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

Midday engine check and ankle care

Kevin is at the cottage running the Yanmar at idle to listen for the impeller whine; Jenny is at the hilltop surveying the north culvert drainage from above.

Kevin swapped the Yanmar's raw water impeller using the spare from the dry bag, reassembled the pump, and primed the sea strainer. Jenny cleared the north culvert of debris with the crowbar and confirmed water flow. A rat was discovered in the pantry at the cottage.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the keeper's cottage

You pull the starter cord and the Yanmar catches on the second pull, settling into a rough idle. A high thin whine rises from the impeller housing — louder than before. You shut it down, pull the spare impeller from the dry bag, and lay tools out on the dock planking.

🔧 Kevin08:30

Kevin — pull Yanmar raw water pump cover, inspect impeller housing, swap in spare impeller from dry bag

💭 peek at the thought

Impeller's screaming louder than last week. Spare's in the dry bag — good. Need to pull the cover, check the housing for scoring, swap it before the supply boat decides to show or not show. Tide's still dropping. Do it now while the light holds.

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🔧 Kevin08:34

Kevin — install spare impeller, reuse gasket, reassemble raw water pump, prime sea strainer, pull starter cord to test

💭 peek at the thought

Housing's clean. No scoring on the cam or end plate. Old impeller had two vanes cracked at the root — would've shed the rest inside a week. Spare seats clean. Gasket's reusable. Button it up, prime the sea strainer, fire it and watch the tell-tale.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the hilltop

You climb the path to the hilltop, each step a careful negotiation with your ankle, and look down the drainage line toward the north culvert. The outflow runs clear, but a tangle of driftwood and plastic is piling against the grate — new since the last storm. The wind gusts, and the barometer in your pocket reads lower still.

🌿 Jenny08:29

Jenny — walk down to the culvert and use the crowbar to clear the debris.

💭 peek at the thought

If that blocks, the garden is going to be a swamp before the boat arrives.

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🌿 Jenny08:33

Jenny — wipe the mud from the waybar and check the flow again.

💭 peek at the thought

The water is moving now, but the sky is getting heavy and grey again.

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