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, August 11, 2021

July 21 - 24, 1979

Saturday, July 21, 1979 Hot and Humid

 

A very hot day and humid. I done up my work. I washed floors, changed beds, dusted. Esther came up, we made bread, rolls. In PM Carmen, Zenya, Laurie and I went to the show Brigadoon at Lake Region High School put on by Camp Encore Coda at Sweden. It was very good. We all enjoyed it. Tickets were complements of Mr. Saltman. Kim was going but it was too late for her to go as she was going to babysit. A very hot and humid day. Joy got her hay all in.

 

 

 

Sunday, July 22, 1979 Extremely Hot, Very Humid

 

I done up regular work. It was so awful hot all day and humid. Just sat around. I hate that though. I go crazy nothing to do all day, hot everywhere. Walt sick all day with his migraine headache. Betty, Joy, kids went swimming.

 

 

Monday, July 23, 1979

 

Kind of a hazy day, but very hot. I did my wash. I walked down to Betty’s. Came home, I picked greens and peas. Esther and Zak was here, they helped. Carmen up here for supper. Esther had a tooth out today. Betty and family got a calf today for next year’s beef. Pa has a bad eczema problem.

 

 

 

Tuesday, July 24, 1979

 

A hot day, hazy. I picked first mess of string beans. Oil man came. Zak and Kimmy up. Betty called. I am checking out for Sunday dinner.

 

Nanny's pretty flowers

Nanny, Freya and Heidi


Nanny and Heidi


 

 

 

 

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