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!

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

July 9 - 12, 1975


Wednesday, July 9, 1975 Began DRIVEWAY, rain shower

Hot dry and humid. I done regular work. Went down to Betty’s. We cleaned her porch. In p.m. it clouded up and we got a bad thundershower and heavy downpour of much-needed rain. Today Bill began the driveway. Got the parking lot done and the piece leading to the porch. It looks much better. Joy and girls at Betty’s today.



Thursday, July 10, 1975

It was foggy but it burned off. A nice hot sunny day. I done up regular work, went out and picked peas. Kim here and helped. We also did some cooking. In late p.m. Betty, kids and I went up to the camp in Sweden. Bill done a lot more on the DRIVEWAY. It looks very good. Esther here tonight.



Friday, July 11, 1975

Another cloudy rainy day. We went to town early. Esther went with us. In late p.m. it was more sunny and quite hot. Kim up all day, we picked peas. Went up to Sweden to see the camp. Betty to the doctors in Portland today.



Saturday, July 12, 1975

Well another miserable day. Rain, cloudy all day. A mess. I done regular work and made bread. Washed floors etc. Billie went with Lawrence. In evening I went over to Esther’s and called. Dorothea called this p.m.



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