taking this taste test very seriously...

food tasting session at meh today!

as part of our 'food glorious food' week, we invited a local company in to do a taste test!

on the menu was paella, minestrone soup, thai green curry (which was very popular) beef in black bean sauce, sweet and sour chicken and a valetta desert.

monday 12th june

a snapshot of the vegetable garden today and the new 'greenhouse' has been put up.

residents were able to enjoy some fresh air in the garden today, albeit in coats!

elizabeth and joan came to entertain in the morning - lots of stories and chat about life in general over coffee. later sue came to take reminisence hour and the theme today was transport which stirred lots of good memories and anecdotes.

val tried very hard with the computer lessons but was hindered by our wifi connection - which for some reason was not very good today... however, hester, sheila and sue enjoyed their time getting used to the rollerball instead of a mouse and are looking forward to next session.

visit from the Rt Hon Greg Clark MP

we invited Greg Clark to visit MEH today - just over a year since he came to see us before the election - to answer residents questions on how the government is doing so far; quite a range of topics, from the future of care home provision to the war in Afghanistan.

He answered them all fully to the satisfaction of his very appreciative audience, and then posed for some photos afterwards!

patty goes gardening!

time to pick some of the produce for supper tonight - patty offered to help sharon pull some beetroot, lettuce and some radishes. its lovely to have our very own fresh veg and patty (being a keen gardener all her life) was happy to get involved. now, we must get her a hoe.....

new book club starts this week

when I came along to take some photo's of the latest members of the new book club which started today I noticed a distinct lack of books! however, this was just the introduction session when everyone decided what books there were going to read and discuss next time. patty, marie, phyll, iris, sheila and eric were the first to sign up and we are hoping more members join in two weeks time.

helping with the menu's

margaret, jean and hilda offered to help me with changing the menu's for the start of the week and were rewarded with a chocolate bar!!

marion's stint in the office!

Marion remarked that she had not appeared in the blog recently so thought we had better rectify the situation!

the Art Studio has arrived

the art studio was erected on friday by the chaps from 'sheds' - it just needs some floor covering and the walls clad and then it will be fitted out ready for art classes etc. sadly it was raining yesterday so the pictures were taken from indoors. we will be arranging a grand opening ceremony as soon as the work is finished; watch this space!

FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD

As part of our celebrating 'food glorious food' week in June we started with an art and craft class run by Julie - making marzipan fruits! everyone agreed it was great fun, and very relaxing - mixing the colours and moulding the marzipan into fruit and veg shapes.

the ones that didn't get eaten during the class, ended up on the platter to make a lovely display!

trip to barnsgate manor

to celebrate diana's birthday and fulfill her 'wish' from the wish tree, she enjoyed a trip to barnsgate manor yesterday for a cream tea. she made me promise not to put her photo on the blog!

thanks diana!

Diana gathered some of the residents together for a game of bingo on saturday.

Birthdays in May...

Win, Grace, Phyll all pictured here celebrating their birthday's...

ballet solo

residents were treated to a ballet solo performance by the lovely Sarah.

happy birthday week!

Birthdays this week were celebrated by Marise, Win, Phyll and Diana - pictures to follow!  Happy Birthday to you; hope you had a lovely day and enjoyed the birthday cake(s)!!

trip to tonbridge

although our trip to the spa valley railway was postponed, we went out to tonbridge instead - John wanted to visit a bookshop, Marie and Helen were happy to browse and phyll had some shopping to do.  we met up in the Henry Bean a lovely weatherspoons establishment on the high street before heading back before the rush hour.  

a busy morning with keep fit and art and craft...

While a keep fit to music class was going on in the dining room, julie came today to help residents with the wall hanging that we started some weeks ago. quite a few people have had a hand in putting this collage together - from painting flowers, sewing flowers, fraying the fabric etc. today - dorothy f, peggy j, marie, and patty were happy to supply the finishing touches...we will unveil it in the dining room very soon.

garden continues to flourish!

an update on the new veg patch and back garden... a couple of residents have expressed a desire to help with the hoeing - are you listening Julian???