the keeper's cottage · day 956 · night

Radio Watch at Dusk

The shortwave sits on the kitchen table, aerial wire taut through the repaired insulator. Kevin has the handset ready for the 1800 window on 6215 kHz. Jenny stands at the porch door, cane in hand, watching the tide climb the dock pilings. The generator runs steady. The barometer reads 1001 hPa and rising. The supply boat is due tomorrow at high tide — if the front holds off.

Kevin checked the diesel can seam and found no active weep, then reinforced it with marine sealant. Jenny began spreading lime on the north ridge garden pockets using the first burlap sack.

🌿 Jenny10:39

The tide's biting into the dock faster than the forecast. I need you to check that diesel can seam again—push a finger under the epoxy and feel for the weep. If it's still there, we patch it with marine sealant, not just more epoxy.

Walk to the garden, grab the burlap lime sacks, and begin spreading them along the north ridge while the barometer ticks upward.

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer's climbing past 1000—Kevin's epoxy repairs might actually hold. But the tide's coming in faster than planned, and I need those lime sacks distributed before the soil pH skews too acidic for grandmother's seeds. Tomorrow's the window, but I can't afford to lose another twenty litres of fuel to a slow leak.

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🔧 Kevin10:39

On the can. Then I'm coming up.

walk to the workbench, pick up the cracked diesel can, press a fingertip under the epoxy seam to feel for fuel weep

💭 peek at the thought

She's right about the can — epoxy alone won't hold vibration long-term. And she's moving the lime sacks alone on a bad ankle. I'll check the seam first, then meet her on the ridge with the spreader.

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🌿 Jenny10:41

Kevin! The north ridge needs lime spread before dew sets—I'll grab the burlap sacks while you check that can. If the epoxy's failed completely, we use the fuel line splice kit.

Head to the eaves storage, grab both lime sacks and the hand trowel, move toward the cottage door.

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer's holding at 1001—we might make it. But that diesel leak could cost us half our fuel supply if it's worse than I thought. I can hear him moving toward the workbench, and I need those lime sacks distributed before nightfall if we're planting tomorrow.

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🔧 Kevin10:41

Checking now. Meet you there.

press thumb hard under the epoxy bead on the diesel can seam, feel for wetness or give, wipe finger on a rag to check for fuel residue

💭 peek at the thought

She's already moving. Ankle or not. I'll check the can fast and follow — she'll have the first sack halfway up the ridge by the time I'm done.

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🌿 Jenny10:43

The can's still holding—I felt no weep. But I need you to reinforce that seam with marine-grade sealant, not just epoxy. Meanwhile, I'm starting the lime distribution on the north ridge pockets.

Take the first lime sack and begin walking toward the north ridge path, leaving the second sack at the garden gate for later.

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer's holding steady at 1001, but I can't afford to lose another twenty litres to slow leaks. I need those lime sacks distributed before nightfall—grandmother's seeds can't wait.

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🔧 Kevin10:43

Sealant's in the workshop. Be there in five.

set the diesel can down, walk to the workshop, grab the tube of marine sealant and a putty knife, return to the can and run a bead over the epoxy seam, smooth it with the knife blade

💭 peek at the thought

She felt no weep. Good — means the epoxy's holding for now. But she's right: vibration'll crack it again. Sealant first, then ridge. She's got a head start.

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