October brings the end of the colorful fall season. Leaves are at their most flamboyant at the beginning and by Halloween the trees are bare silhouettes against an ever darkening skyline. We started here with Octoberfest and ended with the “scariest” of all days. In between there were many concerts, socials, and the annual resident…
It was a cool start to September, but we stayed warm and busy here. The month saw the annual butter tart party, a series of musical performances and the biannual Celebration of Life. We even had a salsa and chip party with salsa from our own green tomatoes. Our young apple trees are producing…
Summer is closing and the feeling of Fall is definitely in the air. May and June were so cold and wet it seemed we barely got any summer at all. We did get enough heat to bring on the flowers and fruit trees. The sunflowers on the balconies bloomed and I think a few tomatoes…
St. Joseph’s at Fleming held it’s annual summer fair complete with all the fun and games of the Peterborough exhibition. All we lacked was a Ferris wheel! Fortune telling, roulette spins, shooting gallery, photo booth and even cotton candy. Produce table was a little thin but then it was still only July. That watermelon must…
It is with great pride and pleasure to announce that we have received our 2nd year CARF Accreditation certification in Person Centered Long-Term Care for 2019/2020. Congratulations and Thank you for all the hard work, compassion and care the staff at St Joseph’s at Fleming continue to provide to our Residents.
June ends with a glorious entry into summer. Our gardens are looking lush and inviting….so I guess the rain had a hand in that! Cool weather kept lilacs blooming for weeks. Hopefully we can now get into a little summer warmth. It has been a month of parties and celebrations with the Volunteer…
We were hoping for spring blossoms and warm breezes but the weather refused to cooperate. Heavy rains and March like temperatures kept us shivering and the May flowers underground. As I write this in the first week of June I see what might be summer-like days for the weekend. We’ll see. Click on photo to…
It seems spring will never arrive. The grounds look like November only soggy. As we await the first buds of spring we can still notice subtle changes. The pond is full, the goldfish are swimming and the first bloom nourishes a hungry bee! Don’t forget how valuable the dandelions are for the emerging bee population….
March was busy and went by almost as fast as February. It started with snow and ended with snow. A real April fool’s dump of wet white packing snow. A welcome and pretty sight in November but not so pleasant now! We’re waiting for that first gloriously warm spring day when we can go…
February might be short but it delivered some powerful weather! Snow storms, ice storms, wind storms. Some days we thought spring might be just around the corner with mild temperatures and sunny skies only to find those temperatures plummeting and ice underfoot the next day. Along with the regular activities such as sing…