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!

Friday, September 18, 2015

August 1 - 4, 1956



Wednesday, August 1, 1956

A very nice day. I went down in woods looking for raspberries. Cindy the Jersey cow had her calf tonight. Half Guernsey half jersey, nice one. Fern & Lloyd called in late p.m. On the cold side.



Thursday, August 2, 1956

A cool but nice clear day. I didn’t do anything much today. Betty gone swimming. I churned. Gordon hauled a load of blacktop for driveway.



Friday, August 3, 1956

I cleaned up the house. Jill here in p.m. She and Betty up to Terri’s. Cold today.



Saturday, August 4, 1956

A very nice day. I cooked and did up the work. Verna and Nola down in p.m. Betty went swimming. To movies in the evening. Bill took me to town. Warmer.


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