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!

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

July 14 - 17, 1978

 

Friday, July 14, 1978 Sunny

 

A very nice day. I done up my work, went down to Betty’s and helped out on some washing etc. Betty and Carmen finished the shingling on the roof at the shelter. Bill helped her do some of it around the chimney. Billie didn’t work today. It has been another nice hot dry day. We picked peas after supper.

 

 

 

Saturday, July 15, 1978 rain, Mama’s 98th birthday, Nola Raye Smith

 

Today we got rain,first one for over 2 weeks. The ground was very dry. Garden was drying up. It was a very bad thundershower. I done regular work. Kim was here, stayed last night. We picked peas and nearly the rest of the strawberries. I made bread and cake. Bill began to work on the picnic table but the rain came and he stopped. Carmen gone to Harrison to Old Home Days. This is Mama’s 98th birthday. Also it is Donald and David Levines’ 16th birthday. Nola Raye Smith married today in California.

 

 

 

Sunday, July 16, 1978

 

A dismal dreary day, it was cloudy and showery. We got peas picked. Bill and Billie worked on the picnic table and back porch. Got it all done. Betty and Walt worked up to the shelter until late. Dorothea and David came up, she helped me shell peas. I froze some. We gave her some to take home.

 

 

 

Monday, July 17, 1978

 

Some rain, not much but cloudy all day. I done fridge and picked peas. Down to Betty’s to see some things she got. Carmen didn’t get a call from Donny today.

 

 

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