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!

Saturday, February 15, 2025

June 3 - 6, 1992

 

Wednesday, June 3, 1992

 

A nice hot day. Very warm. I done the ironing. I done up the morning work. Checks came today. Carmen took care of all the business for us. Done the grocery shopping, came and got the supper. A good one. Zak’s friend Lisa called here this p.m. Zac had her up to Betty’s for supper. She was nice appearing.

 

 

 

Thursday, June 4, 1992

 

A nice sunny day. Quite warm. Carmen came. She and Brogan went to town to get the medicine. Her turkeys are all doing well. We had bad rains and thundershowers this p.m. A home over to Knoll’s Point got hit by lightning and burned flat. Tom came home from the school in New Hampshire he attended this week. A school for arson. He brought Kim a very nice bouquet of flowers.

 

 

 

Friday, June 5, 1992

 

Well Dorothea came, she and I went to Gray with my table and stand. Then we went over to Lewiston. I got a couple new bedspreads for my room. We went on strange roads. Finally got directions and got back home. She got a good supper. We enjoyed the ride very much.

 

 

 

Saturday, June 6, 1992 RAIN RAIN RAIN HEAVY

 

It’s was raining when we got up. It rained very hard all day. The back porch was a mess. Barry came and he is coming when it gets dry to fix the roof. David came for coffee and Zac. Dorothea came and worked all day. Took care of the new bedspreads on the beds in my room. Dorothea did the whole house, washed floors. Betty, Carmen, Zack, Brogan and Henry the turkey all came up.

 


 

 

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