Apart — Kevin at the keeper's cottage, Jenny at the north cliffs

Midday work and the falling tide

Kevin is at the keeper's cottage; Jenny is at the north cliffs

The rain continues its steady, rhythmic drumming against the roof of the cottage. The tide is fully out, exposing the slick, dark rocks of the tide pools and the kelp-strewn floor. The air pressure is holding at 987 hPa, suggesting the storm has paused its descent for now.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the keeper's cottage

You are driving oak wedges into the mooring ring mortise. The tide continues to fall.

🔧 Kevin13:47

Kevin — drill and tap four bolt holes through the steel doubler plate into the dock timber, then drive 150mm stainless through-bolts with washers and nyloc nuts, torquing to 35Nm

💭 peek at the thought

Fourth wedge seats clean. Ring's dead still in the mortise now — no play at all. Tide's dropped enough to see the bolt holes in the doubler plate. Need to drill and tap four through-bolts before the next high water, or the wedges'll work loose under surge loading.

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🔧 Kevin13:50

Kevin — walk back to the cottage, check generator storm lashings on the porch, then brace the porch door with a two-by-four vertical against the frame

💭 peek at the thought

Four bolts home, torqued to spec. Doubler plate's fast to the timber, wedges locked behind it. Ring won't move now — not under any load this winter'll throw at it. Barometer's still falling though. Need to get the generator lashings checked and the porch door braced before the front hits proper.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the north cliffs

You are seated on the north cliffs, notebook open, drawing the sea beet’s salt glands. The wind carries salt spray inland.

🌿 Jenny13:48

Stay put, little thing.

Sketch the cellular structure of the salt glands on the leaf surface.

💭 peek at the thought

If I can't get this sketch right, I'll never know if these plants can actually survive in this soil.

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🌿 Jenny13:52

Jenny — undo the bandage to check for any new red streaks.

💭 peek at the thought

My ankle is throbbing again; the rain is getting heavier.

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