Welcome

to the Cat Ladies

I wish I could present many more of all you wonderful people I met in the fancy especially British Shorthair breeders. Working with this cat history, making all the pedigrees again, has brought back so many memories. I just don't have any pictures of you.

Iris Johnson, the Jezreel Lady Iris was one of the most important breeder of British Shorthair cats for a very long time. If you go back in the old pedigrees, you will hardly find one without a Jezreel cat in it. I had the honour and privilege to meet her, get to know her a little, visit  her home and even steward for her. I guess our interest in pedigree research and desire to improve the breed, brought us together.
	Iris Johnson judging, me as a steward and Angela Goodrich, Kasimir Cattery, in the background.
Anne Rickson. Anne also was a leading lady in the cat fancy and for the Manchester Cat Club for a long time. She was the main registrar of pedigrees and I sometimes wish I could stay at her place and dwell in her register.
	She had a wonderful and special sense of humor. With her stern appearance she knew she might scare off young people. So she made us understand, that she could use fowl language, take a glass of whiskey and loved western movies.
Eiwor Andersson. Eiwor is still going strong and one of the worlds most famous judges, traveling to all places. All serious siameese breeders has heard of her San-T-Ree Cattery and benefited from her exports.
	Eiwor is one of the 4 founders of our cat club, where we both today are honorable members. She is a close friend of mine and used to be my guru always willing to share with her great knowledge even medical. I have known vets to consult her.
Today Eiwor's great love, besides her cats,  is her horse, Maestro, a beautiful roan.
Lorna Thomas Lorna, a pillar in the Australian and Perth cat fancy and the only person I could consider to have living in my house. We also met due to our fanatic interest in pedigree research but it developed into much more. Lorna used to come over and live with me for nearly two months every autumn, before her husband became to ill to be left alone.
		She judged all around Europe in the weekends and used my place as a second home. I used to call her my extra mum, though she is not really old enough to be that. Both of us grow up with 3 siblings trained to work together since childhood and I sometimes envied their efficiency, when she had her two sister to help organize a cat show.
Madeleine Blondell In 1979 I went over to Australia and had the time of my life. We were invited to stay with cat people in various places and I spent a week with Madeleine and her wonderful first husband, Kevin, in Surfers Paradise. I think we spent the whole week laughing taking crazy pictures in the rain forest or where ever we went.
	She was so heartbroken when he passed away, but I heard she has found a new guy and I hope she is happy again. You rarely meet someone who can make you fell as good as she can.