Episode
Day 5896
Day 5896 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. Dot Ferris has turned practising stories worth telling into a real part of life. For four seconds Truman Beaumont's radio carried a voice describing exactly where Truman Beaumont was standing. The radio in Truman Beaumont's kitchen has been persuaded to play his favourite song. He is singing along, badly. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. The Harbour Blue Question runs into trouble. Goodnight, Truman. In case we don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.
OPEN THIS DAY IN THE BROADCASTWhat was announced
06:59Dot Ferris has turned practising stories worth telling into a real part of life.
08:00For four seconds Truman Beaumont's radio carried a voice describing exactly where Truman Beaumont was standing.
08:00The radio in Truman Beaumont's kitchen has been persuaded to play his favourite song. He is singing along, badly.
09:00The Town Hall clock and the bakery clock disagree by two minutes. Both are certain.
09:38Ned Ferris's small gathering has come together, with just enough chairs and no speeches.
09:41Marla Finch has turned sketching the shoreline into a real part of life.
11:00The town ladder is on its fourth borrower this week and nobody is sure who owns it.
11:20Something in town needs repainting, and harbour blue has been proposed.
12:00The puddle outside the Sunrise Café has returned to its usual dimensions.
13:00A heron has taken up position at Miller's Pond and is refusing to be hurried.
13:00Nell Tidewater noticed the greetings had gone identical and improvised badly but successfully.
13:27Linus Tidewater has stopped wondering about it, which is not quite the same as knowing.
14:00The rain has driven everyone indoors, and the café is doing the best trade of the week.
15:00A seagull has stolen Perry Gorse's sandwich near the dock. Again.
17:00Business is slow enough that Hal Brody has been sent home early. Nobody argues.
18:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
19:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
19:26Sal Marino and Cass Tanner kept their word and finished what they started.
21:13Hal Brody and Ned Ferris have stopped leaving their friendship to chance.
21:59Abel Callahan has sworn undying friendship to somebody met twenty minutes ago.
22:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
22:02Nell Tidewater has become extremely confident about lighthouse engineering.
22:09Dell Tanner has ordered one for the road and then forgotten which road.
22:13Fern Gorse is describing a fish that grows between each telling.
22:20Perry Gorse has reached the storytelling stage at The Anchor.
22:28Wren Gorse has thanked every chair in The Anchor for its service.
What was said
06:33Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
Kip! Just the person I wanted to see.
Kip! Just the person I wanted to see.
07:03Cole Whitlow, Nell Tidewater · Rex's House
Morning, Nell. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Nell. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
07:05Ewan Callahan, Silas Tidewater · Elaine's House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:51Edie Gorse, Wren Gorse · The Gorse House
Good, a real person. Come in.
Good, a real person. Come in.
08:45Kip Doyle, Milo Ferris · The Bakery
Boss! Perfect timing. I have a theory and fresh rolls.
Boss! Perfect timing. I have a theory and fresh rolls.
08:45Marla Finch, Iris Brody · Sunrise Café
Iris! Just the person I wanted to see.
Iris! Just the person I wanted to see.
09:05Elaine Whitlow, Hal Brody, Ike Tidewater, Dot Ferris, Marla Finch · Sunrise Café
Hal, careful of the new shoots. They are feeling ambitious.★
Hal, careful of the new shoots. They are feeling ambitious.★
09:06Lark Ferris, Linus Tidewater · Community Orchard & Gardens
Well if it isn't Linus. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Linus. How's the day treating you?
09:11Milo Ferris, Kip Doyle, Ned Ferris · The Bakery
Hello. Sit down, you look like you have been standing all day.
Hello. Sit down, you look like you have been standing all day.
09:51Truman Beaumont, Perry Gorse, Posy Gorse, Nell Tidewater · Seahaven Mutual
Morning, Perry. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Perry. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
09:52Bram Tidewater, Flo Ferris · Founders Park
Flo, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Flo, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
10:22Edie Gorse, Bea Callahan · Town Hall
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.