the keeper's cottage · day 946 · night

Evening at the cottage

The overcast sky breaks as the first heavy drops of rain begin to fall. Inside the pantry, the sound of scratching echoes from behind the grain sacks.

Kevin secured the east corner of the garden tarp with timber strips and stones, then found a fresh rat hole behind the bottom grain sack in the pantry's north corner. He temporarily plugged it with wadded newspaper and a stone. Jenny inspected the stone wall but found no new gaps before the rain intensified.

🌿 Jenny16:16

Kevin, the rat's active in the pantry again—check behind the sacks. And we need to secure the garden tarp before the rain gets heavier.

check pantry for rat activity

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer's still climbing but those drops are heavy—clay movement starts fast once it gets going. That rat's been scratching for hours; it's either in the wall cavity or under the floorboards where the humidity's worst.

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🔧 Kevin16:16

On it.

Walk to the garden, check tarp corners and batten down any loose edges with timber strips and stones, then head to the pantry with the flashlight to check behind the grain sacks for the rat.

💭 peek at the thought

Rat's been back for days. Trap didn't hold. Grain's already compromised. Rain'll drive it deeper if I don't catch it now. Tarp first — wind'll shred it if a corner lifts.

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🌿 Jenny16:17

Be careful with the flashlight, the floor is slick with mud.

inspect the pantry wall for entry points

💭 peek at the thought

The wind is picking up. If that tarp doesn't hold, the test pits will be flooded before I even finish the topography. My ankle is screaming with every step on this slope.

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🔧 Kevin16:18

East corner's lifting. Be right back.

Secure the east corner of the garden tarp first with timber strips and stones, then head to the pantry with the flashlight to check behind the grain sacks and locate the rat's entry point.

💭 peek at the thought

Floor's been slick for weeks. She doesn't need to tell me. Rat hole's near the north corner — saw fresh droppings yesterday. Tarp's flapping on the east side already.

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🌿 Jenny16:19

major up, the rain is turning.

scan the stone wall for a hole or a gap

💭 peek at the thought

He's right, the wind is catching the edge. If that goes goes, the whole day's work on the pH levels is wasted.

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🔧 Kevin16:20

Hole's behind the bottom sack. North corner. Fresh dirt.

Pull the bottom grain sack aside to expose the rat hole, shine the light in to gauge depth, then stuff it temporarily with wadded newspaper and a stone until I can properly seal it with mortar or metal mesh.

💭 peek at the thought

Rain's hitting harder. Wind shifting northeast — tarp'll take the brunt. She's scanning the wall but the hole's low, behind the sacks. Flashlight beam catches the gap at floor level, north corner. Rat runs deep.

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