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!

Friday, November 23, 2018

May 27 - 30, 1969


Tuesday, May 27, 1969

Cold and windy. We went to Sebago and looked at a lot of land Walt wants to buy.



Wednesday, May 28, 1969 Planted Peas

It cleared off and came off hot. I cleaned up the house. Betty don’t feel too good today. We did a lot of odds and end jobs today. Bill planted first mess of peas tonight after supper.



Thursday, May 29, 1969 $5.00

A nice hot day. I worked at Dorothy’s in a.m. Betty cleaned up the house, washed kitchen floor and did a wash. In p.m. we went to Windham, stopped to see Dorothea. She came up and met us. Came home, had a cold supper.



Friday, May 30, 1969 Memorial Day, Planted

Showers but most of the day was good. Betty and Walt away most of the day. Bill and I up to Waterford, took Carmen and Kim. Carmen helped plant. Billie home. He did a lot of picking up and cleaning up.


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