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 4, 2021

June 24 - 27, 1979

 

Sunday, June 24, 1979

 

A cloudy cold windy day. In hopes it would clear up so they could get the hay, but it didn’t clear. I done up the work, went to a couple barn sales with Betty, Susan, Dawn, Kim and kids. Came home, made a macaroni and cheese for supper.

 

 

 

Monday, June 25, 1979

 

A very nice sunny day. The wind blowed all day. I did a very big wash. Got ready and went to Portland with Betty and Kim. Kim went to the dentist. Dorothea went with us. We went in to see her new cupboards, they look so nice. Also the newly painted house white with black trim look so nice. A beautiful place. There are gas lines everywhere today, we was in two.

 


 

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 26, 1979

 

I did another washing, also a big ironing. Bill and I picked strawberries. I cooked a chicken for supper. Also cooked 2 for Betty. I had Fern up for supper. It was quite cold. Warmer outside in the sun than in the house.

 

 

 

Wednesday, June 27, 1979

 

A very nice day. It warmed up in late PM. I did an ironing and worked at my desk. Today they began tearing down the old town garage. Bill got some gas today. I did some ironing and worked in the flower gardens today.

 

 

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