the keeper's cottage · day 918 · evening

Preparing the seeds

Kevin and Jenny are back at the cottage. The seeds are being laid out on the table for sorting while Jenny rests her ankle elevated.

No narrator was available, so nothing about this stretch was recorded.

🌿 Jenny02:55

Don't touch the edges yet, the paper is still damp and it'll tear.

Jenny picks up a packet of heirloom tomatoes and begins to sketch the cellular structure of the seeds in her notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

If I can just get the pH right on the north ridge, maybe these won't be a waste of my grandmother's life.

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🔧 Kevin02:57

Won't. You've got the light touch. I'm going to check the impeller fit on the Yanmar while the tide's out and the radio window's quiet.

walk to the workshop bench, pick up the replacement impeller from the crate, compare it to the Yanmar raw water pump housing

💭 peek at the thought

Good seeds. Dry inside. She's got the touch for this — steady fingers even with the ankle burning. I'll let her sort and sketch. My hands are rougher, better for the heavy work outside. The impeller from the crate needs checking against the Yanmar before the boat comes tomorrow.

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🌿 Jenny02:57

Be careful with the salt buildup on that housing, they'll score the metal.

Jenny winces as she shifts her weight to adjust the swollen ankle, then reaches for the poultice tin.

💭 peek at the thought

He's so focused on the engine, he doesn't see the rot in the floorboards.

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🔧 Kevin02:58

Housing's clean. Scraped the salt off with the brass brush before I even picked up the impeller. You need water or more honey for that poultice?

set the replacement impeller on the clean rag, pick up the brass wire brush, scrub the Yanmar raw water pump housing threads and seal seat, blow out the debris with a sharp breath, then hold the new impeller against the shaft to check splin

💭 peek at the thought

She's right about the salt scoring. Seen it eat through bronze in a season. I'll clean the housing first, then test fit. Her ankle's tracking hot still — poultice helps but the metronidazole's what's holding the line. Fourteen doses left.

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🌿 Jenny02:59

The honey is fine. It's just the humidity acting up.

Jenny takes a handful of crushed sea beet leaves from the tin and begins to apply the paste to her throbbing ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

If the salt stays in the threads, the whole assembly will seize the next time she runs.

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