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, October 30, 2020

August 1 - 4, 1976

Sunday, August 1, 1976 RAIN

 

Carlton leaves to go home today. He leaves Portland about seven and gets home for dinner in California. A miserable day. I did just my regular work. Changed the beds. Bill down to Walt’s to get the tax return form filled out. Billie relaxed and rested. Joy at Betty’s. I worked on my bills etc.

 

 

 

Monday, August 2, 1976 got a new Durham Calf tonight

 

It was nice and sunny when we got up, but it clouded up and we had heavy rain showers. I had just got a big wash out, it got wet. It dried just before supper and I got them in. Zak up here in a.m. Carmen up here for supper. Billie bought a new Shone Durham Calf from Lawrence tonight.

 

 

 

Tuesday, August 3, 1976

 

It has been a quite nice day. I washed and done some ironing in a.m., in p.m. Betty, Zak and I went up to Shaw’s and done the grocery shopping. I came home and done rest of the ironing.

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 4, 1976

 

A perfect day. It has been a beautiful day. I did some washing. We went to town and paid bills. Kim up here all day and tonight. I went to the band concert with Esther and Cliff, it was very good. Camp Encore and Coda both took part in the program. Robert not very good.

 

 

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