Yesterday we potted a scented rose bush, our residents are really excited to see this grow.

Here at The Hawthorns our residents made valentines cards, this activity was thoroughly enjoyed by those who took part.

Staff at Windmill Court were overwhelmed by a special Staff Appreciate Day organised by the people living with us here in St Minver. Each staff member was presented with a card which had a packet of sweet peas attached, along with a lovely thank you note .

Our residents also attached lots of different works to describe the staff which included; understanding, kind, caring, patient, thoughtful, safe , cheerful and fun. Michael Fox wrote a wonderful speech and delivered this at the presentation on behalf of all of the residents living with us.

For Chinese New staff and residents made their own Chinese zodiac badges to celebrate the year of the Tiger. We laughed and had fun discussing the different traits and if they suited any of our personalities. 

Our residents had a great time at yesterdays Valentines bash! We had Rich from Britain's Got Talent here to sing us some big band love songs. A great time was had by all.

We are sharing the Valentines Day love here at Carmel Lodge, even our work men have been included in our treats.

Valentines Day at Hope Green was a lovely celebration with residents and staff gathering together to decorate the home with flowers, balloons, hearts and ribbons. There was some lovely music playing in the background which gave the opportunity for anyone to sing along whilst busily making table decorations in our craft club and in true Hope Green style there was of course some dancing, tapping of feet to the beat and clapping too. Happy Valentines Day from us all.

There is a magnificent yew tree between Carmel Lodge and Hope Green care homes.

You may know that yew trees are traditionally grown in church yards. This is not symbolic, but practical in times gone by.

Yew trees were needed to make bows and arrows, before guns were invented. At this time, (before the enclosures act) most of Britain was common land, grazed by all animals. However Churchyards were always walled, to keep the animals out. Yew trees are highly poisonous, so it makes sense that they were grown where animals could not eat them.

We have been busy baking heart shaped cookies for Valentine’s Day. Vera has also been preparing some sweet treats as a Valentines Day surprise for her friends and the staff.

What a fantastic day we had at Bowerfield House, one of our residents Jenny and her family love Christmas but sadly they were not able to celebrate it due to lockdown and her family having covid. The family asked me to help them have another Christmas day together, I was more than happy to make this wish come true! We had a tree up and our stockings hung up on the fireplace, the house was decorated beautifully, we had mince pies, Baileys, lots of presents and even had a carrot for the reindeers along with milk and a mince pie for Santa.