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!

Monday, July 6, 2020

June 8 - 11, 1975


Sunday, June 8, 1975 Milan and Betty went home

This is been a cloudy, dreary day, rain showers and some sun (not much) off and on. Milan’s folks up early, about 3 AM and left to go home. They called us and they got home at about 7:30 AM. I did a big wash today, cleaned up the house. Betty and Walt and children up to see the Palomino horse that bred Angel. They brought Danny Boy home from Weldon’s. I called Delores. Kennard is a little better she thought. Got a call tonight the tractor Bill and Billie went to look at yesterday is sold.



Angel





Monday, June 9, 1975

I washed. Down to Betty’s a little while. Bill to the Dr., he has very high blood pressure. I’ve been very busy all day. Esther over here tonight.



Tuesday, June 10, 1975 Roof

A nice sunny day, but awful windy. I washed and did a lot of ironing. I took my living room curtains down and ironed them. I washed all my windows on the inside and some on the outside. David went away from Dorothea today. They began painting the roof at Betty’s. Wally Edwards and George Smith.



Wednesday, June 11, 1975 HOT

This is been a very nice hot day. I have been busy, done regular work. Went to Conway with Betty. She got a tree for Walt’s Father’s Day. In p.m. I went to town shopping. I made a pie.

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