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 26, 2018

October 3 - 6, 1969 First Frost of the Year


Friday, October 3, 1969

A rainy day. I finished cleaning the kitchen. Billie help me to do some things, fix the radiators, lights etc. I went to town in evening. Carmen came up for a little while after supper.




Saturday, October 4, 1969

A beautiful day. I cleaned the breezeway. Bill and Billie moved the furniture out and cleaned the living room rug. It looks so nice. Woodrow Dobbins called in PM. Bill finished harrowing the garden. Fern up for supper. Lloyd came after her.

Zak on Oct 4, 1969




Sunday, October 5, 1969 FROST

This morning we had the first white frost for the season. Didn’t get up till about 8 o’clock. I took a bath, did up the work. Made a pie and cake. Cooked a ham dinner. The Horton’s came up. I went down there with Betty. Bill and Billie went down and mowed their lawns for the last time. Also they mowed ours and put away the mowers. Bob and Pat called, brought me some cukes to make some pickles.



Monday, October 6, 1969

Foggy. I washed. Cleaned up the house. It seems good to have it all clean.



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