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!

Thursday, November 13, 2014

June 29 - July 5, 1946



Saturday, June 29, 1946

Very hot. Billie and Val pulled weeds. I did up the housework.



Sunday, June 30, 1946

We pulled weeds in p.m. I helped Blanche to get ready for their tenants. Ron went to camp at Raymond Maine. Very hot.



Monday, July 1, 1946

Harry Leavitt mowed hay for us with his tractor. We washed. Pulled weeds. Horse run away with Raymond, he got hurt quite bad. Bob’s pigs born in the night, nine in the litter.



Tuesday, July 2, 1946

A good rain this a.m. after a bad drought. Ironed and pulled some weeds in p.m. Bill didn’t work.



Wednesday, July 3, 1946

Worked on the hay. Worked in the garden. Went to town in p.m.



Thursday, July 4, 1946

Hot. Nice day, quiet 4th. Carlton came up, got home last night.  Got in some hay today.



Friday, July 5, 1946

Bill, Billie, and Val hauled six loads of hay. Nice day.



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