YAY!! "New" (borrowed) stove is in place and plugged in! It was a lengthy procedure due to having to take the Jennair out first; that is now on the back porch covered with a good piece of plywood. R has the fantasy that he will be able to use parts from a cooktop to replace the dysfunctional burners. I am not sure how he thinks the oven can be repaired. The electronic technical aspects look dreadfully daunting to me. I really liked that stove! (It came with the house.)
A great deal of cleaning was involved so this was a few hours of me being on hand and doing what I could. The "new" stove is very ordinary but looks handsome, and clean. I am not enamored of the "child proof" controls that require reaching over burbling pots to adjust them. But the K is back in order and we have a stove! I was dreadfully tired of negotiating around the half-out-in-the-room stove - in pieces! Major de-clutter!!
We have had wonderful rain. Of course need more but plants are much happier and the river looks happier also! Containers on the deck filled with water so I will be decanting heavy ones into buckets I can carry out to the garden.
Hope: that the fall is warm enough for the veggies to produce that which did not occur during the severe water deprivation! We had one melon the size of a tennis ball - the critters enjoyed part of it but R cut off their share and the remainder was delicious, he said! The rest of the veggies looked more dead than alive but are now taking heart and making an effort. IF I had realized this scenario, I could have put the soaker hose in place before I left and texted, "TURN ON THE HOSE!" every few days. (We do not pay for water!)
Car is fully loaded for the weekend event and I have an agenda for tomorrow - places to go and things to do! - which will culminate with a half ready booth covered with plastic, and a container of frozen organic foods to bring home. As it is also a "flea market, R has also loaded a lovely powder room sink with faucets to sell. YAY! He is parting with something! It is definitely not needed here! Was in the guest room closet.
There are no overhead lights in the LR/DR (one long room) so R brought, finally!, a floor lamp (from the old house in the city. It has a gorgeous stained glass shade and I am hoping it will be sufficient to light the DR table so we can eat some meals in there (with company).
So, the house comes together for the family visit - place mats for the DR, A second shower curtain to prevent flooding! and the back deck continues to be de-cluttered/organized so I can make it look civilized with the new outdoor carpets and the comfy chairs given to us by a friend of R's - "a consumer".
The weekend forecast is terrific - not too hot and no rain! I may de-clutter us of some pottery!