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!

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

August 7 - 13, 1948



Saturday, August 7, 1948

Did a lot of work today. Down to town in eve. Call at Aunt Ava’s tonight.



Sunday, August 8, 1948

Cooler today. Bill’s father and mother up here. Bill and his father went up to Dutch Pikes. Hayd went too.



Monday, August 9, 1948

Bill’s father and mother here. We took them home tonight. Dot went to carnival with Barbara.



Tuesday, August 10, 1948

I ironed. Picked some peas. Went out calling.



Wednesday, August 11, 1948

Warmer. Alone today. Cooked, cleaned up the house.



Thursday, August 12, 1948

Washed. It rained. Bill worked.



Friday, August 13, 1948

Didn’t do much, bad showers. Bill worked.
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