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, September 1, 2015

May 20 - 24, 1956



Sunday, May 20, 1956

A very pretty day but cold. Bill put the light up in the bathroom upstairs. Helped Lloyd in PM. Billie and Betty fenced the pasture down back of the barn this a.m. and turned the cows out for the first time. Bobby helped Billie fence down in the woods in p.m. I did a little more painting. Billie cleaned up the rubbish outside. Joy and Buzz called.



Monday, May 21, 1956

I did a big wash, very cold. In the evening Blanche and I went to Portland to see Bob. We did some shopping. Betty brought home a little white kitten tonight. He is four weeks old. I did some more painting today. Cooked.



Tuesday, May 22, 1956

A very nice day. I varnished rugs and ironed. Done some cooking. Very hot. Furnish cupboards in the evening.



Wednesday, May 23, 1956

Very warm and mild in forenoon. In the afternoon it cooled off and rained. Bill and I cleaned Seaver’s cottage. Very cold tonight. Betty to movies in evening with Jill. Bill worked in the bathroom in eve.



Thursday, May 24, 1956

Cleaned up the house, cooked some, churned. In evening Fern and Lloyd called, Blanche and Bob. Painted (?) chiffernice upstairs.




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