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

Midday work splits

Kevin is at the dock reassembling the Yanmar lower unit after seal replacement; Jenny is at the keeper's cottage sorting heirloom seeds and writing.

Kevin spent the midday testing the Yanmar engine under load to ensure the new fuel float needle held under pressure. Jenny worked on the letter to Tom, adding a second sentence while checking the drying heirloom seeds in the kitchen.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You torque the lower unit bolts to spec and reconnect the shift rod, then prime the fuel line and crank the starter. The engine catches on the second turn. You watch the tell-tale — strong, steady stream. No oil weep at the new seals. You let it idle, hand on the throttle, ready for the full-throttle test.

🔧 Kevin20:28

Kevin — let the Yanmar idle at the dock, watching the tell-tale and checking for leaks, then ease the throttle up to full for a sustained test run

💭 peek at the thought

Good. The seals are holding. Let it warm through before the full-throttle run — no sense rushing metal.

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🔧 Kevin20:32

Kevin — shut down the Yanmar, wipe down the lower unit joint one last time, and secure the dinghy lines for the tide turn

💭 peek at the thought

Engine's running clean at full throttle. No vibration, no smoke, tell-tale strong. The lower unit's sealed. Job's done.

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🔧 Kevin20:36

Kevin — walk up from the dock to the cottage

💭 peek at the thought

Dinghy's tied off proper. Engine's done. Now the rest of the day — and that letter still in my pocket.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the keeper's cottage

You seal the last envelope and slide it into the rusted tin, then set the tin on the shelf above the wood stove where the heat will keep it dry. The limpets are done — you pull them from the pot with a fork, meat sliding free from shells. You eat two portions standing at the table, hot and salty, then pick up the pen and add your sentence to the letter.

🌿 Jenny20:27

Jenny — make letter: "To Tom, I think the soil here is more honest than we were."

💭 peek at the thought

My stomach feels a bit better, but the air in here is too still. I can't keep writing these letters in fragments; it feels like I'm sending a puzzle instead of a message.

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🌿 Jenny20:30

Okay, stay put.

walk to the porch and check the barometer.

💭 peek at the thought

The clouds are getting lower, that heavy purple-grey that precedes a shift. I need to check the barometer again before the wind picks up.

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🌿 Jenny20:34

Jenny — walk to the garden and tighten the loose corner of the tarp.

💭 peek at the thought

1018 and falling. The pressure is dropping faster than I'd like. If the wind shifts, those loose corners on the garden tarp will shred the seedlings.

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