Thursday, 22 March 2012

trip to burswood thursday 22nd march




thanks to vivienne and joan from chartwell lodge, we arranged a trip to burswood this afternoon to see the daffodils in full glory, and have tea and cake on the terrace. pictured: helen, christine, eric, marie, hester, joyce, lucille together with hollie, olivia,  and john the driver

thursday art and craft


joan and pat enjoying a few quiet moments helping with the easter collage which we started last week.

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Greensleeves Accolades to celebrate achievements in 2011...

.... tues 20th march 2012 at the Kia Oval in London, representatives from MEH were invited to the prize giving.

mount ephraim house were shortlisted for home of the year, gardens and grounds & activity provision, Christiane for volunteer of the year, Linda for carer of the year and marilyn for 'other category' award.

Although we did not win first prizes, we were very pleased to have been recognized and Linda received a special certificate for her achievement.

Saturday, 17 March 2012

happy st patrick's day

 we are celebrating st patrick's day today at meh - jonathan is coming to play guitar and sing and karen has bought a supply of champagne and guiness for a 'black velvet' treat later on today!
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end of another week...

 easter card making, john checking out maria callas on you tube, bingo with christiane, new hair do's, christine checking her emails and grace's knitting just keeps on growing!
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Tuesday, 13 March 2012

tuesday activity at meh

 a full house at keep fit today, scrabble in the dining room, out of africa on dvd in the lounge and easter card making in the games room we had a busy day;  visitors for lunch and coffee and tea, walks in the grounds and a visit from the priest...!
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Tuesday, 28 February 2012

sunset 28th feb 2012

decorating plates....

julie brought some beautiful paper napkins and showed us how to transform plain glass plates and votives
using a decopage technique.  phyll, patty, iris, ann and pat had a lovely relaxing and creative afternoon!

Monday, 27 February 2012

reminisence hour...

...today was all about magazines... we had a full house today and the topic was well received and sparked off all sorts of other conversations.
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helen's friend comes to celebrate...

...joan whose birthday was last week, brought in a lovely cake and we held an impromptu birthday party. quite a day for tea and cake and candles today. hope she made a wish...
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happy birthday joan...

... it was our volunteer Joan's birthday today and she was subjected to a round of 'happy birthday to you' from the monday group in the library - she brought in some gorgeous chocolates for everyone; hope she has a lovely day.
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Monday, 20 February 2012

Friday, 17 February 2012

afternoon tea dance


caroline and derek came to visit peggy and put on a tea dance for doreen, ann, eric, sheila, lucille, helen, phyll etc - great fun - they have promised to do it again soon..

the Gnome Show...


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didnt they do well!

ken, marie, mary and christine, were joined by some of the staff today (jemma, and di) to decorate some old prayer books from the library - we used decorative tape and stickers and everyone did an amazing job to transform some very plain covers...
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Thursday, 16 February 2012

marco and his magic tricks...

visited meh today and Iris's little visitors joined in!
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R.I.P. Diana Court

Diana passed away today - pictured here on her 98th birthday last may. She had the dubious honour of being the longest residing resident at MEH and she will be sorely missed.
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Tuesday, 14 February 2012