saturday club...

...with Di and Sheila... this week the girls helped the residents to decorate fairy cakes using a variety of exciting products - glitter, sugar flowers and special cup cake icing and lots more. the results are gorgeous as you can see from the photos and these cakes will be served with afternoon tea today.

friday fun...

we have had visits from relatives, dogs and volunteers today, communion,scrabble, connect 4, cards, bingo, a general knowledge quiz, and to round off the day - Peggy J's daughter arrived with wine, nibbles and a big box of thorntons chocs, to entertain the residents in the games room with music from the 40's. joan enjoyed connect 4 and Lillo taught grace how to play tension tower!  we then had a game of poker but not for money of course!!

celebrating firework night..

as it was a cold night, we decided to have an indoor firework display!  karen bought a DVD of displays from around the world, all set to music.  we did have some sparklers for outdoors but it was only the staff brave enough to stand outside the dining room putting on a show for the residents while they had supper.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATTi

hope you have a lovely day celebrating your 99th birthday, you are AMAZING !!!
Loads of cards, presents and visitors today...think we have worn you out...make sure you have enough puff left to blow out your candles at supper tonight!!

autumn spendour at burrswood...

we picked a beautiful day to visit burrswood to enjoy the autumn colours in the grounds... marie, marise, ken, denis, mary, joyce, peggy, patti, phyl, lucille, helen p, were joined by cathy, mary, lilo and annie plus two volunteers from chartwell lodge. we had tea and homemade cake in the tearoom had a walk in the grounds, looked in the bookshop and xmas shop and sat in the chapel.

chilling out at meh....

....the cat that is!  its a good life for some

Halloween enjoyed by all

photo session in the library today!

wendy and karen looking very studious in the library...

calendar girls?

no, not our residents (although it might help raise some money!) but the show on at the theatre today. we bought tickets for the show starring ruth madoc and lesley joseph to name but two, but only 5 residents could be persuaded to go!  after they returned, the verdict was a definate thumbs down except for lucille who thoroughly enjoyed it and wendy who accompanied her mum!

http://www.assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk/calendar-girls

meanwhile..

....the rest of the residents were enjoying 'Motivation' with Cathy - a mixture of music, quiz, exercise and anecdotes - which everyone can join in...

and then peggy j joined in too......

....and Anthony taught them how to play Connect 4.

tower of tension

thought id better record this historic moment....peggy playing a game of jenga (or tension tower as its known here) with Anthony (one of our delightful volunteers from skinners!)   she soon got the hang of the game and seems to be having fun!!

happy birthday Helen P

helen enjoyed celebrating her birthday on sunday with her friends at meh.  A special cake was made and everyone sang happy birthday at supper!  wishing you many happy returns helen.

happy birthday sheila and diana

the twins celebrated their birthday today with a party in the games room with (most) of the residents. there was sparkling wine, soft drinks, nibbles, balloons and lots of music - with an impromtu sing song and balloon fight!!

rolling out the clay..

julie came today to do an art and craft session - making jewellery from fimo clay.   iris, marian, lucille, marise, marie, ken and patti, had a lovely time creating amazing things which julie has taken home to bake in the oven.  they will hopefully turn into unique pieces - earrings, pendants etc, which will be on sale at our christmas fayre.

charity golf day 2012

friday 12th october at Lamberhurst golf club - our 3rd annual charity golf day to raise money for the residents' amenities fund.  we were so lucky with the weather, generous sponsors and wonderful support from 24 talented golfers!  the amount raised is almost £1,300 so we owe grateful thanks to all involved - details and more photos to follow!

more tea vicar?

retired rev tony rutherford came to see patty today- they shared tea in the foyer, before she had a walk in the garden.

classical music selection with lesley...

one of our regular volunteers, Lesley, visits residents to share her collection of classical music. not only does she prepare tapes of selected pieces, but she tells the story behind the music to our residents. they enjoy the interaction and always seem to learn something new about the well known, chosen melodies, a big thankyou to lesley - see you again in november.

shopping in beales...

just taking a well earned tea break from shopping in beale's. pictured are marise and phyl. cathy took marie, mary and john, off to superdrug and robert dyas on the other side of town - think they ended up at cafe nero - before we all met up with the minibus for the trip home.

high tea in Brenchley

 eric, susan, helen p, helen c, ken, marie, marise, phyl, patty,peggy w, lucille, jean and mary f

our 'monday club' volunteers arranged a fabulous tea party today for residents and staff at elizabeth & David's beautiful home in brenchley. Joan and Elizabeth baked delicious cakes and scones and meringues, and treated us to their wonderful hospitality - everyone enjoyed themselves and we would like to say a huge thankyou for a truly special afternoon!

card making with a difference...

while half the residents were making music with heather (music for health) in the lounge, marian, iris, christine, marie, marise and patty were making cards with tutor, julie in the games room.  as usual, she has exciting new ideas to try and lots of interesting art materials to play with!

everyone was very impressed with their finished projects.  next session we will be making jewellery with fimo clay...in time to sell at the xmas fayre on 15th november.

residents on top of the world....

 

a very exciting trip to the London Eye yesterday - marise, ken, dennis, joyce, iris, peggy w, hester and jean, together with some of the meh team, took off in pod number 21 to see the sights! 

having fun at hobbycraft!

we had a lovely afternoon at hobbycraft yesterday; marise, marie, helen p, helen c and patty joined annie and I for a collage session organized by hobbycraft manager, Louise, in their tunbridge wells store.  the works of art our residents completed will be on show in our art studio at MEH