the dock · day 106 · dawn

Morning tide and prep

Kevin and Jenny stand on the dock planks as the tide begins to rise against the pilings. Jenny lays the damp heirloom seed packets on the table while Kevin checks the Yanmar engine's fuel level.

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

🌿 Jenny16:57

The tide is coming in faster than the charts predicted today. Check the dinghy line again.

Jenny sketches the pattern of the water against the rotting wood in her notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

If the boat doesn't come, we'll have to start rationing the flour for the next month.

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🔧 Kevin17:01

Line's sound. Ring's the weak point — shifts under load.

walk to the dinghy and check the stern line tension and the mooring ring movement

💭 peek at the thought

She's right — the spring tide's pushing harder than the almanac said. The rolling hitch on the new stern line will hold, but the mooring ring's still loose in its mortise. Should've driven that cedar shim deeper yesterday.

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🌿 Jenny17:03

I'll need to splice the new rope tomorrow; we can't have the dinghy drifting into the serious.

Jenny picks up the heirloom seed packets and carefully spreads them out on the paper towels near the stove.

💭 peek at the thought

He's right, the metal is thinning where the salt has eaten into it.

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🔧 Kevin17:03

Long splice tomorrow. Keep the seed packets off the stove, dry them out here.

arrange new rope on porch to splice tomorrow and check the mooring ring for movement before tide rises.

💭 peek at the thought

The rope's ready, but the splice has to be a long splice, not a rolling hitch. I need a clean splice before the next slack tide. Also, the seed packets are drying properly in the paper towels. I’ll keep an eye on them.

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🌿 Jenny17:05

I'll move them to the porch screens. The air is moving there.

Jenny gathers the damp seed packets and walks toward the cottage.

💭 peek at the thought

The heat from the stove will cook them if I'm not careful, just airflow.

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🔧 Kevin17:05

Kevin — stand at the dock edge and watch the mooring ring and shim as the tide rises

💭 peek at the thought

Good call. Porch screens get the cross-breeze off the water. She's learning the island's rhythms faster than she admits. The tide's still pushing — need to watch that ring doesn't work the shim loose.

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