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, March 26, 2020

June 10 - 13, 1974


Monday, June 10, 1974

A very nice day. I washed and went down to Betty’s. We cleaned up her house and then washed windows on the outside. I got some greens for supper (dandelions). Esther over tonight.

Lilac Bush



Tuesday, June 11, 1974

A nice day. I washed in a.m. and done some odds and end jobs. In p.m. I went down to Betty’s. We done rest of her windows etc. I came home and got supper. Stan White came up for supper. Bill worked on the barn. Walt did his first soil testing job tonight. For a guy who built a new house in barn of Rado Allen’s place.



Wednesday, June 12, 1974

A nice day. On the cooler side. I done my work up early. Went down to Betty’s. I done her work and she began to mow or traim her lawns. Mary Ann Weston called. In p.m. we went to Ames up to North Conway. She bought her some clothes. In evening Fern and Lloyd called and Betty and Walt and kids. Bill got the inside wall up on the tie up in the barn.



Thursday, June 13, 1974

A beautiful day, clear and nice. Betty finished her lawns. I done her work and washing. In p.m. we went over to the playpen and cleaned it. Bill worked on the eves of the barn.

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