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, January 29, 2021

July 14 - 17, 1977

Thursday, July 14, 1977 Beautiful day

 

A beautiful day. On the very windy side. A most perfect hay day. Betty and Kim got home about 2 PM from Dawn’s. I did my washing. I got the two bedspreads washed and put away. Bill worked at Camp Encore this PM. Susan and kids called in PM, again in evening. Betty showed movies tonight of the parade, Dawn’s trip to Colorado and Nevada, she and Ed, a prize-winning trip. Zak didn’t get up till late. He had a good time today.

 

 

 

Friday, July 15, 1977 MAMA’S 97th birthday

 

This is Mama’s 97th birthday. A quite nice day. It got hot as the day wore on. I went with Betty in a.m. to barn sales. Joy and kids went. I didn’t get to town till late. Bill was mad. Billie was mad. Why do people get so despicable.

 

 

 

Saturday, July 16, 1977

 

Another very hot day. I done my regular work, got my beans to baking then Billie and I went to Twitchell’s, Longley’s etc. One thing we was looking for a clothes line. Called at Lloyd’s, the same.

 

 

 

Sunday, July 17, 1977

 

HOT. It has been a very hot day. I done regular work. Dorothea and David here for day and stayed for supper. Kids came up off and on. They went swimming. Vince and Zak sleeping in tent tonight.

 

 

 

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