the keeper's cottage · day 200 · morning

MORNING, DAY 200

The morning light warms the garden as the onshore breeze picks up slightly.

The morning rain continues to fall steadily as the atmospheric pressure begins a slow drop. Jenny prepares the remaining limpets for breakfast while checking the seedlings, and Kevin waits for the tide to recede before beginning work on the dock.

🔧 Kevin07:16

Morning.

Walk to the dock, inspect the reinforced stern line and spring lines on the dinghy, check chafe points.

💭 peek at the thought

The wind's shifting. Tide's pushing hard against the dock planks. Need to check the dinghy lines one more time before the supply boat window closes.

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🌿 Jenny07:16

Morning. Pressure's falling fast.

Stand up stiffly, move the infected seedling trays to the far corner of the kitchen to isolate the mold.

💭 peek at the thought

He's checking the lines again. The barometer is dropping, and he's nervous too.

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🔧 Kevin07:18

How bad?

Check the dinghy's bow line tension, test the cleat on the dock for movement, glance at the horizon.

💭 peek at the thought

She's moving slow. Ankle's bothering her more than she says. The barometer's drop matches what I felt in my knee yesterday — storm's building, not passing.

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🌿 Jenny07:18

The peppers are lost to rot. I'm trying to save the lettuce.

Point to the white fuzz on the seedling stems, then pick up the tray with shaking hands.

💭 peek at the thought

The peppers are gone. If I don't move the rest, the whole batch follows.

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🔧 Kevin07:20

Copper spray?

Step onto the dock, pull the dinghy's bow line tight, secure it to the cleat with a round turn and two half hitches.

💭 peek at the thought

Damping-off takes hold fast in this damp. She's got the touch for growing but not the stomach for losing. The shaking's not just the tray weight.

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🌿 Jenny07:20

I don't have copper spray. I just have the stove and airflow.

Set the tray down on the cold stone floor far away from the healthy pots.

💭 peek at the thought

I don't have any copper spray. I have salt and hope.

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🔧 Kevin07:22

Good call on the stone. Cold slows it.

Check the dock ring bolt — grab it, lean weight against it, feel for play in the mortise.

💭 peek at the thought

Stove heat and airflow — old gardener's trick. Dry the soil surface, kill the fungus. Might save the lettuce if she caught it early. She's thorough. Always has been.

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🌿 Jenny07:22

It's the best I can do right now.

Wipe the soil off my hands on a rag and check the barometer again.

💭 peek at the thought

He's right for once, but the Stone is still damp from the rain.

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🔧 Kevin07:24

Barometer?

Crouch at the dock's edge, run fingers along the seaward plank joints, feel for soft rot under the paint.

💭 peek at the thought

1029 and steady last I looked. If she's checking again, she's watching the same drop I am. Four days to the supply boat. The dinghy's our only way out if the weather turns proper ugly.

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🌿 Jenny07:24

1031 and it's dropping quick.

Point to the dial on the wall, then look out at the clouds.

💭 peek at the thought

It's at 1031 and falling fast. The storm is coming before the boat.

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