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, June 4, 2022

July 29 - August 1, 1982

 

Thursday, July 29, 1982

 

A quite nice day, it was cloudy and windy. We got a small rain shower in evening. I done up the work. Went to town. Betty took us. Billie got the mower back on the tractor. David helped him. They, Butch, hauled rest of David’s hay. Dorothea and David’s mother froze a lot of vegetables today. Es got her lawn mower back home. They worked on the back of the trailer.

 

 

 

Friday, July 30, 1982 NEW FORD ESCORT, 1.5  pint raspberries, Carmen on a trip

 

Well I washed. I ironed. I picked string beans. A lot of other jobs, picked raspberries. Bill down to Betty’s. Billie mowed grass in the pasture. He done a lot of other jobs. Carmen and Lisa Osgood left on a trip up to Belfast tonight about 5:30 to go out to sea fishing. They were excited about going. I hope they will have good weather. Tonight Walt brought home a brand-new Ford Escort. Black with red trim and red upholstery inside. Betty, Zak and I over to show it to Kim. Called at Fern’s. When we got home Susan and Esther and two kids were here. They washed my dishes then we went down to see the new Museum at Betty’s.

 

 

 

Saturday, July 31, 1982

 

Well a quite nice forenoon. Then it got a dite hazy. Then thunderclouds filled in. I done up my regular work. Made bread and rolls. Dorothea and David’s mother out buying antiques. Betty, Walt and Zak worked in their barn all day. Kim called. She went to work tonight. David called. They mowed the lawns here. Billie got awful lame.

New Case Tractor

 

 

 

 

Sunday, August 1, 1982 Carmen home about 8

 

Well it was a quite nice day. I done up the regular work then I did the flower gardens. Then we killed the old hens. Esther came over and spent the afternoon. Walt’s sister and family came about one or 2 o’clock. They are going to stay at the camp for a few days. Well Carmen and Lisa home at about 8 PM. They had a very good time. They caught about 60 Mackerel  between them. She saw some girls from college and a boy from college she admires very much from college, Larry. I’m so glad she had such a good time fishing in the sea etc.

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