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!

Monday, August 5, 2024

July 5 - 8, 1990

 

Thursday, July 5, 1990 MOWED HAY

 

It was foggy when we got up, it soon cleared. The sun came out with a nice drying breeze. Billie to the doctors (Petrone) for his checkup. Everything okay. Then he came home and done the mowing. Got it all done. It looks very good. A very good day for making hay. Carmen busy, to town, up to camp, over to Oxford and got her peas for her vegetable. Dorothea called today to see how I was. I’m better and ate a good supper. I was sick early this morning. Betty and Betty S, Kay and Joy got home about suppertime from camp after staying there all night. Zak came home today.

 

 

 

Friday, July 6, 1990 HAYING ALL DONE

 

They got the hay raked, baled and in today. Zack, Jason helped. Zak came this morning to get the hay conveyor up and helped them with the haying, getting it in. Billie got a cotton in his ear today and had to go to the hospital and they got it out. He was all shook up and a nervous mess. Carmen here all day, she got the mess I got and sick tonight. Brogan has it too. Billie don’t feel very good either. Dorothea called this evening.

 

 

 

Saturday, July 7, 1990

 

It was a beautiful clear morning. Sun bright and it was very warm until middle of forenoon then it began to get cooler. Well Zack has done very well for the past two days. I hope it will continue. Today cleaned his car inside and out, he watched movies with his father and mother. A big change. I didn’t do much, got the meals, did the work. Carmen didn’t come to work. Brogan is better. Carmen too. Billie been uneasy all day, cold. Didn’t eat much. Betty Smith came down with the flu today. Kathy Smith and son and Nona called today. The baby is cunning. Neat and clean. It was very cool and chilly last night.

 

 

 

Sunday, July 8, 1990

 

A nice day, on the good drying day side. I didn’t do much. I got the papers read. Billie didn’t feel very good. He mowed the pasture over. David had a calf. Walt up for breakfast, had a touch of that flu. Also Zak and Betty Smith. Kim and Tom had a nice day. Engagement in the paper. Brie-arta has gone to Charlene at Tom’s place. She has a good home.

 

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