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, May 31, 2022

July 14 - 17, 1982

Wednesday, July 14, 1982

 

A beautiful day. It was quite hot. I done up regular work, made brownies. Finished ironing. Betty and Bill up to the camp. They got the pump going. Zak helped to. Zak has worked up there steady this summer. Got to do the screens now. Billie mowed Delores’s hay. Kim called a minute after supper. Barry working on barn tonight.

 

 

 

Thursday, July 15, 1982 Mama’s birthday 102nd, hay

 

Hot, we went to town today. Billie got his hay 250 bales. He had a couple guys, Wayne Lyons and Scott Harmon helped him. Dorothea and Betty were here but didn’t have to help. Zak did though.

 

 

 

Friday, July 16, 1982

 

Another hot day. I did a wash. And other odd jobs. Bill and Betty up to camp then Bill started to work on the screens today here. Carmen worked all day but didn’t feel very good, sore throat and teeth. Kim to work tonight.

 

 

 

Saturday, July 17, 1982 hot and humid, new car Subaru, 4 strawberries

 

It has been a very hot and humid day. I done up regular work, changed beds, swept, washed floors, made rolls and a cake. Today we get another car, very pretty blue one, traded ours with Walt. We like it very much. Betty and kids up to the Lake at their cottage to swim. Barry and Walt worked on the barn. Billie picked berries. Bill finished screens. Bill and I called at Dorothea and David’s today. Dorothea is about pooped with the extreme heat.

 

 

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