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, February 2, 2019

February 25 - 28, 1970


Wednesday, February 25, 1970

Cloudy and snow flurries. Milder. Betty, Susan and children came up. I done regular work and ironed in PM.



Thursday, February 26, 1970 2 below

A very cold windy day and all last night. Down to Betty’s to babysit. They went to town and to Portland to get pictures. I came home, saw rest of my programs and in evening called at Fern’s.



Friday, February 27, 1970

A nice day, cold early but it warmed up. Carmen and Kim up for the day. In late p.m. they went home and Sue and Vince came up. Here for supper. Sue took me to town. We called at Robert and Pat’s on our way home, they were pleased we did. Sue got a package from Tom.



Saturday, February 28, 1970

Cloudy and light snow flurries all forenoon. Some sun. Not too cold. I done my regular work. Susan got a letter from Tom and a little money. I went to town and down to Betty’s a little while. Billie went fishing with Alice and Lawrence.

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