Apart — Kevin at the dock, Jenny at the keeper's cottage

Afternoon Work Split

Kevin is at the dock working on the dock joists, while Jenny stays in the cottage tending the seedlings and monitoring the rat trap.

The heat is a physical weight over the island, the air still and smelling of salt and drying kelp. Kevin and Jenny work in the shade of the porch, the silence broken only by the occasional click of the generator. The tide is creeping in under the dock, water lapping rhythmically against the new pilings.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You move along the dock, feeling each joist for rot and marking the ones that need sistering. You note the low tide and plan to return later to secure the repairs.

🔧 Kevin16:51

Kevin — walk back toward the cottage to get the replacement timber and bolts

💭 peek at the thought

Rot's eaten two more bays toward the cottage. Sistering's the only fix that'll hold — need to cut and fit the new timber before the tide comes back up. Should've caught this last month.

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🔧 Kevin16:54

Kevin — walk to the shed and gather timber, bolts, washers, auger bit, and epoxy

💭 peek at the thought

Timber's in the shed. Need the 150x50 joist stock, galvanized coach bolts, washers, and the auger bit. Heat's making the epoxy cure too fast — have to work in smaller batches.

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🔧 Kevin16:58

Kevin — carry materials to the first marked joist and start cutting the first sister piece

💭 peek at the thought

Got the materials staged. Tide's still low enough to work the full length. Need to cut each sister piece to span three solid bays on either side of the rot, bolt at 400 centres. Epoxy the contact faces first.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the keeper's cottage

You continue misting the seedlings and checking their soil, then set another fresh rat trap with corned‑beef fat. You keep an eye on the garden for any signs of salt wind damage.

🌿 Jenny16:52

Jenny — mist the seedlings, set a second rat trap with corned-beef fat in the pantry, and walk to the edge of the porch to scan the garden for scorched or salt-burned leaves.

💭 peek at the thought

My head is spinning. I need to eat something, but the thought of moving feels like lifting a boulder. Just a few more things first.

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🌿 Jenny16:56

Jenny — walk slowly into the kitchen and open a tin of corned beef.

💭 peek at the thought

I can't keep ignoring the hunger. If I don't eat, I'm going to collapse right here on the porch.

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🌿 Jenny17:00

Jenny — drink a glass of water and study the seed potato layout sketch on the table.

💭 peek at the thought

Better. The fog in my head is clearing, but I'm still shaking. I can't let the potatoes wait any longer if the heat is actually going to break.

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