the old shrine · day 943 · evening

Supply Boat Arrival Prep

The supply boat is due tomorrow. The island is calm and the tide is low.

Kevin disassembled the generator fuel filter, clearing a thick buildup of silt that had been choking the system. Jenny watched from the workshop bench, managing her swelling ankle while organizing the gear for the next day's arrival.

🔧 Kevin12:46

Dock walk. Check the lines and the mooring ring mortise. Back in twenty.

walk down to the dock, inspect the stern spring splice at the north piling deadman, check the bow line chafe guard at the chock, examine the oak wedges in the mooring ring mortise, test the greenheart plank fastenings on the seaward stringe

💭 peek at the thought

Low tide and calm before the boat. Good window to check the dock mooring one last time and clear the approach. Need to verify the stern spring and bow line chafe points before we load anything heavy tomorrow.

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🌿 Jenny12:49

Watch the swell, the wood's soft today.

Stand up slowly, wincing as the ankle shifts weight, and walk to the dock edge to watch him.

💭 peek at the thought

If the boat doesn't come, the seeds rot in the tin and I rot with them. I need that soil.

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🔧 Kevin12:49

Wood's sound. Greenheart's holding. Wedges tight. You sit. I'll check the splice.

crouch at the north piling, pull the stern spring splice apart to inspect the long splice and serving, run fingers along the bow line where it passes the chock, tap the oak wedges in the mooring ring mortise with the mallet handle to confir

💭 peek at the thought

She's favouring the left side hard. Ankle's not right for dock work. Should tell her to sit but she won't. Wood's holding though — greenheart's dense, the epoxy's cured on the scarf joint. Wedges are tight in the mortise.

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🌿 Jenny12:51

Don't pull too hard, the salt makes the fibers brittle.

Sit on the weathered dock bench, pull my notebook from my pocket, and sketch the way the tide is receding from the reef.

💭 peek at the thought

He's so focused on the hardware, he doesn't see the island eating itself around us.

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🔧 Kevin12:54

Splice clean. Chafe guard holding. Ring's not moving. Dock's ready.

let the splice go, stand, walk back along the dock planks testing each greenheart section underfoot, pause at the seaward cleat to check the sister joint bolts, climb the ladder to the cottage porch

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. Salt-crusted line snaps if you yank it. Gentle. The splice is clean — served with sail twine, no chafe. Bow line guard's good. Wedges driven vertical grain, holding. Ring's solid. Dock's ready for tomorrow.

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🌿 Jenny12:55

Good work. Check the generator fuel filter while you're up there.

Push myself upright with both hands braced on the dock rail, then walk the short distance to the cottage steps where my sketchbook waits.

💭 peek at the thought

The north ridge pocket seven is real. I wrote it down again today, just in case.

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🔧 Kevin12:56

Filter bowl. Strap wrench. Clean rag.

climb the cottage steps, cross the porch, enter the workshop, retrieve the strap wrench from the pegboard, pull a clean rag from the shelf, go to the generator shed, crack the filter housing bowl, drain the grey silt, wipe the bowl clean, r

💭 peek at the thought

Generator filter's been clogging with silt. Bowl's hard to crack with the stripped housing bolt. Need the strap wrench and a clean rag. She's limping bad — should carry the notebook up for her but she'd take it as insult.

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🌿 Jenny12:57

Put a bucket under it next time, this silt's getting everywhere.

Walk to the workshop door, push it open, and watch him work without speaking.

💭 peek at the thought

The filter clogged again—groundwater is rising faster than the spring can keep up.

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