25^th April 2024

The birthday celebrations continued this week – we enjoyed a chocolate caterpillar cake courtesy of Judith in last week’s coffee morning.

We are very fortunate to have a beautiful sheltered garden at Broomgrove, Saturday’s fine weather enabled residents to sit outside, albeit well wrapped up!

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the afternoon the music film ‘El Divo Live in Japan’ was very well attended and enjoyed by all.

We celebrated St George’s Day by dressing in red and white and making flags to decorate Broomgrove.

Animal Bingo was fun as always and Active Games had its faithful attendees.

 

 

 

We had a visit from the wonderful storyteller Beth Guiver who sang, shared anecdotes and told folk stories and gave information about the local area.

Last week Helena came for her monthly visit to do Yoga. It is always a popular activity and complements our exercise morning and Active Games well.

We had a wonderful coffee morning and this week Joyce C and Judith both had their birthdays so lots of cake and celebrations.

On Saturday some residents enjoyed watching the film ‘Young Victoria’ and on Sunday morning there was a Quiz and a craft afternoon where residents coloured flags in preparation for St George’s Day. We have also had Brain Games and an enjoyable Reminiscence. We didn’t use the Sparkle magazine this week as there was just a small group who all enjoyed sharing anecdotes and having a chat about their memories.

Last Saturday we had a visit from The Fountain of Life Christian Centre who held a service for us, which was enjoyable. Music Club saw a nice selection of well-known classical music, chosen by Betty.

We had a well-attended, productive Trustees Meeting where the Accounts were presented.

This week was the visit of PAT Dog Maggie-Mae. It’s always a highlight of the month and she got plenty of attention and treats!

 

We’ve had a variety of activities happening in the run up to Easter to celebrate the weekend. We decorated the lounges and dining room and had a Coffee Morning on Good Friday with Hot Cross Buns. We had a service from St Mark’s Church. On Saturday the residents enjoyed watching Easter Parade and on Sunday we had an Easter Quiz. In our Craft session we made some cute Bunny cups to hold mini eggs. Music Club featured music of Easter and Spring and Spring was also the theme in Poetry Club.

 

 

We’ve had another great week in Activities. The main celebration was St David’s Day. We decorated the lounges and dining room and had a Coffee Morning on the day. There were Welsh cakes, and Norman’s son and daughter-in-law were our guests. They kindly brought daffodils for the ladies and Jon played the guitar and sang Welsh hymns and folk songs both in Welsh and English. He also played the piano.

It was a lovely morning, which everybody really enjoyed. The Welsh theme continued in Poetry Club, with poems by Welsh poets.

On Saturday we showed The 2 Ronnies, which was entertaining. Apart from our usual activities we also put on Scrabble.

Congratulations  to Bernie who celebrated her 80th birthday with friends and family visiting her at Broomgrove for cake and refreshments.