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!

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

May 8 - 14, 1948



Saturday, May 8, 1948

Cleaned up the house. Bill and I went to town. Bill didn’t work. Bob finished what he was doing on the barn.



Sunday, May 9, 1948

Bill and Billie planted peas and beans. Bills father and mother here, he trimmed blackberry bushes. Boss cow had a nice heifer calf. Cold. Bob and B (Blanche) went to Portland to see Joy. I got cake for Mother’s Day.



Monday, May 10, 1948

Rained. I washed. Bill worked a half day. Over to Uncle Sulmore’s, downtown. Joy  operated on. Bob began at Kennard’s. Bill went to see Corliss about money.



Tuesday, May 11, 1948

Rained. Finished up at Ferns. Cleaned the back kitchen. Bill or Billie didn’t work. Bill cleaned out cellar, mowed lawns for first time.



 Wednesday, May 12, 1948

Rained and thundershowers. Mama down to Dot P’s. Bill or Billie didn’t work. Bill fixed window boxes.



Thursday, May 13, 1948

I washed. Bill worked. Fair, not much sunshine.



Friday, May 14, 1948

I  got a nice box of chocolates and $10 bill from Fern and Lloyd tonight for helping Fern.


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