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!

Thursday, November 11, 2021

June 27 - 29, 1980

 

Friday, June 27, 1980 HOT

 

A beautiful hot day. I went down to Betty’s and Bill. He helped Betty fixed her lawn mower. I didn’t do very much today, too hot.

 

 

 

Saturday, June 28, 1980 Not so Hot

 

A quite nice day. I made rolls for NHF after supper. I made a cake for supper. Done up my work. I painted the stool or backless chair to put on the back porch. Then I too went up and helped Dorothea a little. I didn’t do much. She is getting ready for her company. Bill up there, he and David working on the back of the shed. Billie let his cows into the new piece of grass today for a little while. Pa very bad.

 

 







 

 

 

Sunday, June 29, 1980

 

It is been cloudy most of the day. Tonight we got some much-needed rain. The wind blowed very hard for a short time also. I didn’t get up until 8. I done up regular work. I washed kitchen floor. Then I painted the kitchen stool. Billie and I up to Dorothea’s for a little while. Bill and David working on the back of their shed. Putting in new sills and jacking it up. Betty and Walt taking a look at some things in Pa’s room. Kim called. Walt and Kim hauled the dump off.

 

 

 

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