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, August 26, 2016

September 15 -17, 1960



Thursday, September 15, 1960 Fire in new stove

Been quite a nice day. I’ve been busy. Well, I had a fire in this little stove. It has been so nice and warm. I picked a lot of shell beans, also corn. We shelled the beans and I finished getting them into the freezer after supper. Rowena here all night. Raymond here for supper. Kennie and Dot called. I mailed a wedding anniversary card to Dorothea and Denny.



Friday, September 16, 1960

I been busy all day. To town in evening. Roger McDonald brought a car here for Bill to see but he want at home. Betty out tonight but home early.



Saturday, September 17, 1960 Letter from ADAIR

A very nice day. Cooked, churned, cleaned up downstairs. Dawn up here and her mother. They done Betty’s hair. Betty to town tonight. Bill and Billie pulled the onions. I used the new stove for cooking. Beans were very good tonight. A letter from Dorothea, was so glad to hear from her.




It's tiring being photographed, right Nanny??







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