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!

Thursday, August 15, 2024

August 11 - 13, 1990

Saturday, August 11, 1990 RAIN RAIN HARD HARD

 

Early this morning Carmen came and brought Brogan to stay here while Walt was away doing soil tests. Then he came and got her. David came for coffee and Walt too. Rosalie was here, she isn’t too good. It rained all morning then at about 10 o’clock there was a downpour. It was awful. Betty, Carmen, Dorothea, Joy and Charlene all went up to Union Maine looking for antiques. They had a big sale at the fairgrounds. They got soaked all day. They got a lot of gifts and had a good time, but a very bad day for them. Walt and Brogan here for supper. Brogan dropped off to sleep as soon as supper.

 

 


 

Sunday, August 12, 1990

 

Well after the fog burned off it became sunny and very hot. They had a cookout at camp today. I only went out for a little while with Kassie. Billie didn’t do much today. Walt up for coffee this morning. It has been hot all day. I got the supper tonight and cleaned up. Brogan and Carmen called also Charlene on her walk up around the field.

 

 

 

Monday, August 13, 1990

 

It dawned foggy, it soon cleared off sunny and hot. I did washing and ironing. Billie got ready to go to Portland. I went over to Smedburg’s with Carmen to get corn this morning. I did a washing and ironing. I watched my soaps in PM. Billie and Carmen went to Portland, left at about 10:45. He had his eye checked for the surgery for Wednesday. They got home at about 3 PM. Brogan stayed at LeeAnna’s. She was pleased about that. Kim came up. They bathed the dogs and cut their toenails. She and Betty came for a little while with Kim. She had some blueberry pie, Kim had cake. I helped to start the supper. Carmen been very busy all day.

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