IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Geocities is shutting down all of its websites in October 2009. Barbara's Basement will be gone, but please BOOKMARK my NEW SITE, Animals R People 2 which is now in progress.

Pictures of mixed breed dogs; Yorkie/Maltese mix pictures; my Parti Color Standard Poodle; Jax, the Sun Conure; Memorials to my daughter, Dawn; dog health information; poetry; recipes, and much more!

Our prayers go out to the family of Steve Irwin, the "Crocodile Hunter".
Steve will always be remembered for his love and compassion to animals.
The world has lost a special person.
9/4/06
All animal trainers should strive to be as kind to animals as Steve was. Unfortunately, there are those who are cruel and mistreat animals for monetary gain and notoriety.
You know who you are.

HELP STOP PUPPY MILLS !! Each year thousands and thousands of puppies are bred under deplorable conditions by unscrupulous breeders and sold to pet stores. Every puppy in a pet store has come from a puppy mill somewhere in the United States. Every puppy purchased in a pet store at exorbitant prices makes room for more puppies to be bred under these conditions. Don't support stores that sell puppies. Don't purchase puppies from ads in the newspapers. Those breeding conditions are often only a step up from puppy mills. Encourage your friends and family to look for a dog or puppy in a shelter or rescue organization. You can find a shelter or rescue group anywhere in the United States by going to www.petfinder.org or www.pets911.com Another site where you can help (not for the faint of heart).

Memorials to Dawn
Wildside

Wildside-page 2
Wildside-page 3
Wildside-page 4
Wildside-page 5
"Her Name Is Dawn"
Saying Goodbye
Two Years Later...
Year Four...
Year Six-Angel
Year Seven - I Hope You Dance
Happy 31st Birthday, Dawn
Happy 34th birthday, Dawn - I love you
You're Still Here-Dawn's 36th BD
Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep
My Heart Will Go On
The Rose Beyond the Wall
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
I Only Wanted You
"So, You Want To Understand?"
The Dream

Pet Related Links
Missy's World
A Memorial to Missy
Flying Without Wings
Please God, Tell Me...
Angel - my Yorkie-Maltese mix
Bailey & Cricket (Angel's yorkie-maltese brothers)
Angel Look-A-Likes!
Dancer, the parti poodle
Rebel's World - my Min Pin
Treasure, my precious Yorkie
Dogs, dogs, dogs!
Jax, a Sun Conure
Spay/Neuter and other pet health info
Dog Grooming Before & After
A Memorial to Rebel
All Mixed Up (Mixed Breeds)
I Am Your Puppy
Help Stop Puppy Mills
Eternal Rainbow
(A memorial garden for pets.)
Meet WEED!
Birds 'N Bugs

Family Related Links
Organ Donation-Give the Gift of Life - A Personal Story
"You Are Not Forgotten"
and
Dance With My Father A loving memorial to my beautiful mother and father.

Recipes
Barbara & Missy's Kitchen

Rebel

MissyHolly



Cooper
My "babies" - Rebel, a Min Pin, Rusty, a Cocker Spaniel, Missy, a Maltese/Poodle, Holly, a Cairn Terrier, Angel, a Yorkie/Maltese mix, and Dancer, a parti color Standard Poodle. Bailey & Cricket (yorkie/maltese mixes) joined our family in January 2007) . Cooper, my red Standard Poodle, came to live with us in July 2007.
(Sadly, on May 24, 2003, Missy lost her battle with heart disease. Please read her site and her memorials.)
(And on Feb. 6, 2004, little Rebel lost his battle with heart disease also. Please read his site and his memorial). We lost Holly on 1/28/07, one month shy of her 14th birthday.

twins
"Geez, Fran, I can't play right now
I have too many e-mails to read!"

I told my sister I was going to put her picture on my web page -
I can't wait until she sees which one I chose!
Oh, by the way, Fran is my twin sister, aka "Ayzha" - "Ayzha's Attic".


If we all lived in peace, the world would be a better place.

Email me in regular email format at:
blt222 at embarqmail dot com

or visit me at

A Bit About Barb

My daughter, Dawn, has given me the inspiration to create a home page which I dedicate with love to her beautiful memory. Family and friends were Dawn's life - and I am proud to share a small part of Dawn's life with her children, Kody and Tawny Sky, and with her friends and family.
"We shall all meet again in the DAWN of
a new tomorrow."
I Love you..Mom

Take a "Walk on the Wildside"
(A memorial in pictures)


Dawn Marie
October 15, 1967 - August 13, 1997

A poem, written by me, called "Her Name Is Dawn", reflects the pain of losing a child.

