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!

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Augst 21 - 25, 1954



Saturday, August 21, 1954

Fair. Cooked, washed windows and floor in kitchen. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis over to watch Big Top on TV at noon. We went to town.



Sunday, August 22, 1954

Very nice day. Mama went over to Os Abbott’s with Aunt Ava and Lewis. Bill and Billie put up the electric fence.



Monday, August 23, 1954

Nice day. Washed, went down and got Donnie’s haircut.



Tuesday, August 24, 1954

Ironed, picked peas and string beans. Churned 7 ½ pounds of butter.



Wednesday, August 25, 1954

Very nice hot day. Cooked a little. Betty’s parakeet got away. Kennard called in eve.
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