the keeper's cottage · day 158 · morning

Waiting for the break

The rain tapers off as the tide begins to turn. You meet inside to plan the meal.

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

🔧 Kevin17:11

Rain's breaking. Tide's turning — dock'll be clear in an hour. Figured I'd run the Yanmar on the dinghy, see if it holds under load. You want the corned beef with the limpets, or save the tin?

walk to the kitchen and set the cast iron skillet on the wood stove to heat

💭 peek at the thought

The rain's easing. Tide turning means the dock's accessible again if the Yanmar's ready. Still need to run it under load before I trust it with either of us aboard.

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🌿 Jenny17:11

Boil the limpets. I need the salt for the ridge walk later.

Pick up the own and start sketching the morphology of the sea much leaves I dried yesterday.

💭 peek at the thought

He's always checking the engine, while I'm checking if the seeds will survive the rot in this damp.

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🔧 Kevin17:15

Limpets it is. I'll boil them now, you'll have the broth for your flask.

drop the fresh limpets into the pot of water on the stove and set the lid askew

💭 peek at the thought

She's saving the corned beef. Smart — salt's worth more than meat on a ridge walk. The limpets'll give her what she needs.

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🌿 Jenny17:15

Thanks. I need to finish the Carex transect before the clouds thicken again.

Open the notebook and refine the salt gland illustrations on the sea beet sketch.

💭 peek at the thought

If the humidity stays this high, the varnish will never bond, no matter how I try.

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🔧 Kevin17:16

Back before dark?

ladle steaming limpet broth into her tin mug and set it on the table beside her sketches

💭 peek at the thought

She's pushing to finish the transect before the weather turns proper. The notebook's filling up — sea beet morphology, tide pool zones, Carex counts. She's building something with those pages.

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🌿 Jenny17:17

I'll try. I need to get the north ridge done.

Take a sip of the hot broth and pack the notebook into the waterproof bag.

💭 peek at the thought

I want to be back, but the ridge is long and the light is fading.

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🔧 Kevin17:18

Take the headlamp. Spare batteries in the drawer by the radio.

pull the boiled limpets from the pot with a fork and drop them onto a chipped plate, then sit opposite her with my own mug of broth

💭 peek at the thought

North ridge means the exposed section past the third cairn. Wind'll be worse up there. She knows it.

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🌿 Jenny17:19

I have it. I'll be careful.

way the crowbar and the measuring tape, then head for the door.

💭 peek at the thought

He's worried about the light, but I'm worried about the data.

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