Happy Birthday, Dawn
A beautiful poem for my daughter, Dawn, on her 31st birthday -
her second birthday in Heaven, and for all parents who have lost a child.

August 13, 1999 Two Years Later - some thoughts.

Year Four - August 13, 2001 - A Remembrance to Dawn

October 15, 2001 - Dawn's 5th birthday in Heaven
You are the wind beneath my wings.

Year Six - August 13, 2003 - In the Arms of the Angel

October 15, 2003 - You're Still Here
Remembering Dawn on her 36th birthday.

Year Seven - August 13, 2004 - I Hope You Dance
My 7th year remembrance to Dawn

  Dawn visits her friend, Chris, in The Dream.
Thank you so much for sharing this with me, Chris.

If you have a friend who has lost a child,
please take time to read "So, You Want to Understand?"
It is a very frank and down-to-earth poem
that will help you understand what your friend needs
after the death of her child.

Saying Goodbye is not easy. Dawn's memorial service.
Memorial Poems and Songs

My Heart Will Go On
The Rose Beyond the Wall
I Only Wanted You
"Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep"
If Tomorrow Never Comes
Tears in Heaven
In the Arms of the Angel
Flying Without Wings (a memorial to Missy)
You're Still Here
Dance With My Father
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
I Hope You Dance
The Wind Beneath My Wings


If my pages have touched your heart, please light a candle for Dawn on my sister's page so that her memory will shine as bright as her beautiful smile.

Birds 'N Bugs - See the beauty of nature! NEW!

All Mixed Up - FOR MIXED BREED DOGS ONLY! Finally, a place for us.
Missy invites you to send in your picture.

Missy

Missy now has her very own page!
Sadly, on May 24, 2003, Missy lost her battle with heart disease.
Please visit Missy's memorials:

A Memorial to Missy
Flying Without Wings
Please God, Tell Me...

Barbara & Missy's Kitchen is now open.
Stop by and sample some of our favorite recipes!

Rebel's World - the life of my Miniature Pinscher
On Feb. 6, 2004, little Rebel lost his battle
with heart disease. Words cannot express how
much we will miss him.

Angel, a Yorkie-Maltese mix, the cutest mistake in the world!

Bailey and Cricket, Angel's Yorkie/Maltese brothers

Angel Look-A-Likes - Send in your photo!!

Meet "Dancer", the Parti Poodle, and see him with Elvis!

Dog Grooming - Before & After pictures

Dogs, dogs, dogs! Meet all of my dogs!

Help Stop Puppy Mills

Getting a new puppy??
Please read "I Am Your Puppy"

A few years ago, little "Weed" was born. Read his fascinating story

Please give the Gift of Life...Please become an organ donor.
A personal story.

Dance With My Father
A memorial to my beautiful mother and father

Please visit the Eternal Rainbow and read the beautiful memorials left for pets.

Pet health information

All pictures (either taken by me or given to me by my daughter) and poems on this site are my property (unless otherwise noted) and I do not give permission for anyone to take or use all or part of any picture or poem.

I have a new website where I rate products. Take a look!

A hundred years from now, it will not matter the sort of house I lived in, what my bank account was, or the car I drove .... but the world may be different, because I was important in the life of the animals and the creatures on this earth." ~Author Unknown

Please do not support pet shops that sell puppies!
Most likely they came from backyard breeders or puppy mills, they are overpriced and in questionable health. Pet shops that sell puppies do so not to "improve the breed", but to make a quick buck. They are usually cramped in cages that are too small or too crowded, and they are handled by hundreds of people on a daily basis, which is not good for the puppy's health. Tell your pet shop you will not shop there if they continue to sell puppies! Leave the breeding and selling to reputable breeders!


To my grandchildren, Kody, Tawny,
Connor, Skylar, and Quinn
I love you all very much.
To Connor, Skylar, and Quinn - you all are growing up to be such beautiful children and I am so proud of you.
To Kody and Tawny - I know your mom is looking down on you from Heaven and keeping you safe.
She loved you both very much.

Dawn and her children
Kiss your children every day...today is gone and tomorrow may never come


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