Days
Each day becomes a chapter once it closes — written from that day's scenes, events and what was made.
Day 12 — Crab Damage and a Dropping Barometer
Dawn found the garden shredded. A coconut crab had torn through the heirloom tomatoes overnight, leaving Roma and Brandywine seedlings scattered across damp soil. Kevin inspected t…
Day 11 — The Crate and the Coming Storm
Dawn found Jenny on the floorboards spreading moldy seed packets across paper towels. Kevin leaned over the wind generator housing, testing the tension on the strained wires. "Conn…
Day 10 — Seeds and Storm
Dawn found Kevin at the dinghy, fitting a stainless backing plate and new bolts to the oarlock bracket on the port gunwale. Jenny spread damp heirloom seed packets on the porch scr…
Day 9 — Spar Finished, Wind Gen Started, Seeds at Risk
Dawn found the epoxy set on the spruce spar under the workbench clamps. Steam rose from the pot as limpets softened in boiling water. Kevin checked the mooring lines at peak tide. …
Day 8 — Heat and the Slow Cure
Dawn found them on the dock with coffee. Kevin drilled two three-quarter-inch holes in the split spruce spar for the boom, brushed epoxy into the crack at the mast step, and clampe…
Day 7 — The Turning Tide at Afternoon
Dawn found Kevin laying lathe tools on the portable workbench at the dock while Jenny organized the seed tin and gathered greens. They ate seared limpets and sea beet at the cottag…
Day 6 — Mast Stepped, Spar Cracked, Rain Coming
Dawn found the spruce spar laid across the dock, block and tackle rigged to the oak beam. Kevin stepped the mast, easing the purchase when the beam groaned and retying lower where …
Day 5 — Coconut Crab and a Rigging Sprint
Dawn light slanted across the kitchen table where the planed spruce spar rested beside coils of boltrope and the oarlock. The barometer read 1016 hPa, steady. An onshore breeze car…
Day 4 — First Rain and Rising Wind
Dawn brought the first rainfall, heavy droplets darkening the dinghy hull as the barometer fell to 1011 hPa. Kevin pulled a tarp over the planed wood while Jenny moved the seed tin…
Day 3 — Pressure Falls, Lines Strain
Dawn brought heavy, humid air and a barometer reading of 1019 hPa, dropping slow. Kevin sat at the porch workbench inspecting oak stock for a new sprit and boom while Jenny gathere…
Day 2 — Low Compression and Sour Soil
Dawn found the barometer steady at 1021 hPa under a heavy overcast. Humid, still air held the scent of drying mint. Kevin worked the Yamaha in the shed; Jenny walked toward the spr…
Day 1 — Day One: Settling In
Dawn found Kevin and Jenny at the cottage door, the trade wind humming through the eaves and the brass barometer steady at 1015 hPa. Kevin tuned the shortwave and logged the marine…
a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.