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, June 3, 2015

February 23 - 28, 1955



Wednesday, February 23, 1955

Rained all day, very warm, snow settled a lot.



Thursday, February 24, 1955

Very nice springlike day. I’ve made a pie, done up the housework etc.



Friday, February 25, 1955

Another nice day. Churned, did up the regular work. Went to town after Bill got home. Bill got a good check.



Saturday, February 26, 1955

Very nice day. Donnie’s birthday, got his haircut.



Sunday, February 27, 1955

Cloudy. Aloha Bradley up here. Mama came home from Aunt Ava’s tonight. Eye is no different.




Monday, February 28, 1955

Another cloudy warm day. Washed. Billie up to Chet’s, hauled sawdust for himself. Judy had a nice calf born tonight part Brown Swiss and Guernsey. It clouded up tonight.



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  1. Betty Crook HortonJune 3, 2015 at 9:49 AM

    Aloha and I had a lot of fun playing together in our youth. Now.........I pray there is PEACE in your world, my Dear Old Friend. I miss you.

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