the dock · day 587 · dawn

Pre-supply boat preparations

Kevin checks the tension on the dinghy's mooring lines while the tide begins to turn. Jenny sits on the dock edge, sorting the heirloom seeds into dry newspaper and watching the barometer drop.

The morning air is heavy with humidity, the overcast sky pressing low over the island. The water-season tide is steadily rising against the dock pilings, lapping rhythmically at the newly reinforced beams. Jenny sits on the porch, her ankle wrapped in a fresh sea beet poultice, watching the mist roll in from the coast.

🌿 Jenny07:08

The tide is coming fast today, Kevin. Check the spring line again.

make sketch: sea beet morphology.

💭 peek at the thought

The pressure is dropping, and if that boat doesn't come in seven days, we'll be out of clean water.

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🔧 Kevin07:11

Checking it now.

Walk to the dinghy's bow, pull the spring line taut by hand to feel the tension, check the chafe point where it runs over the gunwale and the splice at the piling.

💭 peek at the thought

She's right about the spring line — the swell's already pushing against the piling and the tide's only halfway in. The stern line I spliced yesterday held, but the spring takes the sideways load different when the wind shifts northeast.

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🌿 Jenny07:11

It feels like a storm's brewing. Not a big one, maybe, but enough to soak the seed trays if I don't get the tarp tightened.

carefully wrap the sorted seeds into newspaper and tuck them back into the tin.

💭 peek at the thought

He's so methodical it's almost insulting. I can feel the humidity climbing; the air is getting heavy.

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🔧 Kevin07:13

I'll batten the garden tarp after I finish here. The shade cloth anchors are still shredded from the crab. You want me to bring the trays up to the porch?

Finish checking the spring line splice, then walk back along the dock to the cottage garden to assess the tarp and shade cloth anchors.

💭 peek at the thought

Barometer's been steady at 1014 but the air feels heavy. She reads the water better than the glass sometimes. The tomato rows are exposed on the seaward side — if the wind comes round to southwest the tarp'll flap itself to shreds.

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🌿 Jenny07:13

Yes, bring them up. The wind is starting to pick up.

stand up slowly, wincing as the weight shifts on my ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

If those trays get soaked, the heirloom seedlings are gone. I can't lose another batch to rot.

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🔧 Kevin07:14

Right. Back in a minute.

Walk up the path to the garden, collect the seedling trays (tomato, basil, pepper, lettuce), carry them to the porch and set them on the covered bench.

💭 peek at the thought

She's moving careful but she's moving. Ankle's holding. The trays are light enough — I can carry both in one trip if I stack them. Better get them under cover before the rain hits.

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