Apart — Kevin at the dock, Jenny at the garden

Midday tide check and Yanmar load test

Kevin works the dock repair at mid-tide while Jenny tends the garden transect and seedling trays.

Kevin stands in the dinghy at the dock, the heavy midday air clinging to him as he tests the Yanmar. The engine roars to life with a steady rhythm, confirming the vibration fix and injector swap have held under load. The tide is far out, exposing the barnacleled-covered pilings, while Jenny works in the garden, checking the soil in the heat.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You stand on the wet planks as the tide pushes past mid-height, the repaired piling taking the dock's weight. The Yanmar sits mounted in the dinghy, fuel line primed, ready for a load run to confirm the vibration fix.

🔧 Kevin08:20

Kevin — climb into the dinghy, check fuel valve open, prime the Yanmar with the hand pump, pull the recoil starter

💭 peek at the thought

Tide's coming up fast. Good — means I can run the Yanmar at proper load with the prop biting water, not cavitating. The bolt held. Greenheart sister plate's solid. One more plate on the next low tide and the south piling's done.

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🔧 Kevin08:24

Kevin — let the Yanmar warm at idle, one hand on the tiller, the other ready on the throttle, listening to the exhaust note

💭 peek at the thought

Engine caught first pull. Idles clean. No smoke. Let it warm a minute, then ease the throttle up — feel for that vibration above half. Prop shaft sleeve was true, bronze adapter seated. If the mast bracket alignment's still off, it'll show at load.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the garden

You crouch beside the seedling trays under the shade cloth, checking the tomato and basil true leaves. The pH kit rests in your pocket — three strips left — and the north ridge beds wait for your readings before the next lime application.

🌿 Jenny08:23

Jenny — reach into the pocket to pull out a pH strip and take a small sample of soil from the north ridge slope.

💭 peek at the thought

The soil is still too acidic(` the ridge; I need to find a neutral pocket before grandmother's own just rot.

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🌿 Jenny08:27

Come on, just show me green.

Dip the strip into the wet soil sample and wait for the color change.

💭 peek at the thought

If this keeps turning that deep purple, the heirloom won't stand a chance in this salt.

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