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!

Saturday, May 28, 2022

July 3 - 6, 1982

 

Saturday, July 3, 1982 another nice day, ON THE WINDY SIDE

 

I done up my work. Made bread and brownies. I washed floors, changed beds, swept and dusted. Had Fern up today and for supper. Carmen and Kim called. Tom and Charlene. Kim working today and tonight. This is the night before the fourth. Verna called this evening. They worked on the barn at Betty’s today, got it started.

 

An unusual sighting of a rare Betty in her unnatural habitat.

 

 

Sunday, July 4, 1982 windy, 3 quarts berries

 

A very nice fourth. It was a sunny day. It hasn’t rained since last Tuesday. It sure is very good having such nice weather. And for several days. I hope it will be like this rest of the summer. Just enough rain for the gardens. I done up the work this morning. Then I went to 4 of July parade with the three Horton kids and Fern. Fern came up and then down to the Hortons for a cookout. Very good. It was very cold and windy. Tom and Charlene came and they cooked chicken for them selves. Came home, Carmen to the fireworks with Lisa. Zak went with Betty and Dorothea.

 

 

 

Monday, July 5, 1982 Windy but Sunny, 3 quarts berries

 

Well another nice day, on the windy and cool side but it seems so good it isn’t raining. I did the washing today, watched TV soaps in PM. Carmen working. She gets tired quite hot and sunny over there. Kim didn’t work tonight. She gets bushed up so late every night. Barry worked at Walt’s again today.

 

 

 

Tuesday, July 6, 1982 2 quarts berries

 

A nice day, not any wind to speak of. I done a lot of odd jobs. I did my ironing. Picked berries. Today Bill and Betty up to camp. Betty took Delores and I to town to get to the bank etc. Also Betty did Fern’s banking. Dorothea, Betty and I went up to the camp. It is so nice up there in evening.

 

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