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!

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

June 16 - 19, 1989

 

Friday, June 16, 1989

 

RAIN. How much more can the earth take. The gardens are so in need of sun and warm weather. I did the wash. Watched the shows in PM.

 

 

 

Saturday, June 17, 1989

 

Well another rainy day. I cooked some rolls, baked beans. Done up the Saturday work etc. David came down for coffee. Also Zack stopped in for breakfast. I did a lot of reading. Carmen sick today. Betty and Brogan came up.

 

 

 

Sunday, June 18, 1989 POOL

 

Well what a day. It was raining hard when we got up then it got cloudy. Then again it rained so awful hard. That was the last straw after five or six days and nights of rain rain rain. All of a sudden out came the sun. And then it got hot. About 10 o’clock or so Dorothea called. Betty wanted us all to come down to see the pool. We did. They had been working on it. She, Dorothea was so pleased she had it. It will be so nice out there for her. Well we left and went up to the camp for Father’s Day. Cookout and all. Walt was very pleased. All his children were there.

 


 

 

Monday, June 19, 1989

 

Well when it became daylight who showed up but Mr. Sunshine. It was the best and most welcome person we had seen for a long one time. I hope he sticks out and stays. Well I done up work, made a chiffon cake and a chocolate pudding. I did the wash. Billie up to David’s. Carmen and Brogan came up. Also Kim. Brogan playing so cute and showing off. She is so smart.

 

 

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