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, November 4, 2017

May 17 - 20, 1965



Monday, May 17, 1965

A rainy day. I cleaned in the kitchen. Fern, Lloyd called. Betty and Mike slept all day. Bill painted screens after supper. I got Es and Dorothea’s letters off today.



Tuesday, May 18, 1965

Rained all day. I finished the KITCHEN. A nice rain for past two days for strawberry plants. Betty and Carmen called at Ferns after supper. I’m so glad that kitchen is done.



Wednesday, May 19, 1965

I vacuumed, cleaned up the house. I did some of my odds and end jobs. Kennard came down and got some dandelions. I got some for supper also.



Thursday, May 20, 1965

After a rainy period of several days it cleared off and became nice and sunny. I got my machine back. It didn’t work any better. It hit my hand. I washed all day long. Brud called this evening.



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