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

Pre-storm tension

Kevin is at the dock checking lines, and Jenny is inside preparing the interior.

The rain has turned into a heavy lashing from the west, blurring the horizon line over the dock. The barometer pressure is dropping steadily to 980 hPa, signaling a significant front moving in. The air is thick with the scent of salt and rain-soaked earth.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You check the tension on the dinghy's lines as the swells grow larger.

🔧 Kevin14:24

Kevin — walk the length of the jetty, testing each plank underfoot, checking the mooring ring's mortise where it shifts in the swell.

💭 peek at the thought

The lines are holding but the cleat on the dock's pulling loose again. Third time this month. Tide's high and the swell's building — she'll strain at the painter until the timber gives or the rope parts.

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🔧 Kevin14:28

Kevin — pry up the rotten plank with the crowbar, inspect the stringer beneath for rot, then measure and cut a replacement from the spruce spar stack by the generator shed.

💭 peek at the thought

One more soft spot near the end — that third plank from the shore's spongy under heel. Rain's driving harder now, and the dock's only going to get slicker. If the supply boat comes in these conditions, we'll need every inch of it sound.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the keeper's cottage

You move the dry seed tins to the highest shelf in case the roof leaks.

🌿 Jenny14:22

Jenny — move the seed tins to the highest shelf in the kitchen.

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer is still dropping. If the roof gives, the seeds are the first thing I lose.

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🌿 Jenny14:26

Jenny — put a pot of water on the wood stove and drop in the fresh limpets to boil.

💭 peek at the thought

I can't focus on the drawings with my stomach growling. The limpets are sitting right there.

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