the keeper's cottage · day 254 · midday

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

Kevin worked in the workshop to fashion oak wedges for the dock mooring repair, but the pieces did not fit the mortise properly. Jenny spent the time in the kitchen deining sea beet leaves for dinner, struggling with the stubbornness of the stalks.

🔧 Kevin11:42

Kevin — walk to the radio mast on the porch roof, inspect the insulator and coax cable for damage.

💭 peek at the thought

The air’s thick, and the barometer’s dropping. I should check the radio mast insulator before the wind picks up.

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🌿 Jenny11:42

The barometer is falling. It's going to hit hard tonight.

Walk to the kitchen, pick up the sea beet leaves, and begin stripping the tough stalks with a paring knife.

💭 peek at the thought

He's looking at the wires again while the pressure is dropping somewhere I can feel in my joints.

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🔧 Kevin11:44

Aye. I’ll secure the tarp and check the mooring.

Walk to the garden, inspect the tarp corners and re-stake any that have lifted; then check the dinghy stern line and forward spring at the dock.

💭 peek at the thought

She’s right. 997 and steady won’t hold. Need to batten the garden tarp, check the dinghy lines, and get the generator fuel topped off before dark.

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🌿 Jenny11:45

Make sure the wedges are deep. The wood is already getting soft.

Sit at the kitchen table, feeling the weight of the sea beet in my hand as I start de-veining them for dinner.

💭 peek at the thought

If that ring pulls out, the dinghy is gone and I'm stranded for good.

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🔧 Kevin11:46

Oak wedges this time. Deeper mortise.

Walk to the workshop, check the scrap pile for oak offcuts; cut three wedges if stock allows.

💭 peek at the thought

She’s seen the dock shift. The cedar wedges split last time — oak’s what’s left in the scrap pile, if any held.

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🌿 Jenny11:46

Just make sure they fit tight. I don't want another failure tomorrow.

Continue slicing the sea beet leaves into thin strips, placing them in a bowl for the stove.

💭 peek at the thought

way is better, it won't rot as fast as the cedar did.

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