As the lawns were cut for winter we popped out to do some gardening with the residents planting some colourful flowers to see us through the winter months at the home.  The residents had a wonderful time deciding which plants were being potted where and we can’t wait for you to see them when you visit.

We were all set for our Halloween party at the home on Sunday 31st October and bought some witches hats for our residents to dress up in and be part of the fun and games we had planned.  Our wonderful kitchen team created a buffet for us and we enjoyed lots of party games and spooky Halloween music.

We are enjoying getting out and about again and in October we enjoyed a lovely day out to the Japanese Gardens. We had such a wonderful day following the map of the gardens and exploring the bridges, gardens and pathways.  We would definitely recommend a visit if you’ve not been before.

We had a wonderful Halloween party at the home in October with lots of spooky pumpkins and a table of snacks for trick or treat.  There was lots of fun and games, lovely food and singing and dancing. 

We thought we’d set ourselves a challenge of learning the accordion at the home today.  What a chuckle we had taking turns and seeing who could make the best tune.

We had a visit from Comley Park Nursery today. Out in our lovely garden and Summerhouse. The residents have really missed their weekly visit and it was lovely to catch up . Visit had to be outside because of restrictions but with our gardens and summerhouse it was easy to facilitate. It's so good for our residents wellbeing and they had a great time. Our local connections are very important to us at Thorntree Mews.

One of our sister homes were looking for pen-pals and never one to miss an opportunity for our residents we took up the challenge.  We spent a lovely morning creating some cards for posting to our new contacts and pen pals and we can’t wait to hear back from them.

Victorious at Strathclyde park as we completed a successful fun day raising money for charity and giving back to our community. How lucky were we to get a few hours with no rain and stunning views captured at the park enjoying support from our local community cheering us on and bringing smiles to our faces. Huge thank you to everyone who came past and supported us and made our day so special .. thank you.

The winners of the Pumpkin competition was number 4 - Garrion .. the black bowler hat has changed to a witches hat .. spooky spooky.  Our pumpkin hat judge presented the prizes .. congratulations to everyone who voted and created such a buzz around the home and well done Garrion  for your amazing pumpkin.

Doing the things that we love the most. Thank you to Lugar bowling club for helping us support our residents to keep involved. Over seventy years membership between them and a few championship titles. New memories were made and time spent remembering the good old times.