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Welcome to our new updated web site!
The site is produced by Judith & Leigh, and
we live in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.
Since we began this site in 1997 the household
has changed, as we have welcomed new arrivals and sadly said goodbye to
some of our older pets. We now have only 2 Miniature Schnauzers and 2
Cats and one very large goldfish, but have been joined by Alfie Crybbe,
an Affenpinscher.
The site now has 4 main themes;
natural healing & plant remedies, animals, our pot pourri of
women's history, myths and legends, a section - Family
History. Leigh continues to research her family tree and the
various professions of her ancestors. Following the death in 2007 of her
father, Joe Clarke, she has added a celebration of his life, outlining
his important contribution to the history of shipbuilding, particularly
in the North East.
We have had lots of visitors to the site over
the past 12 years and made new friends and always welcome feedback. In
this latest upgrade we have rewritten the pets pages and added new links
to enable more research on particular topics.
 We
chose the Lavender plant to represent our site as it still has many
special meanings for us. We have eleven different varieties of this
plant growing in our garden, with flowers from white, through pink to
deep purple and a beautiful scent which attracts bees - and us - to
sample its aroma! Lavender has been used for centuries to lift the
spirit and cleanse the body. In the past it was regarded as a herb
to protect against the evil eye and was dedicated to Hecate, Queen of
the Witches - a moon goddess and protector of women. For more
information about Lavender visit our Healing Garden link.
| Our site houses
many pages which reflect the spirit of Lavender - pages
concerned with healing such as Flower Power and Reiki, pages
about women and ancient history and those devoted to the natural
world of wild animals and those who share our life. Surf through
the site or pick the pages you are drawn to - here are some
details of what you can find: |
 Medaille
d'Or award winning site
November 1998
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Visit our Healing
Garden pages for essential oil profiles and information on
other healing plants, plus the Reiki
page.
Or try Serendipity:
Fact, fiction and faery – it’s all here seasonally updated myths and
rituals.. anything that catches our fancy really, including a quote of
the month! Check out also Remarkable
Women– where you will find famous and not so famous women of the
past profiled. For facts and folklore about owls and wolves we have Owl
Wood and the new Wolves
page.
Pets'
Corner is the gateway to the animals' homepages.
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Schnauzer Site hosts home pages for our 2 now not so young
minis, Maisie,
and Kaska,
They are as keen as ever to meet up
with old and new cyber schnauzers and to share their new photos and
exploits. For anyone who is interested in having a mini of their
very own, we have provided some information about the breed, and our
experiences of owning miniature schnauzers! |
| Satin & Lace, Satin & Lace are now
10. T We
have included some information about homeopathic remedies we have
used to keep them that way. |
| Alfie's Affenpinscher Page will be added
soon! |
| Rainbow Bridge.
Sadly we have lost a number of our older residents - but we have
retained their pages |
The Family
Tree page will be of special interest to any Locks, Earles,
Pickernells and Geaches (to name but a few) or if you descend from
Cordwainers, Tailors or Coastguards.
This page was last updated September 2009
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