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, May 29, 2024

October 28 - 31, 1989 Halloween

 

Saturday, October 28, 1989 hot

 

Another one of those very nice mild sunny days. I made rolls and chocolate pie. In PM I went for a long ride with Carmen, Kim and Brogan looking for gifts etc. David down for coffee and helped Billie do some jobs. We had a good supper. Carmen brought us up some good yellow eye beans.

 

 

 

Sunday, October 29, 1989

 

Another one of those sunny hot days. I wrote to Esther. I went down to Betty’s while she washed her storm windows. Then she and I took some blankets up to Evelyn Ridlon’s to fix her quilt. Then we drove over to the camp. She took some things up. Then went up to the girls house. It looked very nice, very clean and the door Carmen painted looks nice.

 

 

 

Monday, October 30, 1989

 

Carmen came up, she got my cleaning started, got the bedrooms done. They look so nice, and Kim painted the porch which looks like new. They are two nice kindhearted and smart girls. Betty doing some of her outdoor work today. Zack saw a bear today up to the kids place.

 

 

 

Tuesday, October 31, 1989

 

Carmen came, did some odd jobs, went to town, done the shopping. Billie been busy all day. Zak up for breakfast etc. Tonight the Halloween kids came and Brogan out. She had a good time. She went to Fern and Dorothea’s, up to Joy’s, down to Betty Smith’s. Her first Halloween she ever understood.

 

 



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