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!

Sunday, January 31, 2021

July 22 - 25, 1977

Friday, July 22, 1977 colder and very windy, BILLIE ALL THROUGH WORK AT M AND M ALLOYS AND CASTING

 

It has been a very cold windy day. I went to town early in a.m. Kim went too. Came home, went to barn, garage and lawn sales with Betty, Joy and Dawn. Came home, picked string beans and peas. Made two blueberry pies, a blueberry cake, got supper. Susan and kids came over and called after supper. We are inside tonight with doors and windows all closed. Billie all done work at M and M Alloys. He is on vacation for now.

 

 

 

Saturday, July 23, 1977

 

A nice day. I done regular work, made bread and rolls. Billie, Bill and Walt worked on the fence all day. We went to a barn sale. Zak up here tonight.

 

Susan

Playing games at Dawn's


 
Buddy

 

 

 

Sunday, July 24, 1977 horses moved

 

A nice day. I got the regular work done. Dorothea and David came. She brought spare ribs and they brought us up a hibachi grill. They also brought salad, cakes etc. I had peas and string beans. So we invited the Wolfs and Hortons. They brought hamburger and hot dogs. We had a very good feed. Then Laurie brought her mother a very pretty grandfather clock. Also they moved the horses up into the new pasture Buddy and his crew made.

 

 

 

Monday, July 25, 1977 RAIN

 

We got some rain today which we needed badly. Billie and I went down to Sebago, he got some parts for the mowing machine at Massey Ferguson dealer. Stopped at the grocery store and came home up through Brownfield to look for cucumbers. Zak up here tonight. Betty down to Dawn’s.

 

 

 

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