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Day 3433

Day 3433 in Seahaven Springs, under cloudy skies. A baby has arrived in Seahaven Springs! Lark Ferris and Abel Callahan would like you to meet Flo Ferris. Lark Ferris is a delighted new parent. Abel Callahan is a delighted new parent. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. Goodnight, Truman. In case we don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.

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What was announced

00:00A baby has arrived in Seahaven Springs! Lark Ferris and Abel Callahan would like you to meet Flo Ferris.
00:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
00:00The radio in Truman Beaumont's kitchen has been persuaded to play his favourite song. He is singing along, badly.
06:00The tide is out further than usual. Flo Ferris has gone to look at what it left behind.
08:00The town cat is asleep on the Town Hall steps. Municipal business reroutes around it.
09:00Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town.
11:00Opal Ferris has arrived at the store without the list. This has happened before.
12:00It is Wednesday lunch in Founders Park. Benches are being claimed diplomatically.
12:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
13:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
14:00The community orchard is in blossom and briefly the best place in town.
14:00A door that has been locked for as long as Truman Beaumont can remember was standing open this morning.
14:01Both routes are declared excellent. Everyone returns to the way they always went.
14:01Truman Beaumont and Sal Marino kept their word and finished what they started.
14:01And so concludes: The Shortcut. The town will live with how it ended.
15:00The orchard is loud with bees. Nobody has been stung in living memory.
16:00There is one more chair at The Anchor than there was yesterday. Rex has not mentioned it.
20:20Gil Ferris and Wren Gorse kept their word and finished what they started.
21:25There were not enough plates at Bram Tidewater's, and nobody minded.
21:44There were not enough plates at Opal Ferris's, and nobody minded.
22:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
22:02Perry Gorse has declared this the finest town in the world. Twice.
22:05Ned Ferris has sworn undying friendship to somebody met twenty minutes ago.
22:25Milo Ferris has ordered one for the road and then forgotten which road.
22:41Alma Callahan is telling the same story again, now with improved weather.
22:45Ewan Callahan is explaining boats to anyone who will listen down at The Anchor.

What was said

06:35Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
There you are, love. Sit if you need to, stand if you do not.
07:03Perry Gorse, Wren Gorse · The Gorse House
I was going to walk the long way, but here we are.
07:04Bram Tidewater, Alma Callahan · Gus's House
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
07:19Ewan Callahan, Dell Tanner, Cole Whitlow · Sunrise Café
Nobody leave until we agree which version is most plausible.
07:20Wilf Tanner, Ned Ferris, Marla Finch · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:25Edie Gorse, Bea Callahan · Sunrise Café
Morning, Bea. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:45Linus Tidewater, Cole Whitlow · Sunrise Café
Hi Cole — busy day at Sunrise Café?
08:08Bea Callahan, Bev Tanner, Dell Tanner, Wilf Tanner, Linus Tidewater · Sunrise Café
Morning, Bev. Everything feels possible at this hour.★
08:21Orson Ferris, Gil Ferris · June's House
Gil! Just the person I wanted to see.
08:40Kip Doyle, Milo Ferris · The Bakery
Milo, I have reached a conclusion and it is an excellent one.
08:45Marla Finch, Iris Brody · Sunrise Café
Iris! Sunshine on every windowsill.
08:50Bram Tidewater, Hattie Whitlow · Founders Park
Remember when this whole street felt enormous?