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!

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

August 1 - 6, 1955 Aunt Linnie Broke Her Shoulder



Monday, August 1, 1955

Hot today, washed. Had a shower in morning. Milan’s folks left for No. Maine on camping trip.



Tuesday, August 2, 1955

I ironed. Churned and cooked.



Wednesday, August 3, 1955

Charlie and Jean called in p.m. Cleaned up the house. Made root beer. Aunt Linnie fell and broke her shoulder, was taken to Mercy Hospital in Portland.



Thursday, August 4, 1955

Did up the work. Kennie and Dot called in evening. Dot brought up some blueberries. We went down to their house.



Friday, August 5, 1955

Dorothea here all day. Washed, did some ironing and work. A very hot day. Bill got the mail box up. Had a nice shower tonight. Betty out with the Smarts in evening.

Shiny new mail box at end of driveway!



Saturday, August 6, 1955

Not so hot. Did up the work. Went to town. Milan’s folks came back from the trip to No. Maine. Over to Harrison in evening. Up to Jim Chad’s in evening. Sat out on front porch, nice and cool. Also called on Kennard today to see Brud, Verna and family. Chet got his new milk tank in.
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