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!

Thursday, July 21, 2016

April 6 - 10, 1960 Betty Got A Little Lamb



Wednesday, April 6, 1960

Billie worked down to Hayd’s making syrup. He and I called at Ferns in evening. Also over to Aunt Ava’s and Uncle Lewis’s.



Thursday, April 7, 1960

I done up my work. Cleaned up upstairs, worked on my recipes. Raymond over for supper tonight. I washed today.



Friday, April 8, 1960

A cloudy nasty dreary day. I done up the general cleaning downstairs. In a.m. I worked on my recipes some more. In evening Bill and I to town. Betty to movies. Irene Carsley’s father died today.



Saturday, April 9, 1960 Got Lamb

Cloudy, rainy and snow. I done up the work, done a little cooking. Lloyd called. Lorraine, Dot and Wanda Jean called. In p.m. Billie up to Chet’s. Bill, Betty and I over to Denmark and got a little lamb for her. In late afternoon Dawn and Steve up for supper. Bill down to Jean’s. Dr. Nash came back tonight. Cleared off about dark. Kennard called in p.m.



Sunday, April 10, 1960

Took care of lamb. He sure is noisy.


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