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 17, 2018

May 3 - 6, 1969


Saturday, May 3, 1969

Clear, cloudy, windy and cold. Got up at regular time. Sat out some shrubs we got Portland. In p.m. Bill and I went to Portland, got paint and curtain for breezeway. We called at Dorothea’s. Billie worked for Lawrence. Fern up for supper. Bill painting outside of house.



Sunday, May 4, 1969

Cold. Got up about 7:30 AM. Did up the regular work and made a pie. Cooked dinner. Dorothea and family called. After supper we had Aunt Ava over for her birthday cake. Her birthday is Tuesday. Bill painted on the house and the blinds.



Monday, May 5, 1969 Very cold

A very nice sunny and clear day, but very windy. And on the cold side. We did up the work and went to Zayres and took the paint back and swapped it. Called at Dorothea’s and went out to see where Walt works. Came home, washed, got supper.



Tuesday, May 6, 1969

A very windy cold day. We washed again. It was so cold and windy. I ironed etc. In evening I took Carmen over to June’s and got her hair cut. Billie took kids and I over Maple Ridge to see the deer.


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