Ditto that!
LOVE the photos, the child dwarfed by the big kitchen, the child growing up to use those same giant kettles and those gorgeous candy molds. To return to that childhood home is a dream my mother has but will never fulfill (her cousin got the house and tore it down to build a typical 1970s ranch).
No thermometer necessary - you remind me of the Pinball Wizard, relying on intuition and senses other than sight or sound.
Bravo! I love this!