the keeper's cottage · day 992 · dawn

Dawn radio test and spruce clearing begin

Kevin sits at the kitchen table with the shortwave radio powered on, the repaired PL-259 connector on the main feed line running out through the window to the mast step and shrine insulator. Jenny stands at the porch door, driftwood cane in hand, looking toward the garden path where the fallen spruce trunk blocks access and tangles the shade cloth anchors. The barometer on the wall reads 981 hPa and rising, and the tide is low.

Kevin cut the fallen spruce trunk into three stove-length rounds and stacked the remaining sections for seasoning, clearing the garden path. Jenny inspected the heirloom seed trays and found damping-off has spread to two additional pepper cells and one lettuce cell, then checked pocket seven drainage and confirmed water is pooling at the slump zone.

🔧 Kevin02:27

Radio's tested. Shortwave's good to go on 8.297 at high tide.

Walk to garden path and cut fallen spruce trunk into manageable sections for firewood.

💭 peek at the thought

Garden path clearance needed before shade cloth re-tensioning, and radio's ready for transmission test now that PL-259 connector's properly soldered. Barometer rising means we've cleared the worst of the weather window.

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🌿 Jenny02:29

Kevin, the barometer's climbing faster than I expected - 981 and rising. The swell's building. Get that spruce cut up now while it's manageable.

use driftwood cane to test step stability, then walk slowly to garden path to observe fallen spruce trunk position relative to shade cloth anchors cut fallen spruce trunk into manageable sections for firewood/timber salvage while Kevin work

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer's rising sharp - pressure's climbing but that means the swell's building offshore. Good timing that Kevin tested the radio before the storm hits proper. He's moving efficiently toward the garden path, clearing that spruce trunk before it becomes a liability in the wind.

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🔧 Kevin02:29

Cutting it now. Three rounds for the stove, rest for seasoning.

Walk to the garden path with bow saw, assess trunk position on shade cloth anchors, start cutting through main trunk section by section.

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. Swell building means the path will be slick and the shade cloth anchors will shift if the trunk rolls. Better to cut it now while the ground's firm and the tide's low.

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🌿 Jenny02:31

Kevin, the spruce's across the tomato row - carefully now, those seedlings are showing true leaves. I'll check the drainage in pocket seven while you work.

test soil moisture at pocket seven with finger, noting water accumulation patterns, then walk to seed trays on upper bench to inspect damping-off progression check heirloom seed trays for fungal progression while Kevin cuts spruce trunk int

💭 peek at the thought

The trunk's across the path at an angle - three rounds for immediate heat, the rest will season properly in the sheltered nook by the shrine. Good split. I need to get those seed trays checked before the humidity spikes with the coming storm.

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