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 11, 2017

February 10 - 13, 1965



Wednesday, February 10, 1965

Cloudy day. It began snowing in middle of forenoon. Turned to rain in a short time after we got about two or 3 inches. Rained very hard. Fern, Lloyd called. I ironed, puttered all day. Got letters and Valentines off. Bill worked till about 9:30 tonight.



Thursday, February 11, 1965

Beautiful day. Done my regular work. Wrote to Joy. Churned. Did a dite of mending and cooking. Mike’s day home.



Friday, February 12, 1965

Betty and I to town tonight shopping. I done up my regular work. A very bad sleet storm. Bill back to work. Mike home early.



Saturday, February 13, 1965

A very nice day. I did some cooking. Bill worked in p.m. for a little while. Not much doing. Fern up for supper. Betty and Mike out in the evening.


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