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!

Friday, March 4, 2016

June 14 - 17, 1958



Saturday, June 14, 1958

A very windy day, clear and sunny. I cooked after power came back on. Off because of heavy winds. Kay went home today. Betty went down with her. Came home and upstairs reading, looking over things upstairs. Boys 57.



Sunday, June 15, 1958

Another heavy windy (day). Bill painted back of house. Billie fixed turkey pen. We got setting hens ready to set.



Monday, June 16, 1958

Another windy day. Betty to town. Bought me a box of chocolates. I washed. Got very cold in p.m. Edith and Justin called in evening, also Jean, Sally and girls brought up eggs to set under hens. I did some ironing. SET HENS.

The results of Hen Setting - Reddy the hen with her babies later that summer





Tuesday, June 17, 1958

Nice and clear in a.m. Clouded up in p.m. and cold. I cleaned at Mary Saxby’s cottage today. Bill painted some tonight. Betty done work today.



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