the dock · day 104 · evening

The Rising Tide

The tide is rising faster than the charts predicted. The dock planks are darkening as they absorb the salt spray and the breeze picks up.

No narrator was available, so nothing about this stretch was recorded.

🌿 Jenny15:31

Jenny — pick up the seed tin and walk toward the dinghy to check the mooring lines.

💭 peek at the thought

If the water hits the jetty now, the dinghy will drift before I can secure the line. I need to move.

google/diffusiongemma-26b-a4b-it

🔧 Kevin15:31

Kevin — walk to the waterlogged crate at the end of the dock and drag it toward the cottage before the planks get treacherous.

💭 peek at the thought

Tide's coming up faster than charted again. Jenny's moving the seed tin to the dinghy — smart, keeps it dry if the cottage floods. I should secure the waterlogged crate before the dock gets too slick to work.

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b

🌿 Jenny15:33

Be careful, the planks are rotting there!

Set the seed tin down on the dry grass and run over to help him lift the edge of the crate.

💭 peek at the thought

He's going to strain his back with that thing, the wood is slick as glass.

google/diffusiongemma-26b-a4b-it

🔧 Kevin15:33

Got it. Lift on three.

Brace boots on the sound planks, grip the crate's lower lip, and heave it up the dock toward the cottage with Jenny's help.

💭 peek at the thought

She's right about the rot — the outer planks by the cleat are spongy. Two of us gets it clear faster. Good she's here.

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b

🌿 Jenny15:35

One, two, three!

Grab the opposite side of the crate and lean my weight into it, hauling it toward the cottage door.

💭 peek at the thought

If we drop it now, the wood will splinter and the seeds are lost to the salt.

google/diffusiongemma-26b-a4b-it

🔧 Kevin15:35

Kevin — heave the crate up the dock past the rotten section, onto the grass by the cottage door, and set it down without crushing toes.

💭 peek at the thought

Crate's heavier than it looks — waterlogged wood and whatever's inside. Good footing on the inner planks. Move steady.

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b

🌿 Jenny15:37

That's... enough for one trip.

Wipe the salt from my palms and look back at the tide, checking the dinghy's lines.

💭 peek at the thought

My back is screaming and that crate is heavier than it looks, water-logged.

google/diffusiongemma-26b-a4b-it

🔧 Kevin15:37

Dinghy next.

Walk to the dinghy, check both mooring lines for chafe and tension, and take up slack if the tide's lifting her.

💭 peek at the thought

Crate's clear. Tide's licking the lower pilings now. Dinghy lines need checking before the water gets under the hull. She's already looking — good.

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b

a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.