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!

Saturday, April 17, 2021

May 5 - 8, 1978 NEW JOHN DEERE TRACTOR

Friday, May 5, 1978

 

Partly cloudy. I done up my regular work. Polished the woodwork in the kitchen. A few other odd jobs, ironed. Betty called. She and I took Carmen to school at noon. They are working at Dawn’s today. Fern and Esther down to Betty’s in PM. Bill and Ilan hauled the fish house home today.

 

Saturday, May 6, 1978 NEW TRACTOR

 

This has been a very nice day. I got my work done up good and early. At about 10AM The new TRACTOR came. A brand new John Deere from Walkers at So. Paris. Bill and Billie both are very pleased. All PM they hauled manure. They like it very much. Kim up here in PM . I hope her life will smooth out as she gets older. Walt, Betty and Dawn worked at the shelter today. I washed and ironed. The house looks good all clean.

 

 

Sunday, May 7, 1978

 

A most beautiful day. I didn’t have much to do. But Zak came up and we got his makeup work done. There was a crew working at the New Hope Farm animal shelter today. They got a lot done. It looks good to see it beginning to shape up. Bill and Billie hauled a lot of dressing out.

 






 

 

 

 

Monday, May 8, 1978 a very nice Hot day

 

This has been a most beautiful day, sunny and hot. I done up my work, went down to Betty’s and we went to North Conway. Bill harrowed, cleaned up the brush in Walt’s pasture. He harrowed here and at Walt’s. My clothes dried so good.

 

 

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