The last days of summer. 2013

The past few weeks have been all about food in one way or another. The blossom of spring (see earlier blog entry) has now turned to apples and it looks like being a bumper crop.

 It has been a great year for fruit and veg  and residents have been very well fed from the garden. They have enjoyed fresh plums, mulberries and soft fruit, leeks, peas, tomatoes and much more.

Residents went on an outing to the newly re-opened Higgins Gallery in Bedford and sampled the café at lunch time.

 They found the tour very interesting and we plan to run regular trips to the gallery to gain from their outreach services and hear experts talk about various artworks. This forms part of our efforts to provide stimulation and new interests for our residents, many of whom have memory problems.
Meanwhile, back at the old homestead,  some residents are preparing for Christmas by making damson gin. Others obviously do not want to wait that long.....

 

Maintenance staff set up scaffolding to hang a new light in our two storey stairwell. Keeping up a property of this age and size is never straight forward but the results prove worthwhile.                                

 

Our cooks do a great job of providing really tasty and beautifully prepared food for the residents and their guests. Here is a sample of afternoon tea cakes - a tray of choux swans. Not everyone will like everything, but there is always a choice and the kitchen staff make great efforts to produce a range of healthy and interesting dishes.

 

 

 

 

Coming up soon will be a boat trip up the river, harvest with all it's mellow fruitfulness and celebration, pub lunches and more outings.