Grandma Ree's letters

  Dear Family and Friends                                     July 30,2026 Golly, it seems like a very short summer for our household.  Dan and Cathy are preparing to leave for Utah the first of August to return her four little grandchildren that they had brought to spend the summer here.  It seems that their school begins in the middle of August.  What ever happened to the ‘day after Labor Day’ start up?  Oh well, so be it.  Although I didn’t have much actual time with them, it was good having them around, especially the little 3 year old.  She was left with Grandpa Dan when the older ones were taken to the local YMCA to enjoy its summer program.  She followed him everywhere and was his little helper.  He seemed to enjoy her.  I did too. Cathy is remarkable!  She seems to have super-human energy that she gets from somewhere that keep...

  DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS,                                                         June 30, 2026 Just as I was starting to right this letter a loud clap of thunder came crashing down right overhead.  It shook me a bit but I almost laughed for joy because we rarely received thunder back home in Oregon.  It always accompanied lightning which would start forest fires and was bad medicine for our area.  But here, it is almost a daily occurrence.  Dan says it is because Sebring lies at the very center of the state of Florida, both horizontally and vertically, so the clouds and temperatures collide here and cause thunder, with or without rain.  How ‘bout that!  We do, however, get some thunderstorms that are real doozies with a downpour of rain, strong winds and thunder that just doesn’t seem to quit.  So I cer...