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.

We were finally able to welcome in the wonderful Tickled Pink Productions to perform their version of Cinderella. It was an absolute hoot, keeping all who were watching engaged. Filled with classic songs which were sang along to, and full of jokes which left us all belly laughing, is really was full of joy (Oh yes it was!!!).

Australia Day was celebrated with one of our most favourable activities - armchair travel.

Passports and boarding passes in hand, we flew 10657 miles and landed in Canberra. In 3 hours and 30 minutes we travelled around Australia stopping at some really breath-taking destinations, Kangaroo Island, Uluru, Great Barrier Reef, Bondi Beach and Sydney Opera House to name but a few. One lady commented "We really do live in a remarkable world to have so much beauty".

We celebrated burns night with haggis, neeps and tatties and washed down with a glass of whiskey. We listened to traditional bagpipes after remembering the life of Robert Burns, The peoples poet.

It is the year of the tiger which means this year is all about courage, generosity and peace. If you're celebrating the Chinese New Year, Bowerfield House would like to wish you all good health, wealth and good vibes for the new year!

Bowerfield House enjoyed a lovely Chinese take away and we all tucked in to our yummy meal and we all had a go eating with the chop sticks and we had plenty of giggles but we all managed to do it eventually, later in the day we watched a fire work display on the projector.

Last week our residents were getting crafty creating Chinese lantern and fans for Chinese New Year and enjoyed a Chinese curry dish for dinner. Our residents enjoyed film afternoon watching the famous funny face and got to choose within the group what they would like to watch. We had a remembrance on buddy holly, and sang songs on karaoke in remembrance of him and passed pictures around the room. Our residents got up and sang on karaoke and told the group some information that they knew about buddy holly. We then enjoyed cake and coffee along with a nice chat.

Bowerfield House enjoyed celebrating the Queens Platinum Jubilee 70th Anniversary of her reign, what an amazing woman! Elizabeth II is already the nations longest reigning monarch, and the longest still serving sovereign in the world, no wonder the world loves her, long live the Queen.

Bowerfield House enjoyed making table decorations, we had a craft day making soldiers from toilet rolls.

Heather and a few carers loved dressing up in silly glasses and hats and waved our flags we all enjoyed our day celebrating.

We celebrated the Chinese New Year in style. We watched a beautiful Dragon Dance show from Hong Kong on our large screen, ate Chinese spring rolls with sweet chilli sauce and prawn crackers, we listened to relaxing Chinese Music and learnt a little about the History of the Chinese Rulers. We all had a fun and interesting afternoon, enjoyed by everyone.

The residents had a delicious Chinese dish for lunch. Either Sweet and Sour Chicken with rice or Vegetable stir fry. They enjoyed the decorations and the fun fortune cookies. We also found out which animal each resident is is regards to the Chinese calendar. We also had a tiger colouring sheet as its Year of the Tiger.

Residents and Staff at Manorhey celebrated Chinese New Year with a traditional Chinese meal served by the home's catering staff. Chinese lanterns were made and decorated by residents.