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!

Sunday, February 24, 2019

May 23 - 26, 1970


Saturday, May 23, 1970

Betty called me this morning that Walt’s mom died last night very suddenly. I went down to Betty’s to stay while they went to Norway. Walt is quite upset. I got my big shade curtain. Betty and Walt picked it up. Billie hauled dressing for the garden and for Walt’s too. Fern, Lloyd up for supper.



Sunday, May 24, 1970

A nice day, kind of on the cold windy side. Betty and Walt left about 10 AM to go to Walt’s home. I done up the work here, get the kids ready, went up to the house. Billie hauled the dressing and spread it on the pasture. Bill harrowed garden. Dolores called. I am sleeping at Betty’s tonight, Bill too.



Monday, May 25, 1970

Cloudy when we got up, it soon began to rain. I done up the work here, got the breakfast. Up home and done up the work. Billie worked for Lawrence today. Bill didn’t work today, the holiday. Kids up here all day. Alton Giles and his wife called to see the mower.



Tuesday, May 26, 1970

Cloudy and foggy. I got the kids up. Carmen off to school. Done up the work done at Betty’s. Came up here. Did a lot of odds and end jobs. Billie and Lloyd over to Norway, got the seeds, a garbage pail, bells and straps for the cows. I went back down after supper to Betty and Walt’s. Got the kids to bed. I did a big wash. Betty and Walt came tonight about 11. They brought me a box of Putman’s candy chocolates.

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