Apart — Kevin at the dock, Jenny at the hilltop

Midday work split

Kevin is at the dock preparing to run the Yanmar under load; Jenny is at the hilltop beginning her north slope survey.

Kevin installed the spare injector seat on cylinder one and ran the Yanmar under load at half throttle, confirming the vibration fix held. Jenny attempted to survey the north slope but slipped on weeping clay, twisting her bad ankle and forcing an early end to her work.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You stand at the dinghy's transom, the Yanmar mounted and the spare injector seat in your pocket. The engine's cold. You crack the fuel valve, check the oil, and grip the starter cord. The crate waits behind you, salt-crusted and patient.

🔧 Kevin08:56

Kevin — pull the starter cord on the Yanmar, let it catch and settle to idle, then pull the spare injector seat and install it on cylinder one while the block's still cold.

💭 peek at the thought

Cold engine, cold hands. The injector seat's been in my pocket since dawn — body heat should've warmed the brass enough to seat clean. Only one way to find out if the vibration's gone or just hiding.

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🔧 Kevin09:00

Kevin — let the Yanmar warm at idle for five minutes, watching the tell-tale for steady water flow, then engage forward gear and advance throttle to half, holding it there to feel for vibration through the transom and tiller.

💭 peek at the thought

Engine's running smooth at idle. No knock, no smoke. The new seat seated clean — brass on steel, no galling. Now it needs load. The dinghy's tied tight, but the prop'll bite water if I put it in gear. Vibration showed above half throttle last time. We'll see.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the hilltop

You reach the hilltop, the cane steady in your hand. The trade wind hits your face, steady and dry. Below, the north ridge gardens step down the slope. You can see the tension crack in the soil near the upper bed, the weeping clay dark against the lighter earth. Your notebook's in your pocket. The ankle holds — for now.

🌿 Jenny08:55

Not today, Jenny. Not.

Lean on the cairn and sketch the crack pattern on the north slope.

💭 peek at the thought

The soil is moving too fast; if I don't find a pocket soon, grandmother's seeds will just rot in the tin.

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🌿 Jenny08:59

Come on, just one minute.

Wipe sweat from my brow and check the barometer reading.

💭 peek at the thought

The wind is shifting. That smudge on the horizon is getting darker, and my own is starting to pulse again.

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