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 31, 2018

July 19 - 22, 1968


Friday, July 19, 1968 MUGGY

The worst hottest day of all, the humidity is so heavy it’s hazy. Humidity is awful. I worked at Mrs. Dearborn’s today. Came home, washed and finished my housework. Bill went to work at 5 AM, home at 2:30 because of the extreme heat.



Saturday, July 20, 1968

A nice day, breeze good all day. Billie and I picked peas. Bill painted. We also picked cukes. Fern up for supper. She and I shelled peas. It got real cool. I put a rinse on my hair. Bill and I to town.



Sunday, July 21, 1968

Cool. A very nice day. I froze peas and string beans. Got dinner. Bill and I picked string beans and cukes. Mrs. Dearborn called and paid me. She and her sister looked at the house. Bill and I took a nice ride. Fern Lloyd called. Brud and kids. Bill painted some more. $12.



Monday, July 22, 1968 a nice day

A very nice day. I went to town first thing with Fern and Lloyd. I came home, did my wash and regular work. In evening Mr. and Mrs. Doney called also Norm and Barbara Stanford. Billie picked a lot of cukes and some peas.

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