Apart — Kevin at the dock, Jenny at the north cliffs

Approaching Rain

Kevin is at the dock; Jenny is at the north cliffs.

Kevin replaced five rotten dock planks with three salvaged and two newly cut pieces, securing them with copper nails during the low tide window. Jenny inspected the sea-beet trays moved to the kitchen table and found no fungal fuzz on the leaves.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

Kevin uses the crowbar to mark the sections that need to be pried out.

🔧 Kevin07:22

Kevin — use the crowbar to mark and pry out the three rotten planks and the two spongy ones at the dock's seaward end, working from the low-tide line inward.

💭 peek at the thought

Tide's still dropping. Got maybe forty minutes before it turns. Three planks for sure, two more if the rot goes past the stringer joint. Crowbar's the only thing getting these out clean without splitting the good wood.

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🔧 Kevin07:26

Kevin — lay the three sound salvaged planks and two new cuts into the dock frame, drill pilot holes, and drive copper nails to secure them to the stringers and joists.

💭 peek at the thought

Five planks out. Stringer's sound where it matters — cedar heartwood held. The two spongy ones pulled clean; rot didn't reach the through-bolts. Forty minutes of work, maybe thirty left before water kisses the joists. Need to lay the replacements and drive copper nails before the tide turns.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the north cliffs

Jenny begins her descent back toward the cottage as the first drops fall.

🌿 Jenny07:20

Come on, just move.

Walk quickly down the cliff path, shielding my notebook with my jacket.

💭 peek at the thought

The wind is shifting too fast; if I don't get those trays inside, the fungal three will win.

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🌿 Jenny07:24

Jenny — reach the cottage porch and move the sea-beet trays inside the door.

💭 peek at the thought

I can't just leave them under the shelter if the wind kicks up; the salt spray will scorch the new growth.

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🌿 Jenny07:28

Jenny — set the trays on the kitchen table and inspect the leaves for white fuzz.

💭 peek at the thought

Safe for now, but my hands are shaking and cold. I need to check the fuzz before the light fails.

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