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, October 21, 2024

April 6 - 9, 1991

 

Saturday, April 6, 1991

 

Another nice sunny day, very mild. David came this morning for coffee. He had a good visit. I done regular work. I got the papers read and all caught up on that. Betty called, got the supper prepared. Carmen dropped in for a minute in late p.m. Carmen, Arnold and their children went out at antique shops. Today we sat on the back porch for a little while. Very mild day, had thundershowers tonight.

 

 

 

Sunday, April 7, 1991

 

Another very nice warm day. Sat on the porch for the second time. Betty’s folks had company. Walt up for coffee this morning. Betty up and got supper and washed dishes. Kind of a quiet day all in all.

 

 

 

Monday, April 8, 1991

 

A quite nice day. I did the washing. Carmen came and got lunch. I got a few more cupboards (shelves) cleaned. Then I got ready and went to Dr. Field over to North Bridgton. Time will tell. Dorothea here this p.m. and got a lot of the cleaning done. That is a big help. She is coming tomorrow again. Carmen and Bro here also Ebony up this morning.

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 9, 1991

 

Foggy. Carmen here today. She and Dorothea worked in the bedroom and bath. We had a baked sliced ham supper. Very good for Kim’s birthday. Ham, lima beans, mashed potatoes, spinach, nice cornmeal muffins, a very nice cake mocha. Betty, Walt, Betty Smith and Tom and Brogan and Kim. Carmen got Betty S. Carmen, Kim and Betty H did all the dishes. Kim got a sum of money and other nice gifts. Very nice evening. Dorothea came later for a visit and to see the gifts.

 

 

Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)