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, November 14, 2021

July 8 - 11, 1980

 

Tuesday, July 8, 1980

 

This is been a rainy day. I done up my regular work. Went down to help Betty clean the house. Kim and I did it, Betty did a lot of odds and end jobs, washed etc. She worked up in Pa’s place. Not much going on today. Dorothea called today. She visited quite a long time. Then she and I called at Betty’s to see the apartment with the bed all made up, it looked very nice.










 

 

 

 

Wednesday, July 9, 1980 Hay, Rhône cow bred

 

Mailed a letter to Esther today. Today Billie mowed Walt’s hay and Joy’s big field. Bill worked on the bus and Dorothea’s screen door. I went up when he took it up. I saw her ceiling, look so nice. Carmen and Kim got their hair cuts. Kim is taking good care of her pig. Betty’s new bed came today. She and the kids on the road most of the day. She and Kim had to go to New Hampshire then in PM they went down town then Betty and Carmen went to Norway. Walt and Betty’s company came tonight.

 

 

 

Thursday, July 10, 1980 hot, got all of Walt’s hay in

 

Did up the work. Went to town. I did a big wash. Today they raked Walt’s hay and late in PM they got it all in. Billie mowed up to Joy’s. Bill worked on the bus.

 

 

 

Friday, July 11, 1980 hot, Joy got her hay in

 

It has been quite hot. We had threats of bad showers. We didn’t get them until late, about 9 PM. They all went up and got Joy’s hay in. Dorothea, David, Betty, Walt, Carmen, Kim, Zak and Billie. Billie did all of the mowing.

 

 

 

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