the keeper's cottage · day 748 · midday

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

The humidity hangs heavy over the cottage as the overcast sky thickens before the storm. Kevin checks the dock moorings for tension against the rising tide, while Jenny monitors the heirloom seedlings for signs of salt stress in the damp heat.

🌿 Jenny06:25

Jenny — sit on the kitchen chair, pull grandmother's seed tin from the shelf, and inspect the packets for any sign of mold.

💭 peek at the thought

way own is throbbing in time, and I need to check those seeds before the damp gets to the last of them.

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🔧 Kevin06:25

Coffee's hot if you want it.

Walk to the wood stove, lift the kettle, pour into the tin mug on the table, set it down near her elbow without spilling.

💭 peek at the thought

She's checking the seed tin again. Third time this week. The mold got the basil and two tomato packets last month — she's not letting it happen to the rest. Good. Means she's staying.

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🌿 Jenny06:27

thanks.

Take a slow sip of the coffee and open the seed tin, carefully checking the edges of the paper packets for dampness.

💭 peek at the thought

he's always so helpful with the small things while the world is falling apart.

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🔧 Kevin06:28

Impeller's next on the Yanmar. After the dock.

Pull the wheelbarrow toward the door, check the greenheart sister plates are still seated, the 150mm through-bolt and torque wrench where I left them.

💭 peek at the thought

She's thorough. Always was. The packets she saved from the crate — pepper, lettuce, the sea beet — they're dry now. She made sure of it. I should check the Yanmar's raw water impeller while the engine's cold, like I meant to. But the dock piling comes first. Tide's rising.

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🌿 Jenny06:29

don't forget to tighten the bolts.

Trace the label on the heirloom tomato seeds with a thumb, looking for any grey fuzz of mold.

💭 peek at the thought

he's focused on the machine, but the rot is what's actually eating us.

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🔧 Kevin06:32

Won't.

Grip the wheelbarrow handles, pull it out onto the porch, pause at the top step to scan the dock line — south piling, the sister plates staged under the eaves, the water climbing the piling base.

💭 peek at the thought

She knows the dock. Knows the bolts. Knows I won't forget — but she says it anyway. That's how we work now.

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