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!

Friday, January 9, 2015

August 2 - 8, 1947 Nanny's Birthday



Saturday, August 2, 1947

Bill back to work after haying. I went to town to see about chicks.



Sunday, August 3, 1947

Bill haying at Lloyd’s and Billie up to Chet’s.



Monday, August 4, 1947

We washed. Dr. Mabry came to see Ed.



Tuesday, August 5, 1947

I went up to Evelyn Ridlon’s blueberrying. Got about 10 quarts. Hot.



Wednesday, August 6, 1947

We canned 6 quarts blueberries. Hayed at Lloyd’s tonight.



Thursday, August 7, 1947

We canned string beans. Dr. Mabry called. Lloyd finished haying.



Friday, August 8, 1947

Fern and Lloyd up and brought up a box of chocolates for birthday.

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