the keeper's cottage · day 530 · midday

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

Kevin walked to the dock to inspect the mooring ring and begin an engine load test, while Jenny climbed the north cliffs to observe wind conditions and sketch sea beet morphology from a new viewpoint.

🔧 Kevin18:03

Jenny, I’m pulling the shutter panel now. You rest that ankle.

pull the shutter panel to inspect the leak

💭 peek at the thought

The shutter leak’s still there, and Jenny’s ankle’s worse today. I should’ve fixed it first light like I said. Now the wood’s soaking again.

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🌿 Jenny18:03

Just watch the nails, the wood is soft right where the water hits the frame.

Sit on the kitchen chair, watching him work while rubbing the throbbing in my ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks a loose board fixes the world, but he's just letting more damp into the wood.

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🔧 Kevin18:05

Got it. I’ll take the bad bit out and put in a patch. You keep off it.

cut out the rotted shutter joist with the saw and chisel

💭 peek at the thought

She’s right — the sill’s punky where the water runs. I’ll need to cut it out and sister in greenheart before the next rain.

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🌿 Jenny18:05

Make sure you use the dry wood, or the patch will just rot in months.

Pick up my notebook and start sketching the cross-section of the sea beet's salt glands.

💭 peek at the thought

If he doesn't seal the gap right, the rot will have the kitchen by next winter.

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🔧 Kevin18:07

Using the greenheart from the crate. It’s dry and dense.

sister in a greenheart patch with stainless through-bolts

💭 peek at the thought

She’s not wrong. The greenheart offcuts from the crate are the only dry, sound timber left. I’ll use those.

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🌿 Jenny18:08

Bolt it tight, I don't want another gap for the spray.

Watch him tighten the bolts, noting the grain of the wood in my sketch.

💭 peek at the thought

Greenheart is heavy, but at least it won't warp like the pine.

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🔧 Kevin18:08

Torquing to 35. Should hold tight.

torque the shutter bolts to 35Nm with the wrench

💭 peek at the thought

She’s watching my hands, not her ankle. I’ll torque it to 35Nm like last time — no gaps, no play.

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🌿 Jenny18:09

We'll see if it holds through the next storm.

Close my notebook and lean back, feeling the throb in my ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

It's tight for now, but the salt air is still getting in.

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