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!

Sunday, July 30, 2017

May 4 - 7, 1964



Monday, May 4, 1964

Did another very big wash. Clothes dried good. Picked dandelions. Got the separator cleaned up, after several months of not using it. Betty down town and got the car.



Tuesday, May 5, 1964 Separated milk for first time

Raw cold East wind. I went down and helped Fern in forenoon. Came home. Worked up in top of the barn. Picked some greens for supper. Betty and Bonnie went to Portland. She got me a beautiful wristwatch for Mother’s Day. I like it very much. I ironed after supper.



Wednesday, May 6, 1964

A nice day, on the warm side. I cleaned the back porch and grain room. A big forest fire up in Sweden. Betty up there with Louise. Louise here for supper. Aunt Ava’s birthday.



Thursday, May 7, 1964

A very HOT day. I finished up the bathroom and hallway. Cleaned up all the downstairs. Bert Chaplin here for supper. Billie, Bert, Dara and Red all gone up country smelting. Betty gone to town.


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