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, March 1, 2015

July 24 - 30 , 1948 Roger Crook Arrives From Canada



Saturday, July 24, 1948

Bill, kids and I downtown in eve. Nice day. Cleaned up the house.



Sunday, July 25, 1948

Nice clear day. Bill’s mom and dad here for dinner. Picked half bushel peas.



Monday, July 26, 1948

Washed. Cloudy. Picked bushel peas. Milan and Betty called in eve.



Tuesday, July 27, 1948

Phil mowed. Canned 4 pints of peas. Ironed. Hot today. HODSON



Wednesday, July 28, 1948

Bill home, we hayed. Roger Crook came today from Canada. They called on us in eve.



Thursday, July 29, 1948

Bill worked today. Nice day. He and I went down to Jean’s in eve to see Roger Crook.



Friday, July 30, 1948

Nice day. We canned 7 quarts string beans.


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