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, March 12, 2015

October 9 - 15, 1948 Winnerd the Beans



Saturday, October 9, 1948

Churned. Did other work. Nice day. Mama came home from the Abbott’s. Bill, Betty and I downtown in eve. Dorothea been at Barbara’s all day.



Sunday, October 10, 1948

Nice day. Bill helped Kennard saw wood. Billie took our red cow up to Dick’s.



Monday, October 11, 1948

Rained. Bill home. We went to town. He worked down cellar. I washed.



Tuesday, October 12, 1948

Bill home. Rained all forenoon. Kids and I up to Aunt Ava’s for supper.



Wednesday, October 13, 1948

Helped Blanche. Ironed some. Aunt Ava finished it. Apples came. Bob moved his things. Hoods came for our first eggs. 51 dozen.



Thursday, October 14, 1948



Washed today. Ironed tonight. Been a nice day. Bill and Val worked downstairs tonight. Canned cauliflower and made mustard pickles.



Friday, October 15, 1948

Cleaned up the house. Winnerd the beans.

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