Daily Archives: 12th May 2018

To the Rescue (again)

Earlier this week, we had an email asking us if we could find room to rehome a few hens from the thousands being rescued from a commercial egg farmer. If you’ve not come across this phenomenon before, commercial egg farmers keep their hens until they’re about 18 months[…]

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12th May 2018 / Mahala / Leave a comment / Tales from the Hen House / backyard chickens, battery hens, colony cages, eggs, rescue hens

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Who is Mahala? Business Owner; Sound Therapy Practitioner; Whirlwind; Wild Woman. Single Mama to Bean (15), Plum (10), PK (8); Diabetic Coeliac living with Fibromyalgia.

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Pictures of one of my favourite places. Feelings o

Pictures of one of my favourite places. Feelings of Spring everywhere. Breathing it in. Seeing, smelling, hearing, feeling Spring and life all around us

Trip to Sherwood Forest today

Trip to Sherwood Forest today

Bliss tonight - clean and tidy house that the kids

Bliss tonight - clean and tidy house that the kids haven't (yet) trashed, peace and quiet, a cup of herbal tea, my favourite armchair, a good book .... And post it notes. Anyone else unable to read without marking the really good paragraphs that hit you right between the eyes?

#readingtime #readersofinstagram #postitnotes #ifeltthat

Two new books arrived- one on a recommendation and

Two new books arrived- one on a recommendation and one that I really liked the sound of. I bought a 3rd on Kindle - Foxfire, Wolfskin and other stories of Shapeshifting Women by Sharon Blackie. I've already started that one and it's full of the kind of stories found in Women Who Run With the Wolves.

#reading #readersofinstagram #readmorebooks #womensspirituality #wildwoman

Finally found quiet time to sit down with this aft

Finally found quiet time to sit down with this after weeks of waiting. By chance, today is the 12th anniversary of my visit to Auschwitz, which changed me forever. I expect I'm going to learn something important, that I probably ought to have known already. #jewsdontcount

Happy flowers 😁

Happy flowers 😁

A nice little surprise on the patio this afternoon

A nice little surprise on the patio this afternoon! #spring #springflowers #springiscoming #springisintheair

I forgot to post a pic of these beautiful flowers

I forgot to post a pic of these beautiful flowers my Mum sent for Mother's Day.

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New blog post: Yes, All Men. Barefootblog.co.uk

🌱 Seedlings moved to bigger pots .. I knew keep

🌱 Seedlings moved to bigger pots .. I knew keeping these yoghurt pots and water bottles was a good idea. Free pots and cloches 😃

10yo just made this poster. She's very proud of it

10yo just made this poster. She's very proud of it. I'm very proud of her. And amazing timing, given that I've shielded her from what's happened this week.

#fightforyourrights #saraheverard #awomansplaceisintheresistance

Determined snowdrop - it's grown up through the gr

Determined snowdrop - it's grown up through the ground and though 10cm of compost in my new raised bed!

Sneakily made raspberry ripple cupcakes for back-t

Sneakily made raspberry ripple cupcakes for back-to-school lunchboxes.

Cacha and Sid made lemon drizzle cupcakes. They h

Cacha and Sid made lemon drizzle cupcakes.

They haven't turned out bad at all, considering we only had plain flour (I just whacked an unspecified amount of baking powder into the flour) and we didn't beat the eggs and sugar separately. Just chucked all the ingredients in a bowl and whisked by hand.

And the kitchen's tidy too!

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