And the winner is .....

Arthur! He beat chick and David to win the Thursday shove ha'penny contest !

Friday 6th march

Another glorious spring day, and the knitters gathered in the library ... We've decided to make cushions now instead of blankets and Marie had a stack of lovely pastel squares for joining together. 

Christina's knitting skills are coming on well too!  During coffee Pam arrived with Thomas the 'pat' dog and began his tour of the home visiting all his favourite people!

This afternoon Derek came to play piano in the lounge, Christiane held the weekly bingo session and katerina made a cake with Anne and Joan, using the eggs she had 'blown' from their shells!   While the cake was in the oven, katerina helped Anne to paint the shells ready for Easter decoration finishing touches next week. 

Jean, Margaret, Gloria and Eileen w helped with some flower arranging; we were given several lovely bunches of spring flowers from Vera, who stayed with us last week, as a thank you,

and I think the ladies enjoyed the task !

Beautiful spring flowers

Glorious day today; took Eileen for a quick visit to sainsburys while Peggy was shopping in Tonbridge with Denise.

After parking the van we stopped to admire the pretty spring flowers growing around the summer house.  Eileen remembers this was one of the first sights that greeted her as she came to live at meh 2 years ago this week!

 

Happy birthday Audrey

February - coming and going

February came and went in a flash....shrove Tuesday, valentines day, Chinese New Year ( any excuse for a celebration) signs of spring in the garden, making preparations for Easter....

We were so sad to lose Iris and Marjorie who have been a part of MEH for so long and we will miss them very much.

Bridget came to live with us earlier in the month and we are looking forward to getting to know her.  

Last week the tun wells half marathon took place; one of the runners was David storer (grandson of the late Mary p) who dedicated his run to her memory and has raised money for activities at meh for which we are very grateful.

St David's day...

1st march we celebrate at David's day - even more so this year as we have a new resident come to live with us who is welsh - hope she feels at home and will enjoy being part of life at MEH.

Tuesday art and craft

With jenny and Roy... Starting on the Easter decorations already, how time flies

busy in the craft room, homemade lemon cake with tea and a gorgeous blanket made by jenny as a gift for Gordon ...

Half marathon run for meh

Chinese new year

Year of the sheep (goat) 2015 

Celebrations today with homemade paper lanterns using residents artwork, homemade paper fortune cookies, and a dragon or two....!!  Daniel served up a sweet 'n sour feast for supper 

Friday 13th

Started off with knit and natter in the library- Christina, our volunteer looks after the ladies and they teach her to knit!  

To continue our valentines week theme, we had Derek playing the piano after lunch followed by Doug and his amazing Yamaha sound system, with a mixture of ballads and old favourites.  

Thursday ....

Finishing off the valentine decorations for the home today which many of the residents have helped to make ...

Charity came in to style everyone's hair ..,, Nadia was here for the weekly general knowledge quiz in the lounge and later, the school volunteers popped in for the weekly scrabble competitions!   

Meanwhile David started on a jigsaw which was great fun though it took a while to get the outside edges done!

Happy valentines.....

Jenny and Roy arranged a lovely tea party in the lounge on Tuesday to celebrate valentines this week.  Jenny made some heart shaped cakes, sandwiches, sausage rolls and cheese straws- we had romantic music, lots of  visitors and fun. Many thanks jenny and Roy

Spring is sprung

No keep fit this week (sues on holiday) so we arranged a walk in the grounds for anyone who wanted to!  Peggy, David and Anne were the only willing participants ....we admired the gardens, picked some spring flowers and listened to the birdsong in the trees.

Goodbye January

Remembering dear lucille

A week ago today it was Lucilles funeral at the village church at penshurst. Lovely service for a very special lady.  Seems strange her not being around, she always had

a cheery word and positive outlook on life!

Art and craft tues

Making valentine decorations today, making a start for the festivities next month...and Marie was presented with a lovely blanket hand made by jenny

First signs of spring

Arrived at work the other morning to see these lovely delicate flowers 

Happy birthday Joan

Had a lovely time with Joan today- her family visited, lots of cards and presents, party in the lounge with candles and cake too.  told us she was thirty today - who are we to argue ?

End of the day...

Colouring finished, iris enjoying a dance with katerina at her party and a beautiful sunset 

Snookered..

The weekend staff set up the snooker table Karen bought before Christmas and it has proved a hit, especially with the boys ...

Happy monday

It was Iris's birthday today and she had two cakes made for her plus a tea party in the lounge this afternoon!

Goodbye Marise

And god bless ...

Lovely service on Tuesday Marise was fondly remembered by family and friends 

Katerina' art class

Keeping busy with pens and paper always a relaxing way to spend the afternoon!

No time to get 'board' here....

Happy birthday Joan s

Lovely day celebrating Joan's birthday today - her family came along in the afternoon and Derek the pianist was on form to turn afternoon tea into a party!!

A talk by Dennis Penfold

A bit of social history brought to MEH by mr Penfold today in the form of an illustrated talk about the Rusthall VAD Hospital.  

Guest of honour was patty as she remembers it well and used to be taken along in her pushchair by her mother who worked there!  Bearing in mind patty is now in her 101st year it is amazing what memories she has of that time ....

Standing room only!!

Collage fun

With jenny today back after the  Xmas break ... We decided to start a collage to decorate the hallway ....jenny supplied the homemade cake and we had a jolly time.  When it's finished we will of course display our masterpiece!

And these are the results ...

...after a night in the chiller 

Banana biscuits ...

Katerina is showing the residents how to make banana biscuits ... Later chocolate will be poured over and they will chill in the fridge ...

Magic painting!

Love the new magic painting sets...

Heads shoulders knees and toes...

Back into the swing if 2015 with a keep fit workout - designed for good balance and posture... 

Friday feeling...

...a bit cold and sunny...the knit and natterers met in the library and chose some new wool to create with (Karens been to hobbycraft again!) we discussed works events and shared our memories of lucille who sadly passed away on Wednesday- a very lovely lady who will be missed very much.

Later, after lunch, Christiana was back after her Xmas break to host the bingo and the general knowledge quiz.  

Derek was tinkering the ivories in the lounge meanwhile,  and discovered Doreen had a beautiful singing voice which he is keen to bring out!  She used to sing with the don glover band - if anyone has heard of them please get in 

Welcome to 2015

We welcomed in the new year with Derek on piano and said a prayer for Marise and Pru who passed away, peacefully this week. They will be greatly missed by all who knew them. 

SKATE !

Tea at the skating rink ....

Marie and Eileen went along to watch the skaters in calverley park today - couldn't persuade them onto the ice but we did stop for a lovely cup of tea at #thesaltbeefco chalet.  

We stayed to watch the ice being prepared for a new session before making our way back to MEH and a warm welcome.