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, October 30, 2024

May 9 - 12, 1991 Mother's Day

 

Thursday, May 9, 1991

 

I done regular work. It was nice and sunny when we got up. I didn’t do much. Billie to Dr. Petrone. Carmen took him. Reports are good. Arnold doing a lot of work at Betty’s every day. Made gates, hung them and has them all painted. Today Betty and Kim worked in the flower garden. Carmen took Billie to the doctor. Dorothea took Betty M and Betty S to town shopping then Betty here for supper. Also Vickie Thurston called this evening, had a nice visit with her. Glad she called. Dorothea also here.

 



 

Friday, May 10, 1991

 

Kind of cloudy in a.m. In p.m. the clouds cleared and sun came out. It was nice and very mild. Jason came and he got a lot of chores done. Carmen came and she vacuumed the house. She said she would come tomorrow and do rest of the cleaning. I washed floors and got the supper tonight.

 

 

 

Saturday, May 11, 1991 HORSES

 

A quite nice day. I done my work. David down for Saturday morning coffee. I came out on the back porch for the day. They brought the horses up into the pasture for the summer. Also Jason came, he and Billie did the fencing and Jason fixed Billie’s truck. Well Zack is in Cape Cod Massachusetts  with the National Guard. They got all the manure hauled out and spread at Betty’s. Had a baked bean supper at  Betty and Walt’s. Spent the afternoon and evening there. Carmen had to work.

 

 

 

Sunday, May 12, 1991

 

A very nice mild sunny day. Hot. I done regular work, put on my new dress. HOT. had a very nice Mother’s Day. They prepared a very nice chicken barbecue. A beautiful cake and ice cream. A lot of nice gifts, a pretty sweater. Money and 5 pounds of candy. Mother’s Day guests were, Betty S, Walt, Betty, Kim, Tom, Carmen and Brogan. Betty Milne from Arbroath.

 


 

Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)