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, October 26, 2020

July 17 - 20, 1976

Saturday, July 17, 1976 Billie mowed, cloudy when we got up, but it cleared

 

I done up my regular work, washed floors, went to couple barn sales with Betty. Also Fern went. In p.m. Fern was here. Billie mowed hay up to Bob’s and Buddy mowed. David up in late p.m. and for supper. Betty’s folks down to Dawn’s for a party. All afternoon and evening, they had a good time. It cleared off and was a nice day. I got birthday cards ready to go.

 



Chris and Steve Morgan

Mabel and one of the Never boys

 

 

 

 

Sunday, July 18, 1976 sunny

 

This is been a quite nice day except a few clouds in middle of day. I washed, done regular work. Esther here in p.m. Betty went down to Amatos and Fern, Esther and I went with her. We all got Italian sandwiches and brought them back here and ate them. Also I had a whip cream cake. Esther, Cliff, Betty, Walt, Carmen, Zak and Laurie and us. Today Carmen got thrown off the horse. Flicker got hurt. She started to jump the fence. Walt made Zak a bow and arrow set today. Billie up to Chet’s today.

 

 

 

Monday, July 19, 1976

 

A very nice sunny day. I did a dite of wash, I did my ironing. Betty away all day. Bill didn’t work. Picked more string beans and raspberries today. Kim came home from Joy’s. Laurie went home. This is Pat’s birthday.

 

 

 

Tuesday, July 20, 1976 Walt’s birthday, landed on Mars

 

It has been a nice day, hot. I done my regular work. Betty to Portland, she took Zak down to Dawn’s. Carmen and Kim home. Carmen made cookies. Kim made a birthday cake for Walt’s birthday. Bill down to the spring, down town, hauled the rubbish off. They had a birthday party for Walt tonight. It was seven years ago Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon. Today on Walt’s birthday they landed on the star Mars.

 

 

 

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