I'm looking forward to Easter, mainly because there are a couple of bank holidays and that means a very long weekend. I've bought my Mum and Aunty a selection of Easter eggs-the 'fun' one's: Smarties, Maltesers, Cadbury's chocolate buttons. At least they will both get a bit of variety. Of course we'll have a really nice meal on Sunday as well...that will be great.
Did I MENTION ITS MY BIRTHDAY soon ?
There's a music festival coming soon for people with learning difficulties. Click on this link to see their website: http://newforestspectrum.org/
There was a tree planting in Southwark Park last Thursday and quite a number of staff and students from Bede were there to help out. I helped with a bit of digging.The saplings planted included apple, cherry and peach. I'm not sure how long it will take for them to grow to a reasonable size...apparently they (apple trees) can grow at between 12-24 inches each year, though they won't usually grow much more than 25 to 30 feet anyway.
Photos by Thomas Graham...used with kind permission.
I've started a print making course at The London School of Communication (referred on from Morley College) at the (new) Elephant and Castle site. This is week two, of what will be a short introduction to the various techniques, so we can create a design for a T-shirt. In the end nothing was organised for Red Nose Day. Went to the Unicorn Theatre on Saturday with John and Martin, to see a production called 'Britain's Best Recruiting Sergeant'. It was really good, funny and entertaining.
It's Red Nose Day on Friday and I could be helping out with the preparations for some 'fun day' activities. Each year Bede tries to organise something for the day-I need to speak to Theresa-more next time.
It was a really pleasant weekend-well Saturday was lovely. Wasn't it great? It seems like a long time since we've had such beautiful weather: today is pretty good as well-just the boost that was needed. I also saw my good friend John-always a pleasure to see him.
Had to say goodbye to Gary today. It was his funeral at Brenchley Gardens. A small group from Bede went to the service, though there were a large number in attendence. It was quite emotional, very sad really, particularly I suppose, as his death was so sudden/and unexpected. Difficult for everyone and very hard for his family. I will miss him, but I will not forget him.
