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, February 28, 2016

May 26 - 29, 1958



Monday, May 26, 1958

Cleared off. I washed, cleaned up the house. Dr. Bish called. I churned, cooked too. Bill painted windows on backside of house. Billie out to supper tonight. Real nice during the day.



Tuesday, May 27, 1958

A very nice day. I ironed. Made the flowerbeds, planted seeds and set out dahlias. Kennie and Dot up tonight. Kennie planted cukes. Mr. Tinkham sent Betty home to get her lamb. Bill worked tonight, Billie helped Lloyd.



Wednesday, May 28, 1958

A cloudy day, rained in a.m., cleared some in p.m. I went down to the Dearborn cottage and began to clean today. Billie away for supper tonight. It cleared off late in p.m. Kennard called. Bill made rain gutters tonight for front of house.



Thursday, May 29, 1958

Today I worked at Dearborn’s, finished. It was a fair day, got cloudy in p.m. Bill got $61 tonight. Carlton and Dolores came today. They called here. Down to Cemetery tonight.


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