What's Your Tale, Nightingale?

Cast your eyeballs at this hep bunch of Big Daddy's and Mama's enjoying a Fifties TV Theme Dinner at The Peninsula.

Staff and residents alike dressed up in their best fifties gear and enjoyed hot dogs and hamburgers, TV trivia and hamming it up in the big TV.

Kathleen and June Melling in the big TV:



Kathleen's daughter, Breanna, and Asta Bilan:



Ted and Isabel Moore get in on the action:



Kim and Roy Tidman peek through:



Dining room staff get in on the fun:

Spookiest of the Spooky

We have a winner! In fact, we have a couple of them. There were so many great costumes at the Norgarden Estates Halloween parties it was hard to choose a winner but residents cast their votes and chose the best dressed resident and the best dressed staff members. A great time was had by all with each resident receiving their own 'treat-bag'. The Peninsula even saw a handful of trick or treaters!

Vampire Christina Goodwin won best staff member costume at Norgarden (shown with Nurse Chelsey Vandergoot):



The Mad Hatter, Nolan McLaren, made quite an impression winning best staff member costume at The Peninsula:



Peninsula resident Dorothy Olkovick's wild costume won her first place for resident costume at The Peninsula:



Our Director of Leisure Services, Kathleen Harapnuk made a great cat:



And Celia Maher made an extra frightening witch:

November's Activities

November is a quieter month as we rest a bit before the hectic Christmas season. We have a few guest speakers in addition to our regular outings and activities plus a great Fifties TV Theme Dinner on the 25th.

Flying High

Last week we took a look back at our proud aviation history with a guided tour of the B. C. Aviation Museum in Sidney. Many residents had fond and profound memories of their time serving in World War II in the RCAF and the RAF.

Frank Smith, with the Avro Anson Mark II, was a mechanic in the Air Force working the night shift, 8 p.m. to 4 a.m.:



Asta Bilan and June Melling had a little fun in the hangar with a handsome but 'dumb' young pilot:

National Seniors Day

October 1, 2010 marked the 1st annual National Seniors Day. Residents at The Peninsula and Norgarden celebrated with cake, piano entertainment and commemorative buttons for all.

Dot Middleton, Judy Wilson and Mina Magee display their pins and enjoy an afternoon of celebration at The Peninsula:

Medication Consultation

Residents at Norgarden Estates regularly have the opportunity to discuss their medication with a pharmacist from Pacific Compounding Pharmacy in Sidney. These meetings are a great chance to talk to an expert about how medications can effect us and how different medications might interact.

Pharmacist Yudi Wibisono talks to residents at Norgarden:

1st Annual Fall Dance

A great time was had by all who attended Norgarden Estates' 1st Annual Fall Dance featuring live music by Eric Roberts.


The dancers on the floor.



Fred Newbury was a great sport about receiving the Bucket-Head Award for the one least able to carry a tune!



Norgarden resident Tom Treherne with a big ol' stogie.



Eric Roberts and Norgarden resident Dorothy White ham it up.



Eric Roberts sang lots of old favourites.