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, February 22, 2021

October 7 -10, 1977

Friday, October 7, 1977

 

A quite nice day. We got up early, done the work. Milan and Betty down to her sister’s cottage. Billie and I down to Betty’s, we killed their old hens. Dawn and I cleaned them. Fern and Betty washed and bagged them. Billie cleaned them and cleaned the hen house and got the pullets in. I came home, got supper. Milan and Betty home early. Got packed to go home tomorrow.

 

 

 

Saturday, October 8, 1977

 

A quite nice day. I made bread, two pies. Baked beans, done up housework. Bill worked at camp. Billie worked around the place. Walt busy, washed kitchen floor. I got a call from Betty Smith, they left here about 2:30 and got home a little after 8 AM. Dorothea and David up in PM. Brought the stereo up to Dawn and took Aunt Ava’s table home. She was here for supper, brought up snapshots.

 

 

 

Sunday, October 9, 1977 RAIN, PULLET EGGS

 

Today we got our first pullet egg. It has rained very hard all day. Wind blowed, leaves fell. I done regular work, changed the beds. Kim came up, we moved the summer clothes downstairs, cleaned closets, put away a lot of things. A day and no one done much. Es, Cliff and Susan and kids called and looked at snapshots.

 

 

 

Monday, October 10, 1977 a very nice day

 

Bill worked at Barnaby’s cottage all day. Ilan worked with him. I got a lot done today. I did a big wash. I defrosted porch refrigerator. I cooked heart and tongue for the dog. I cleaned around the kitchen refrigerator, cleaned the electric stove, cleaned cupboards etc. Zak up after supper and I shampooed his hair. Carmen and Betty to a meeting tonight.

 

 

 

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