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!

Friday, January 28, 2022

April 15 - 17, 1981 David's Cow Had A Calf

Wednesday, April 15, 1981 WINDY 20°

 

 

It was sunny but awfully cold. I got Bill’s clothes out today. He tried on, some fit, some didn’t. Betty cleaned Zak’s room. Bill home here all day.

 

 

 

Thursday, April 16, 1981

 

Mostly cloudy day. I done up my work, did some washing. Dorothea came down and took Delores and I to town. I came home, did up rest of the work and a dite more washing. I washed my hair and put the rinse on. I made a pudding. Got supper prepared. We had a steak supper and had Zak up. He enjoyed it very much. Dorothea called Billie about very late, he went up. They thought that the cow was going to calf. Betty has her upstairs all done.

 

 

 

Friday, April 17, 1981 DAVID’S COW HAD A CALF, Hair Set

 

 

 

Well it was sunny when we got up. It soon clouded up. Dorothea called about 6:30 AM, the cow had started to calf. Bill went right up and about eight she had her calf. A heifer, red and white. I cooked, washed windows, cleaned up the house, ironed, down to Betty’s a little while. I done an ironing in PM. I had my hair set. Bill and I called at David’s to see the calf. In evening Dorothea and I down to Fern’s. Dorothea set her hair. Cloudy, showery day, dreary day. I dite of sun. Betty cleaned her bedroom.

 

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