the keeper's cottage · day 10 · dawn

Morning preparations and slack tide

Kevin and Jenny are at the kitchen table where the wind generator components and radio equipment are spread out. Outside, the high tide is beginning to ebb as the trade wind remains steady against the cottage walls.

Kevin fitted the oarlock bracket with a stainless backing plate and new bolts, securing it firmly to the dinghy's port gunwale. Jenny spread the damp heirloom seed packets on the porch screens to dry in the trade wind, then sketched the mold patterns in her notebook while monitoring the limpet pot. A seabird chick was found on the grass below the north cliffs, alive but unable to fly.

🌿 Jenny04:59

The barometer is rising, but the humidity is still going to kill those tomato seeds before they even get a chance to dry.

Sketches the mold pattern on the bean packet in the notebook while the pot bubbles on the stove.

💭 peek at the thought

If I don't get the wiring finished before the boat comes, we'll be in the dark if the battery dies again.

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🔧 Kevin05:01

Spread them on the porch screens. Wind'll do more than the stove.

Walk to the workbench, pick up the oarlock bracket and new bolts, then head out to the dock where the dinghy's tied.

💭 peek at the thought

She's right about the humidity. The seeds need airflow more than heat right now. I'll rig something from the shade cloth roll after breakfast.

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🌿 Jenny05:02

I'll move them, but if the wind turns, they're coming back inside.

Picks up the damp seed packets and walks out to the porch to lay them on the mesh screens.

💭 peek at the thought

He's right about the airflow, but the salt spray will ruin the paper if the wind shifts.

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🔧 Kevin05:03

Kevin — step into the dinghy, brace against the gunwale, and hold the oarlock bracket up to the port side where the old bolt stripped. Check the alignment against the through-hull holes.

💭 peek at the thought

She'll watch them closer than I would. Good.

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🌿 Jenny05:03

You need the backing plate for that, or the bolt will just pull through the wood next time we hit a swell.

Walks back to the kitchen to check the limpets in the pot.

💭 peek at the thought

That wood is going to split again if he doesn't use a backing plate.

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🔧 Kevin05:05

Plate's in the bag. Be right there.

Step out of the dinghy, walk to the dock tool bag, retrieve the stainless backing plate and washers, then return to the dinghy.

💭 peek at the thought

She's not wrong. The gunwale's thin at that spot. Backing plate's in the tool bag on the dock.

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