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!

Sunday, November 22, 2015

May 6 - 9, 1957 Forest Fires All Over NE



Monday, May 6, 1957

A very nice day. I washed, the clothes got dry. Cow (Judy) had her CALF today, a heifer.



Tuesday, May 7, 1957 DRY

A nice day. Got real hot. I ironed and cooked. Bad forest fires today.



Wednesday, May 8, 1957 Hot Dry

A very hot day. Made soap, cleaned up the house some. Kay up here for supper. Bad forest fires in New England. In evening Bill and I went up to Queenie Ridlons and over to Harrison. I put on bedroom screens.



Thursday, May 9, 1957 Hot and dry
Another nice hot day. Bad fires in Mass, Maine, R.I., Conn. and N.H.. Betty got her glasses today from Dr. Crowley. Aunt Ava took me downtown in a.m. Had first mess dandelions tonight for supper, good. Bill and I up to Gordon Sanborn’s tonight. Betty, Holly and Nancy in swimming tonight. Holly here for supper. White cat been gone about a week.

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