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!

Monday, December 15, 2014

February 7 - 14, 1947



Friday, February 7, 1947

Bill and Bob didn’t work, it stormed. Bill and I went to town. Called at Kennard’s and Bob’s.



Saturday, February 8, 1947

Storm. No one worked. Billie’s Fogg heifer had a heifer calf’s night. Billie didn’t go to town. Bob called in p.m. Cooked etc.



Sunday, February 9, 1947

Awful cold. Bill helped Lloyd kill pigs.



Monday, February 10, 1947

We washed, quite cold.



Tuesday, February 11, 1947

I ironed. Bill and Bob finished cutting for Les Thomes.



Wednesday, February 12, 1947

Nice day. Bill and Bob worked cutting timber for themselves. Kennard and Dolores called in p.m. Begun to use heifer’s milk tonight.



Thursday, February 13, 1947

It is warm tonight. I washed and ironed. Mrs. Alby Grover (?) and Shirley Grover called in p.m. Got Mama’s sewing machine.



Friday, February 14, 1947

Bob and Bill finish cutting their logs.


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