Advent Spiral

On Sunday 1^st December, there was an Advent Spiral held in the Crypt which is next to the Chrysalis Theatre in Camphill Milton Keynes.

In the middle of the Crypt, there was a large candle and all the residents and co-workers who attended had their own small candle.

There was some Christmas singing and some poetry read. Then the big candle in the middle of the room was lit.

All the people who had turned up, made a spiral around the candle in the middle of the crypt, and with the person closest to the large candle, lit their small candle and then lit the candle of the person next to them in the spiral.

Advent Sunday is the fourth Sunday before Christmas, marking the beginning of the Advent season, which ends on Christmas Day.

Alex Fox

Advent Fayre at Camphill Delrow

Camphill Delrow in Hertfordshire had an advent fayre on Sunday 24^th November. Maria took a group of residents and co-workers there by minibus.

When we arrived we all decided that we were hungry so were directed to the tea rooms were we could have a jacket potato with cheese, tune or beans and also cakes for desert.

There were handmade crafts for sale which included pottery, needle craft, weavery, and basketry. And there were also festive cakes and bakes, new and second-hand books, a grand raffle and children’s activities which included making cards.

Alison and Tammy who entered the grand raffle won some nice prizes.

I thought that it was a fun day out.

 

Alex Fox

Halloween Party

These are some photo's of residents and co-workers of Camphill Milton Keynes having a Halloween Party in the Chrysalis Theatre at Camphill Milton Keynes.  Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related 'guising' or 'trunk-or-treating'), attending costume parties, decorating, carving pumpkins into jack-o'lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
Halloween or 'All Hallows' Evening' is a yearly celebration observed usually on 31st October, the eve of the Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.

Alex Fox

Happy Birthday to Steven Greenwood

Happy Birthday to Steven Greenwood who lives in Sunwood House in Camphill Milton Keynes. He is 53 today on Wednesday 27th November.

Alex Fox

More Than Honey

Milton Keynes Friends of the Earth and The Co-operative Membership supported a screening of More Than Honey, a new documentary by Oscar-nominated Markus Imhoof, in support of the Plan Bee and Bee Cause campaigns.
The multi-award winning film told a provocative yet touching tale of what might happen if our bees became extinct. It had taken an in-depth look at honeybee colonies, examining what’s behind the current bee crisis and why we rely on bees for so many things. “…filled with gorgeous cinematography and fascinating details about bees’ complex behaviour and anatomy” Washington Post.
The screening at The Chrysalis Theatre, Milton Keynes which was on Sunday 3rd November was supported by Milton Keynes Friends of the Earth as part of The Bee Cause campaign and by The Co-operative Membership as part of the Plan Bee campaign; both helping to save Britain’s bees.

http://buy.morethanhoneyfilm.com/

The Co-operative information on bees

Fair Trade food.

Friends of the Earth and The Co-operative

Councillor Brian White

Sue Bird, a local bee keeper

More Than Honey

A first day cover of stamps from the British Beekeepers' Association

Alex Fox

Advent Fayre

Alex Fox

Happy Birthday to Amy Prior

Happy Birthday to Amy Prior who lives in Sunwood House in Camphill Milton Keynes. She is 37 today on Wednesday 13th November.

Amy Prior

Party food.

Alex Fox