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, May 3, 2021

July 6 - 9, 1978

Thursday, July 6, 1978

 

A very hot day. Esther and Susan gone to Shaw’s. I done a wash. I did a big ironing. Been busy all day. Billie took Lawrence to Norway to get his truck. Zak went with them. Bill took Delores and me to town. Alice and Lawrence called in evening. They are going to cut the hay tomorrow.

 

 

 

Friday, July 7, 1978 HOT, MOWED WALT HAY

 

A very hot day. I have been very busy all day getting ready for the company coming next week. Carmen called, Susan called. Billie and Bill mowed all of Walt’s hay today. Hope no rain comes.

 

 

 

Saturday, July 8, 1978 HOT HAY ALL IN

 

It was a good clear hot day and they got the hay all in at Betty’s. It has been a very hot day. Dorothea and David came about 9:30. They got the tedder and began to work on the hay. After 1:30 they began to bail and in about 2 hours time they had it all in and not a drop of rain on it. David, Billie, Carmen, Betty, Walt and Billie all did it. We had supper down there out of doors.  Es and Fern up here in PM.

 





 

 

 

 

Sunday, July 9, 1978

 

A very hot day. We worked hard all day getting things done. We cleaned the barn, garage, house, cars, picked peas and strawberries. Bill painted the porch floor. Walt up to the shelter today. Betty home all day.

 

 

 

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