bore true. For now the tide's still high enough to float the dinghy if I need to row out to the supply boat. Barometer's still falling — 1010 and dropping. Boat's due tomorrow high tide if it runs.

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🔧 Kevin13:18

Kevin — step onto the porch, wipe boots on the mat. Push the door open.

💭 peek at the thought

Cottage porch light's on. Jenny's still up or up early. Smell of coffee and corned beef fat on the air. Kettle's singing.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the keeper's cottage

You rinse the tin mug and set it to dry, then pull on your boots and wrap the ankle brace tighter. The limpets sit heavy but good in your stomach. You gather your notebook, the pH kit with its two remaining strips, and the hand auger.

🌿 Jenny13:13

Jenny — walk toward the north ridge, pausing to adjust the weight on my left foot.

💭 peek at the thought

The soil is moving again. If I don't find a dry pocket today, those seeds will just rot in the tin.

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🌿 Jenny13:17

Come on, just hold.

dig a small hole to take a sample near the base of the fallen spruce.

💭 peek at the thought

This spot is too acidic. I can see it in the way the moss avoids the roots.

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🌿 Jenny13:20

Jenny — dip a pH strip into the damp soil and hold it up to the light.

💭 peek at the thought

The color is wrong. Too grey, too saturated. This isn't a pocket; it's a seep.

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