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, December 6, 2017

September 21 - 24, 1965



Tuesday, September 21, 1965

HOT 80 – 95, very hot all day. We went down, called on Fern and Lloyd. Billie mowed lawns. Betty and I did the ironing. Had a cold supper outside on the picnic table. Sat on the front porch in evening.



Wednesday, September 22, 1965

Another hot day. 90-100 degrees temperatures. Churned, done up regular work. Didn’t do too much, it was too hot. Fern, Lloyd called. Mrs. Tina Lowe and Lil. In evening I went over to Aunt Ava’s in evening.




Thursday, September 23, 1965

Another very Hot humid day. I did my washing. Betty got clothes in and ironed after supper. I called on Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis a minute.



Friday, September 24, 1965

Cloudy today, not so hot. I done up the regular work. I worked at my desk. In evening Betty and I to town. Billie mowed rest of the lawns. Took down the field fence.


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