The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Sunday, November 9, 2014

June 1 - 7, 1946





Saturday, June 1, 1946

Rained hard all day. Bill didn’t work. Cleaned cupboards. Billie sick.



Sunday, June 2, 1946

Cloudy. Bill, Billie, and Kennard moved the brooder house over for a workshop. Finished setting out strawberry plants. Moved chicken coops.



Monday, June 3, 1946

We did big washing. Mama ironed. I cleaned up the house. Up to call on Papa’s in eve. He is not very well. Got our bull calf from Harry Leavitt.



Tuesday, June 4, 1946

Helen and I cleaned the Gleason cottage. Cloudy and showery. Planted some more corn and beans. Papa still not well.



Wednesday, June 5, 1946

Began down to Walters to clean. Helen Smart and I. Nice day with some rain.



Thursday, June 6, 1946

Work down to Walters half day. The dining room rug came. Planted potatoes tonight.



Friday, June 7, 1946

Fair and warmer still down to Walters. Dolores and Kennard’s dog got run over, Gismow, up to their camp.




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