More Jubilee fun .....
  

Land of Hope and Glory...

scrabble in the library today...

....eric, christine and mary are taking this very seriously!

christiane is still away on holiday...

...so Marie kindly offered to call the bingo numbers today - susan, helen, doreen, philip, patty & marian were very pleased she did so - must remember to give her a prize as she misses out when not playing herself!!

welcome Peggy...

.... to MEH. 

She enjoyed a dose of fresh air on the patio courtesy of carer Lillo today - the weather was perfect and she enjoyed the garden - ross has been busy there today planting vegetables.

reminisence coffee morning with a jubilee theme

a glass of sherry, some prompts from the reminisence boxes, and our residents enjoyed a lovely morning sharing their experiences of the day Elizabeth became Queen in 1952.  our hosts were two volunteers, new to MEH, Beth and Laura; they enjoyed their morning as much as the residents and will be back again in a few weeks time with a different topic for conversation.

getting into the jubilee weekend festivities...

we have started to decorate MEH for the jubilee weekend, with bunting, flags and balloons. we have planned a jubilee themed tea party for monday afternoon (in the garden weather permitting) which everyone is free to join in with, and on tuesday, amanda is preparing a special jubilee luncheon.

red,white and blue...

lucille and mary's turn on the swing chair today!  have you noticed the garden lately? julian has planted up red, white and blue pots and flowers as his theme this year and the garden is looking good!

we had a manicure session first thing this morning, a good lunch and cathy from motivation got everyone......motivated this afternoon!!

tuesday 29th may

from the sublime .....john and audrey enjoying the swingseat in the garden this morning, and lillo helping grace with her knitting when she got her wool in a tangle!

'music for health' with heather today was a success - jubilee themed - but my photo's didnt come out.!

if you missed it...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01hxlw3/Sunday_Politics_South_East_27_05_2012/

click on the link above to see the piece on care homes featuring MEH -   ( its at approx 31.33 )

patty and olive enjoying the sunshine..

...on the common, overlooking the cricket ground (sadly no-one playing today!)  marie, joyce and mary f had raced on ahead for their afternoon constitutional and we were later joined by marian ...

Happy Birthday Karen

it was Karen's birthday today, Amanda had made her a cake and staff and residents joined together to sing Happy Birthday and present her with a card and flowers.

10 year service awards...

...were presented to Hilary and Tim today at a special lunchtime ceremony by Kate James, the Chief Executive of Greensleeves Homes Trust.

day trip to hastings 25th may

...started at the new Jerwood Gallery in Hastings old town with coffee on the terrace, then lunch at a seafront cafe.  

Mary and Doreen went for a look around the old town with Laura, while Hester and Lucille were interested in the various exhibitions back at the gallery...Ken, Susan, Jean, and Joan were happy to walk in the sunshine and then meet back at the gallery to watch a short film on the artist Rose Wylie

keeping busy at meh

tuesday afternoon, after keep fit and lunch, some of our more artistic residents gathered in the games room for an art and craft session with julie - we didnt know what to expect until she arrived - with pretty tiles, broken china and some tile adhesive.  Mosaic was a new art experience to everyone and after a bit of encouragement everyone managed to produce a masterpiece.  these need drying out, then grouting and cleaning and then will be ready for display.

today the hairdresser comes and there is always a waiting list for charity to perform her magic.  Jon McDevit came to play his yukalele and marie, joyce and mary went for a walk later.  Christine prefers to sit in the foyer where there was a nice breeze, and enjoy some fresh air.

walk in the sunshine...

lovely afternoon for a walk on the common, with mary, joyce and marie - we were later joined by Lucille

ice cream flavour competition...

we decided to enter the NACC 'design your own ice cream flavour' competition sponsored by Premier Foods and thought that a bit of 'market research' needed to be done first!   the entry criteria is 'if you could design your own ice cream what flavour would it be?'  - we have some amusing suggestions and the best ones will be submitted today.  we will let you know if our combination is chosen!!

judging by the photos above, marie, helen, pat and win were enjoying theirs; not too sure about joan and ken!!

celebrating birthdays in May

marise, phyl and win celebrating their birthdays at mount ephraim ...

getting ready for summer

lights, camera, action...

spring fayre

spring fayre was a great success.  marie and marian were in charge of the art and craft table - we had cakes courtesy of becki and daniel and sheil and di made some lovely items to sell ...thanks to everyone who supported and attended our event.

christiane is presented with her olympic medal...

at Bingo today as she does a fantastic job every week!

a trip down the nile...

...not us, but a talk from Shelagh Ball who recounted her adventures to a very appreciative audience!!

the residents have rhythm!

a musical afternoon with percussion instruments, song sheets and quiz...gave everyone a buzz and put a smile on their faces - even Lillo enjoyed joining in!

a lunch for all our volunteers....

...to thank them for all they do for the residents at mount ephraim house.  we had a lovely lunch at royal wells hotel today for everyone to get together.

sunny start to the week....

stop press...

lovely photo of the walkers (including Vivienne) plus Sheila (with her fund raising bucket!!) and Ken (last resident standing, or should that be sitting) on the rocks, tunbridge wells common on saturday 21st april.

money still coming in for sponsored walk, not too late to contribute!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLIVE

here is Olive's birthday cake, and Olive having happy birthday sung to her by the residents!