Cat Woman aka Frankster

I'm known as Cat Woman off-line because I share my home with a bunch of cats; I rescue and foster cats (ferals, FIV positive, abandoned); I work with a local animal non-profit; and I sculpt big cats. Online, I'm known as Cat Woman because of my blog, websites, articles and Squidoo lenses about cats.

Yes, it's Cat WOMAN, if you please, NOT Cat LADY. Whenever I think of cat lady, I think of an 80-yr-old with 37 cats. But when I think of Cat Woman, I think of an empowered person who takes care of cats -- within reason -- and advocates on their behalf and comes to their rescue. No, I don't have a costume (yet).

I said, "within reason," but you might think that a questionable statement when you consider as of this writing (6/23/11) I am living with 17 cats -- 10 FIV cats (cats who have tested positive for Feline Immunodeficiency Virus antibodies) and 7 other cats. I have formed FIV Cat Rescue and incorporated in California and was awarded the status of 501(c)(3) as of January 5, 2010 by the Federal Government. Check out my lens on what we do at FIV Cat Rescue.

Yes, even I think that's a lot of cats. Funny, 7 didn't seem like too many. But I have to admit that my husband and I have gone overboard. We love every one of them and we have a great family. Having said that, we will NOT be adding any more to our litter. You could say, we're abstaining for the time being. (We are actually actively seeking homes for some of the FIV cats who we took in when they were going to be euthanized. ;-D

I hope YOU can keep my identity straight. For me it's an ongoing struggle because I have so many things I love. So, this Lensography is of my cat stuff including lenses, blogs and websites.

I'm also known as the Bearmeister both On and Off-line. But, that's a story for my Bearmeister Lensography.

My Blog has been HACKED and is down temporarily so some photos are not loading on this site.