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, September 14, 2015

July 15 - 18, 1956



Sunday, July 15, 1956

A fair day. Began to rain in p.m. They got the hay raked and it began to rain. I did regular work. Kennard called in a.m. Mama got cards, money, candy and a plant for her birthday. Had ice cream and cake. Rose and Patty called, also Holly today. Donnie having a spell today.



Monday, July 16, 1956

A good day until p.m. Then showers and rain. I washed in p.m. Billie came home. He, Betty and I shook out the hay and got it ready to be bailed. It rained just before the baler came. Took Donnie over to Dr. Ruby’s tonight. He is still sick.



Tuesday, July 17, 1956

A very cold gray cloudy day. No hay day and hay still out. Donnie quite sick. Jill up in p.m. I ironed.



Wednesday, July 18, 1956

A very nice hay day. I didn’t do much today, held Donnie, he was quite bad today. Betty and Aloha went camping today down by the brook for overnight. Billie raked hay all afternoon. After supper Bill, Billie, Kennard and Raymond got it in after Gordon Sanborn got it baled. Kennard here for supper. Fern’s family called in evening.
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