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!

Thursday, February 28, 2019

June 7 - 10, 1970


Sunday, June 7, 1970

A nice day. Mowed lawns, trimmed, sat out some pansies. Betty and Walt worked outside. They bought a new lawnmower from Alton Giles. Aunt Ava called. I had a boiled ham supper.



Monday, June 8, 1970

A beautiful day. I did a big wash. Down to Betty’s. She got her bed ready for a brand-new mattress. Got it at Thurlow’s. She is pleased with her new mower and mattress. Bill and I called in evening. Billie watered all the plants tonight.



Tuesday, June 9, 1970 Kitten

Very hot. We went to Westbrook. Betty got a kitten to help get rid of rats. I set out some plants. Made a pie, did my ironing. Aunt Ava called. We called at Dorothea’s. She wasn’t at home.



Wednesday, June 10, 1970 Hot and Dry

Another very hot day. Betty up. We made a double batch of root beer. Fern, Lloyd called. Also Kim and Zak here. It is awful dry, we need rain so bad. Betty and I sat a bed up in her downstairs bedroom. She watered her plants and cleaned the swimming pool. Horton family called in eve. Town got the new truck today. Bill drove it home. I washed and ironed a dite today. Mike called on Betty on his way fishing.


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