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, July 18, 2021

April 21 - 24, 1979

 

Saturday, April 21, 1979 Thinking of Carmen all day, a perfect day ES AND CLIFF CAME

 

Will this hais been the best and most perfect day we have had this spring. Very warm 60 to 70. Bill worked on the boat. Billie raked the front lawn. I done my Saturday work. Zak watched TV. Kim up to Dawn’s last night because of all the dust down there. She has been at the shelter with Betty all day. Zak went home about 2 PM. ES and Cliff came about 2 PM. They came over to Susan’s, they bought a new bike for Chris. They went down to stay with Fern for the summer.

 

 

 

Sunday, April 22, 1979

 

A quite nice day. Some on the cloudy side. I done up my work. Betty and Dawn papered the den. Betty cleaned the room and got it ready to settle. She varnished the floor one coat. Es, Cliff and Fern called today. Es and Cliff looked well, they had a nice winter. It was good seeing them.

 

 

 

Monday, April 23, 1979

 

This has been a beautiful day. I washed. Went down to Betty’s. We cleaned her dining room and she got it varnished. The floor, it looks so nice. Billie finished raking. Got some of his posts pulled. Bill worked on the boat.

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 24, 1979

 

A quite nice day. Mild and warm. I went down to Betty’s, we cleaned her shed chambers, top of the barn. We got done good and early. Heidi had the best time all day, was tired tonight. Bill finished the carpentry work on the boat. The new floors looked very nice.

 




 

 

 

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