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!

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

May 29 - June 1, 1965



Saturday, May 29, 1965

I picked up and done a lot of odd jobs. In p.m. Betty and I over to Sweden and got plants for Cemetery. Lots look so nice. Billie worked on pigpen. Betty and I called at Grace (?) Camels to see a washing machine.




Sunday, May 30, 1965

A nice day. Mike went fishing with Bob. I set my dahlias out, trimmed grass. Betty and Mike didn’t have to work. Billie got the pigs out.



Monday, May 31, 1965

Celebrate the holiday. Billie worked for Lawrence. Bill and Mike put the cement into the porch foundation. Carmen and Betty to the parade. I washed all day. Bill saw the washing machine wringer act out today. A beautiful day.



Tuesday, June 1, 1965

A nice day but on the cool side. Carmen very sick. Betty and I took her to the doctors at Naples. Bischenofferberger. Bronchial pneumonia and asthma. My kitchen set came today, very pretty. I was caring for Carmen all day. I ironed, cooked, washed kitchen floor.

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