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, September 16, 2015

July 23 - 27, 1956



Monday, July 23, 1956

A cloudy day, but I washed. Donnie better today. It cleared off in late p.m. and showers too. Betty down to Jill’s in evening.



Tuesday, July 24, 1956

Ironed. Kennard down in evening. Sally up in evening. I did some cooking. Donnie better.



Wednesday, July 25, 1956

A good day except we get some showers in p.m. In forenoon Sally Weymouth, Betty Cross and I went over to Jim’s and picked strawberries. Kennard called in a.m. Got a letter from Dorothea. Donnie lot better.



Thursday, July 26, 1956

Bill worked tonight a little while after supper at Jim’s. I washed today and cooked. Bill finally got his money from Robert for a job he done at one of the camps.



Friday, July 27, 1956

A nice day, on the cool side in first half of day. I cleaned up the house. Went over to the doctors in evening. Bought some peas. Betty came home from Kay’s tonight. I ironed.



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