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

Afternoon test run and wound check

Kevin is at the dock preparing the dinghy for a load test; Jenny is at the cottage eating boiled limpets and monitoring her ankle.

The heavy heat hangs over the dock as the pressure continues its slow drop. Kevin tests the Yanmar engine under load to check for vibrations after the sleeve installation, while Jenny manages the damping-off-affected seedlings in the damp humidity.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You stand beside the dinghy at the dock, the Yanmar mounted and the prop shaft sleeved. The tide is turning, water lapping higher against the pilings. You check the fuel line, the throttle linkage, the starter cord — frayed but holding. The mast bracket sits flush on its shim. You grip the pull handle, ready to start the engine and run it at half throttle to see if the vibration remains.

🔧 Kevin08:33

Kevin — pull the starter cord to start the Yanmar, let it idle to warm up, then advance throttle to half and hold it there checking for vibration through the tiller and transom

💭 peek at the thought

One pull. Let it warm. Then half throttle and feel for the shake. If it's gone, the shim held. If not, it's the shaft or the prop itself — and that means hauling the motor again.

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b

🔧 Kevin08:36

Kevin — advance the throttle to half, grip the tiller firm, and hold the dinghy against the dock line while the engine runs under load, feeling for vibration through the transom and shaft

💭 peek at the thought

Engine caught clean. Idles steady. No smoke. Now the test — half throttle and hold. Hands on the tiller, feet braced. Let the water tell me what the metal won't.

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b

🌿 Jenny — alone at the keeper's cottage

You sit at the kitchen table with a bowl of boiled limpets, picking meat from shells with a knife tip. The ankle throbs faintly under the gauze, but the heat is gone. You flex your toes — stiff, but no sharp pain. The shutters leak a slow drip into the galvanized bucket. You set a limpet shell aside and reach for the notebook to sketch the wound's progress.

🌿 Jenny08:31

Jenny — make sketch: Ankle Inflammation Day 350 - Recovery Phase

💭 peek at the thought

The inflammation is receding. If the redness stays localized, I can actually move tomorrow. I need to document the margin of the erythema before it fades.

google/gemma-4-31b-it

🌿 Jenny08:35

Jenny — stand up slowly and test the weight on the ankle

💭 peek at the thought

I can't just sit here while the garden is half-weeds. If I can stand, I can at least clear the perimeter.

google/gemma-4-31b-it

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