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!

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

September 9 - 12, 1979

Sunday, September 9, 1979

 

A beautiful day. I got up about 7. I got the breakfast done, my regular work, changed the beds. Billie did odds and end jobs. Bill didn’t do anything. In PM Fern and I went with Betty and Carmen over to Boothbay to see a rug. Nothing she wanted. We had a nice ride, it was beautiful.

 

 

 

Monday, September 10, 1979

 

Foggy when we got up. I done regular work. Bill down to the Barnaby’s cottage. It cleared away so I did some washing. I went down to Betty’s. Kim is sick with a asthma attack. She looks bad. The heifers still sick, they had the vet for her.

 

 

 

Tuesday, September 11, 1979

 

A very nice day. I did a big wash. Done a few odds and end jobs. Picked cukes for pickles. Bill down to camp. It has been such a nice day. Kimmy back to school.

 

 

 

Wednesday, September 12, 1979

 

Another beautiful day. I done up my work. Betty and I up to Joy’s and Mrs. Dadman’s new home. It is very nice. I came home, did the ironing. Bill down to camp in a.m.

 

 

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