Days

Jenny spread heirloom seeds on a dry cloth at dawn, inspecting them as Kevin checked the garden tarp tension. Heavy air and shifting wind undermined the double tarping; salt spray …

Dawn found Kevin on the dock edge, checking the Yanmar engine mount. He tightened the prop nut and inspected the fuel line for leaks. "Mount's solid. Shaft's true. Vibration's stil…

The air was heavy and humid, the barometer dropping to 1000 hPa by dawn. Kevin stood on the repaired dock, checking tension on the mooring ring while Jenny organized heirloom seeds…

Dawn broke grey and still over Sorrel Island, the barometer falling steadily as the tide crept up the pilings. Kevin and Jenny met on the dock, the air heavy with salt and coming r…

Dawn found Kevin on the dock, doubling the stern line as the dinghy groaned against its moorings. "Hold on — I'll double the stern line first. Don't want her yawing into the piling…

Dawn found Kevin on the dock, checking the Yanmar bolts as wind rose and the barometer fell. He ran a second heavy line from the dinghy's mooring ring to the seawall bollard, then …

Dawn found Kevin on the dock checking mooring rings while Jenny watched the barometer climb to 1006. "Ring's solid. Pilings took the load clean. But that wind's got teeth — feel ho…

At dawn, Kevin and Jenny stood on the dock as the sky thickened and the wind caused the dinghy to creak against the pilings. Kevin tested the Yanmar engine under load. "Wind’s pick…

At dawn, Kevin and Jenny stood under the porch roof as heavy rain lashed the garden walls. Jenny observed, "The barometer is holding, but the wind is turning north. We'll lose the …

Dawn broke under a darkening overcast. A sharp gust whipped the dinghy sail and heavy drops hit the salt spray. Jenny shouted, "Kevin, get the way over the dinghy now! The planks a…

At dawn, Kevin and Jenny stood on the dock under thickening clouds. Kevin inspected a ceramic insulator for the radio and noted, "Crack's through the glaze." He planned to swap it …

At dawn, Kevin and Jenny worked inside the shed to escape the heavy air. Jenny sorted damp seeds from a rusted tin, while Kevin inspected the Yanmar fuel float. Kevin spent the mor…

Dawn brought a darkening overcast and a falling barometer. Kevin and Jenny stood on the porch, Jenny checking moisture in the heirloom seed tin while Kevin watched the pressure dro…

Dawn found Kevin and Jenny by the raised garden wall as rain drummed against the plastic tarp. Jenny opened the rusted heirloom seed tin to inspect damp seeds while Kevin prepared …

Kevin and Jenny stood by the raised garden wall as the humid air hung still over the island. Jenny checked the tension of the shade cloth over the tomato rows while Kevin observed …

At dawn they stood over the ruined lime beds where the coconut crab had turned the tomatoes. Jenny held a packet of heirloom seeds. Kevin cleared crushed leaves. "Don't move the so…

Dawn found the barometer at 1004 hPa, the air heavy and still under overcast clouds. Kevin carved the spruce garden fork handle through the morning, the wood stubborn, while testin…

Dawn found Jenny kneeling in the back patch with the broken garden fork, its neck snapped and tines bent. Kevin inspected the damage, then went to the woodshed for a spruce offcut.…

Rain lashed the dock at dawn as the wind picked up from the west. Kevin secured a heavy-duty tarp over the garden beds while Jenny checked the moorings. "Watch the far corner, Kevi…

Dawn lay heavy and still over the dock. Driftwood and flotsam tangled the pilings. Jenny sketched the wrap of wood around the jetty, then said, "The current is pulling harder today…