Episode
Day 688
Day 688 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. The fair is over and the bunting is down. Two flags remain, and will remain, in a tree. Dot Ferris lost Dr. Cornelius Pratt after a long life together. Dot Ferris is stepping out with Kip Doyle. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. The Motion Still Pending takes a turn. Goodnight, Truman. In case we don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.
OPEN THIS DAY IN THE BROADCASTWhat was announced
00:00The fair is over and the bunting is down. Two flags remain, and will remain, in a tree.
00:00Word has gone round the kitchens: Truman Beaumont is to be given his favourite, and no bill.
02:00The traveling garden gnome has been spotted on a new porch. Nobody admits to moving it.
04:00An unclaimed umbrella has been standing by the café door for three days.
05:00Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town.
07:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
08:00Clouds drift in over the bay. Gus pretends not to enjoy it.
09:00The tide is out further than usual. Elaine Whitlow has gone to look at what it left behind.
12:00There is one more chair at The Anchor than there was yesterday. Rex has not mentioned it.
12:08Bakery lunch: Kip Doyle eats faster than he talks, somehow.
12:08Kip Doyle and Dot Ferris kept their word and finished what they started.
12:45Founders Park: a clover circle sparks a theory about the vanished bandstand.
13:00A heron has taken up position at Miller's Pond and is refusing to be hurried.
13:12Flo Tidewater and Bev Tanner have stopped leaving their friendship to chance.
18:00A kite is stuck in the big park tree. A committee is forming.
19:00The light over Seahaven Springs this evening is almost unreasonably good.
22:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
22:03Lark Ferris is describing a fish that grows between each telling.
What was said
00:39Marla Finch, Truman Beaumont · Sunrise Café
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
06:34Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:03Milo Ferris, Lark Ferris · Dot's House
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
07:22Elaine Whitlow, Truman Beaumont, Norma Quist, Edie Gorse · Sunrise Café
Morning, Truman. Everything feels possible at this hour.★
Morning, Truman. Everything feels possible at this hour.★
08:10Abel Callahan, Ewan Callahan · Promenade House
Morning, Ewan. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Ewan. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
11:02Sal Marino, Norma Quist · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
11:16Bev Tanner, Marla Finch · Sunrise Café
Morning, Marla. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Marla. Everything feels possible at this hour.
11:24Truman Beaumont, Flo Tidewater · Seahaven Mutual
Flo! The fishermen will call this ideal and pretend they did not.
Flo! The fishermen will call this ideal and pretend they did not.
11:54Fern Gorse, Edie Gorse · Town Hall
Hello, Edie.★
Hello, Edie.★
12:10Kip Doyle, Dot Ferris · The Bakery
Well if it isn't Dot. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Dot. How's the day treating you?
12:12Milo Ferris, June Ellery · The Bakery
Good to see you, June. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, June. I'll bring that right over.
12:42Marla Finch, Milo Ferris · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Milo. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Milo. I'll bring that right over.