News and photos of Helen & Co.

Here are two photos from our party:
Jenny, Helen and Gina.


Gina, Jenny, and Sandra, Helen seated.


On Wednesday evening, friends Jenny, Sandra and I loaded up Sandra's car with all kinds of Christmas goodies, and visited Helen in the rehab. centre for a pre-Christmas dinner. Jenny provided a delicious selection of salads, table decorations and red antler ears for fun. Sandra provided the dinner set, mince pies and shortbread. I brought the tablecloth (of course), napkins, tea, milk, sugar, thermos of hot water and my own home-made Christmas cake.

Helen was expecting us, and she was dressed up in a flattering top and skirt, face made up and hair newly cut and coloured - she looked a million dollars compared to a month ago! She is making a steady recovery from the stroke; she can now stand for a short while, can walk a little way with a walking frame, and she can lift her left arm quite a bit higher than the last time I saw her two weeks ago.

We had a great time as we always do together - long term friendships are wonderful, aren't they? I'd printed off copies of some of Isabelle's blog, as I knew it would amuse Helen in particular, but as booklovers, we all had a chuckle at Isabelle's answers to a meme about books!


I took these pics of Melbourne's skyline on the way home from the hospital.