Evening
The sun begins to dip, casting long shadows over the cooling bay. Kevin and Jenny meet inside the cottage, the smell of salt and salt meeting the rhythmic drip from the shutter.
No narrator was available, so nothing about this stretch was recorded.
Shutter’s leaking worse than I thought. Gonna need to pull the old caulk and re-bed it from the outside tomorrow. Low tide’ll give us a window.
wipe hands on rag, then walk to the rain tank and check the level—397 litres, good for now. Fill the kettle and set it on the stove to boil water for tea.
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Just make sure you don't get water on the sketches. The paper is already curling.
Close the notebook and rub the ointment over the swollen ankle.
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Won’t let a drop near them. I’ll hang the tarp over the east porch beam and weight the corners—make a dry locker. You rest; I’ll handle the shutter first light.
walk to the porch, grab the heavy-duty tarp scrap and a length of new rope, then tie a corner to the beam and start stretching it out to form a lean-to shelter over the seed trays and notebook.
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Tie it tight. The wind is turning to the south.
Sit on the porch and watch him work, clutching my throbbing ankle.
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Almost got it. Just need to stake the far corner—grab that cedar wedge from the door hinge repair, it’ll hold in the soft soil.
walk to the porch door, prise out the swollen cedar wedge with the nail puller, carry it to the far corner of the tarp, and drive it into the ground at a 45-degree angle with the mallet to anchor the corner securely against the rising south
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Make sure it's deep enough. The barometer is dropping too fast.
Watch the tension on the rope, feeling the throb in my leg.
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It’s deep. But I’m adding a second line to the seaward piling—just in case the wind shifts and tries to rip it loose.
walk to the dock, grab a length of the new half-inch rope from the coiled spool, tie a bowline around the tarp’s grommet, then walk to the seaward piling and secure it with a round turn and two half-hitches, pulling tight to take out the sl
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The tide is coming in, watch your step on the slip.
Lean back against the stone wall, watching the clouds thicken over the ridge.
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Tide’s pushing hard. I’ll check the dock planks near the piling before I put weight on them—some of those old cores are getting soft.
crouch low, reach out with the boat hook to tap the dock planks near the seaward piling—listening for hollow sounds, feeling for give—then, if solid, step onto the dock and walk to the mooring ring to inspect the oak wedges one last time be
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Be careful. The salt's eating that wood today.
Rub the ointment into my ankle, feeling the heat of the infection.
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Aye, the salt’s winning today. I’ll sister the planks with greenheart at first low tide—tomorrow, if the storm passes. You keep that ankle elevated; I’ll bring up the poultice herbs from the garden.
step back onto the cottage porch, shake excess water from the boat hook, then walk to the garden and cut a handful of fresh sea beet leaves and wild mint sprigs for the poultice, crushing them slightly in my palm to release the juices befor
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a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.