Episode
Day 4540
Day 4540 in Seahaven Springs, under cloudy skies. Hal Brody is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning. The community orchard is in blossom and briefly the best place in town. learning the orchard properly has stopped being something Cole Whitlow is trying, and become something they do. 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.
OPEN THIS DAY IN THE BROADCASTWhat was announced
05:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
08:00The community orchard is in blossom and briefly the best place in town.
09:31learning the orchard properly has stopped being something Cole Whitlow is trying, and become something they do.
09:40Hal Brody has turned keeping a notebook about the pond into a real part of life.
10:00Hal Brody is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning.
11:00The tide is out further than usual. Elaine Whitlow has gone to look at what it left behind.
12:00The orchard is loud with bees. Nobody has been stung in living memory.
12:48The last of the pears are shared out, and the rota is quietly retired for another year.
12:48Linus Tidewater and Flo Ferris kept their word and finished what they started.
12:48And so concludes: The Pear Harvest. The town will live with how it ended.
13:00Hal Brody has received a postcard from somewhere far away. The handwriting is unfamiliar.
13:30Milo Ferris has kept at practising stories worth telling long enough that the town expects it now.
14:00Nothing whatsoever is happening in Seahaven Springs. Linus Tidewater appears to be enjoying it.
15:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
16:00A hedge has been trimmed one inch past a boundary. Diplomacy is under way.
17:00The town ladder is on its fourth borrower this week and nobody is sure who owns it.
18:00The light over Seahaven Springs this evening is almost unreasonably good.
18:59Ewan Callahan and Edie Gorse have got into the habit of each other.
19:00Someone is practising the same eight bars of piano again. The town has grown fond of them.
21:17Flo Ferris and Bev Tanner kept their word and finished what they started.
22:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
22:03Dell Tanner has reached the storytelling stage at The Anchor.
22:17Abel Callahan has become extremely confident about lighthouse engineering.
22:21Ewan Callahan has explained the tides three times, differently each time.
What was said
07:03Hattie Whitlow, Dell Tanner · Sal's House
Dell, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Dell, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
07:03Gil Ferris, Flo Ferris · June's House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:04Bea Callahan, Linus Tidewater · Norma's House
You have not changed since we were knee-high.
You have not changed since we were knee-high.
07:17Marla Finch, Milo Ferris · Sunrise Café
One at a time. The fountain does not need a second argument.
One at a time. The fountain does not need a second argument.
07:18Bev Tanner, Cass Tanner · Bev's House
Cass! Just the person I wanted to see.
Cass! Just the person I wanted to see.
07:19Iris Brody, Bram Tidewater · Sunrise Café
Morning, Bram. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Bram. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:21Elaine Whitlow, Truman Beaumont · Sunrise Café
Morning, Truman. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Truman. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:31Abel Callahan, Ned Ferris, Wilf Tanner · Sunrise Café
Morning, Ned. Everything feels possible at this hour.★
Morning, Ned. Everything feels possible at this hour.★
07:57Truman Beaumont, Marla Finch, Abel Callahan, Wilf Tanner, Milo Ferris · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
08:19Hal Brody, Iris Brody, Fern Gorse, Elaine Whitlow · Sunrise Café
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.
08:51Kip Doyle, Milo Ferris · The Bakery
Milo, quick question: how much do you trust a seagull?
Milo, quick question: how much do you trust a seagull?
08:55Truman Beaumont, Perry Gorse · Seahaven Mutual
Perry! Good to see you. I was beginning to think the day had skipped you.
Perry! Good to see you. I was beginning to think the day had skipped you.