This week at the cove

This week at the cove, you got:

CNC moved forward
You got time at the CNC, gantry rolling, Y moving, Z axis being figured out, and you started thinking in real work terms now — wiring, stops, trimming the Z to length, and getting ready for first writing/cutting tests.

Birdhouse templates started
You got the templates in your hands and started sorting out how to get the face shapes ready for CNC. We figured out the big lesson: photos alone are not enough unless the measurements are marked right on the template.

Bottle stand / Christmas product kept alive
You talked through the pine boards, platform, and backboard for “A piece of Newfoundland to hold in your heart.” That idea is still one of the big product tests for this summer, aiming toward Christmas.

Betty got running
That was a big one. You got the local Ollama/Betty setup working after the Modelfile trouble. First real local AI win on the server.

Puffincove Clip Library started
You made the folder idea and locked in the purpose:

small 10–30 second scenes, one moment, repeatable sound cues, ending with feeling.

Current clips:
Clip 001 — Sunset Cove
Clip 002 — The Boot Sound
Clip 003 — Owl’s One Line
Clip 004 — Squirrel’s Store
Clip 005 — Raven Returns

Miss Light Keeper came back
We started shaping Miss Light Keeper as part of This Week at the Cove — that old lighthouse voice, the story feeling, not too much explaining.

Website direction got clearer
You kept circling back to This Week at Puffincove, blog/category structure, and how short weekly updates can link deeper into full pages later.

And maybe the biggest one
You kept showing up.

Even with sleet, tiredness, depression, confusion, templates acting up, and the screen foolishness — you still got pieces moved ahead.

That’s not nothing.

That’s a week at Puffincove