the keeper's cottage · day 921 · midday

Midday Wait

The tide reaches its peak. The overcast sky darkens further, and the first heavy drops of rain begin to hit the corrugated roof.

Kevin secured the dock planks and mooring while Jenny radioed the supply boat and tended her ankle. Both confirmed the replacement impeller is aboard for tomorrow's high tide arrival.

🌿 Jenny05:41

Radio checked. Dock's sound for now - just need to secure the loose planks before the surge hits.

walk to dock, check plank stability, apply quick-set epoxy to loose joint, radio cottage to confirm supply boat manifest includes replacement impeller

💭 peek at the thought

The rain starts just as I'm deciding whether to radio ahead about the dock condition or tend to my ankle. Water pooling in the garden beds - the seeds I've been postponing planting are already getting their chance to be washed away.

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🔧 Kevin05:42

Planks three and four from seaward. Chalk marks still there. Epoxy's in the tin by the winch — fresh tube. Don't lean hard on the bad leg.

walk to dock, inspect planks three and four from seaward end, apply quick-set epoxy to loose joints, secure with temporary battens, check mooring ring and stern spring integrity, radio cottage to confirm supply boat manifest includes replac

💭 peek at the thought

She's moving on the ankle like it's not screaming. The radio check was clean — captain confirmed the impeller, two-hour window at high tide tomorrow. But the barometer's been steady at 1016 and that rain's not just passing through. The surge'll test every repair we've made.

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🌿 Jenny05:43

I know. I'll be careful.

stand up slowly, wincing as the ankle throbs, and grab the radio and the notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

He's right about the leg, but he doesn't have to say it. The rain is picking up, and the dock is going to be slick as glass.

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🔧 Kevin05:43

Leave the notebook. Radio's enough. I'll take the epoxy tin.

walk to Jenny, take the epoxy tin and notebook from her, tuck notebook under cover on porch, hand her the radio, stand ready to brace if she needs it

💭 peek at the thought

She's not careful. She's stubborn. That wince was real and she's still carrying the radio and notebook both. The tide's turning and the rain's coming harder. She should be on the porch with the blanket and the broth, not out here on slick planks with a surge building.

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