a lovely spring walk

Lucille and Dorothy enjoy a lovely spring stroll around the grounds this afternoon - it was really quite warm out but we still couldnt persuade anyone else to join us!

a little party in the library

while Derek entertained at the piano, Peggy sipped a g&t with daughter caroline in the library.

the finished result

these are the finished corsage's - very impressive!

flower power!

at lunch time we collected another batch of beautiful flowers from sainsbury's. Sheila offered to help with the arranging, as did patty and hilda. lucille came along to watch and got roped in to do a vase. they were rewarded with chocolate!



meanwhile, the rest of the residents were being entertained in the lounge by Sue who was holding a reminisence session.

feathers...

later we were joined by lucille who modelled one of the new feather boa's which arrived today. marie is looking pleased with her corsage and below is the box of boa's in lots of different colours.

a bit of glamour

we started the week with an art and craft session with julie, making corsage's to wear at this week's Oscar night. a lovely array of ribbon, flowers,feathers, and sparkly bits inspired the residents to create something original!
pictured is patty, and phyll. we were also joined by ursula, iris, marie, jean and happily we were assisted by volunteer Joan.

smile!

You don't stop laughing because  you grow old, you grow old because you stopped laughing..!!!


came across this quote (courtesy of Dyan - Art from the Heart) today and had to put it on here!  we are currently arranging 'Laughter Classes' at MEH- first one due to take place next month...

end of another week...

this was the other sketch done by Christopher White which is now featuring on our very own Mount Ephraim greeting cards! its one of the dogs ursula had painted a few years ago and he just sketched it in oil pastels.

friday is fish 'n' chips lunch, bingo in the afternoon with Christianne and opening the 'outreach' library books.

Peggy's family visited her in the library this afternoon, and over a gin and tonic they helped sort out the library - we now have 4 shelves of romantic fiction all in one place! plus of course all the poetry, classic novels, thrillers etc all together and easy to find! had hoped John would help but he is very busy working on his family history and research which he does on his own computer so he was excused!!

helen c had visitors as did dorothy b and win... the staff room was being repainted in a subtle shade of yellow and the 'new' hair salon was finished and ready for business.

next wednesday is MEH Oscars night - we have had a good response to invitations but if anyone has not yet replied please do so - we need to order enough champagne!

a little bit of venice

thursday 17th feb - a busy day at meh
.
Bill came to collect Gordon for  his first- stamp collecting
club meeting in groombridge...

hairdressing with Charity - her 'clients' pleased to see her for a chat and  fun while waiting their turn...

card making with ursula and patti - we were joined by Christopher, Ursula's son...
who did this lovely drawing using oil pastels, which we have scanned
& will use to make  cards to sell at meh!

bought new wool for marie to knit  more squares for blankets we are making for spring fayre...

lunch, then
entertainment by Jon McDevitt with
his guitar.

walk in the grounds with Dorothy F -
lovely afternoon.
lucille was out and about too.

tuesday 15th feb

after keep fit (great turnout of 17 residents today!) went off to sainsburys to pick up flowers.

after lunch, marie offered to help put them into vases. she brought along her new 'take that' cd - we put in on (loud!) and got snipping.

later we were joined by Hollie after she finished her shift, and Patti who was prised away from her armchair to help!

caption competition

here is nick being confronted on the stairs by one of the resident cats. anyone come up with a suitable caption? answers on a postcard...

monday afternoon tea party!

we had arranged a trip to polhill today as they hold monthly tea dances in the restaurant area. here we have phyll, john, lucille and hilda accompanied by sheila and diana. it was a lovely day and our table was by the window, in the afternoon sun.

none of us got up to dance - but there were plenty of 'regulars' who did and we enjoyed watching them whilst sipping our tea!

work in progress!

Julian has been working very hard over the winter, clearing the garden and planting up the spring bulbs. took this photo today showing the crocus bulbs just beginning to flower outside marjorie and phyll's windows.

the other work in progress is the new hair salon along the annexe - here we have the skip which was delivered last week and will soon be full of rubbish from the refurb...

hollie to the rescue!

trip to Tonbridge yesterday - shopping in boots and coffee in cafe nero for john, lucille, phyll, marie, marian and susan hs.

in spite of the rain we managed to have a nice afternoon, even when the lifting apparatus on the mini bus wouldnt work and hollie had to get it moving manually! thank goodness she was on board to help out!

art and craft afternoon

everyone looks very hard at work, being creative today. we are in the process of making a collage wall hanging for the dining room, made with silk, paper and various other materials...

Julie our tutor managed to get my sewing machine working, lucille and patti are making flowers, marie and marian made pompoms, ursula was coating the paper flowers in pva medium, jean and iris made tassels...

this is a 'work in progress' and will take a few more weeks to complete but the process is fun and will involve as many residents as possible...

looking good peggy!

Peggy's daughter came to visit today - we all remarked how glamorous Peggy looked today and Caroline said she would love to have a photo taken - so here it is!

tuesday fun...

tuesday 'Sonas' followed by keep fit. beautiful sunny day and a few residents took advantage of the lovely weather to take a walk around the grounds.

monday 7th feb

builders have arrived today to start on the renovations for our new 'hair salon' at mount ephraim house. apologies if you tried to park here today - it was a bit chaotic!

elizabeth and joan held the monday discussion group in the library today, and had a lot of fun; the group is growing bigger each week...after lunch it was Reminisence Hour with Sue ...

lucille helped me straighten out the library this morning, patti is busy writing name cards for the dining room, helen was taken out to lunch by her daughter and phyll had visitors too.