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 26, 2017

August 25 - 27, 1962




Beautiful!

Very pretty around the farm!


Saturday, August 25, 1962

A beautiful day. Got my cooking done early. We did up rest of the work, washed kitchen and porch floor. Billie up to help Chet in a.m. for a little while. He came home, mowed some lawns and helped him in p.m. to get some hay in. Betty, Bill and I down to Fern and Lloyd’s and took a short drive over  to the old Monk place up to North Bridgton. Came home, she and I made plans for our outdoor flower gardens for next summer. Fern up for supper. (Good old beans). She and Betty fixed a smock Fern let her borrow. Billie home early tonight. Betty, Fern and I played cards all evening. Sent snaps.



Sunday, August 26, 1962

A real nice hot summer day. On the humid side today. We done up the work. Bill picked melons, squash and tomatoes. Billie gone to Acton Fair to drive a truck full of cattle home for Lawrence Boynton. Betty, Lassie, TooMaine and I sat under the pine tree. Bill, Betty and I went for a short ride. Fern, Lloyd and Delores here when we got back.



Monday, August 27, 1962

A wonderful day after the fog burned off. I did a big wash. Fern and Lloyd called, brought up their Rototiller. Betty helped me with the work. Bill called at Gordon’s in evening.




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