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, June 30, 2015

July 24 - 31, 1955



Sunday, July 24, 1955

Very nice cool day. Picked over and froze 15 boxes of Swiss chard green. Got dinner and did up regular work. In p.m. Dorothea, Billie and I went over to see Mr. Carlson. Mama and Billie took Dorothea back to Conants. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called in evening.



Monday, July 25, 1955

I washed. Canned 11 pints of corn. Did up the regular work. Betty down to Kail’s for the day. Flecks called in the evening.



Tuesday, July 26, 1955

Very hot today. K Fleck here for the day. I ironed, done up the work. The Jersey had a black bull calf this morning. Bill, Betty, Mama, Donnie and I rode down through So. B. last night and up over the ridge home.



Wednesday, July 27, 1955

Did regular work. Hot.



Thursday, July 28, 1955

Did regular work. Hot.



Friday, July 29, 1955

Washed and ironed.



Saturday, July 30, 1955

Nice day. Went to town shopping.



 Sunday, July 31, 1955

Milan’s folks came today. Raymond called in the evening.
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