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, November 15, 2021

July 12 - 15, 1980

 

Saturday, July 12, 1980

 

On the cooler side today. It was nice and sunny all forenoon. Cloudy and cooler in PM and evening. I done up work, dusted, washed floors etc. Took a bath, went to the parade over to Harrison. Betty took Fern and I. Dorothea and Dave here for supper.

 

 

 

Saturday, July 13, 1980

 

A quite nice day. Quite warm and sunny. We picked our first mess of peas. Billie worked on fence. Walt and Kim haul the hay conveyor back.

 

 

 

Monday, July 14, 1980

 

A most beautiful day, sunny and drying with a dite Northwest breeze. Very warm. I did my wash and I defrosted refrigerator and froze a few Swiss chard greens. In PM watched shows, in eve called at Dorothea’s in eve. Billie mowed up to Dennis Chadbourne’s today. Bill didn’t do much today. A NHF meeting at Betty’s last night.

 

 

 

Tuesday, July 15, 1980

 

Well I’ve been busy. I picked and froze some greens. Bill and Billie been busy. Bill worked on the bus, the heat got to him.

 

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