The music on this page is American Child by Phil Vassar
About Us
Tom and I have been married since 1988. I have a degree in fashion design/merchandising and retired from the field of Orthodontics when we began our family. I have been a stay at home Mom for 20 years. Tom earned his BSEE from Northwestern, MSEE from Rensselaer, and an MBA from Kellogg. He works for AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.) They make those lovely graphics micro chips that allow you to see the best graphics. Tom is also on the Electrical and Computer Engineering Advisory Board at Northwestern University. We have three children. I am proud to say they have all consistently placed on their schools highest honors list. Our eldest now attends Cornell University ( Proud Momma Moment-All A's Freshman year WOOT) His brother is attending RPI, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The boys both attended The Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI. Mass Academy is a public high school for juniors & seniors. It is the only school in the state whose students attend a university fulltime as seniors in high school. Students are selected based on their outstanding academic performance and community involvement. Our daughter is a Sophmore at our local high school.
Tom is from Wisconsin and worked on a dairy farm as a teen and I am from Illinois and grew up working at my families greenhouses. We moved to Massachusetts in 2004. Tom and I were both raised in homes where artistic expression was encouraged. Tom's parents are both art majors and my father combined his floriculture/horticulture degrees with his love of artistic expression to become a florist and grower. We feel our early experiences are an asset when working with our cats, we hope to bring an aesthetic beauty that is a balance between extremes to our line of Siamese.
Family photo taken in 2008
Family photo taken in 2000
Our home 2005
Since I am interested in my family genealogy it is a natural step to also search into my Siamese's lineage.
My breeding cat's pedigrees can be found on their respective pages of this site. They are from some very old respected lines.
If you would like to know more then the few generations shown please email me. I have traced them back to the early 1900's.
I am proud to be an American. My pedigree also has deep roots in America.
My Great great great Grandmother was Adeline Walker, her Grandfather Andrew Woods was an American Patriot.
Many members of my family have also come to the aid of our country including service in,
the War of 1812, WWI, WWII, Korean War, as well as during peace time.
Thank you to all those who serve to preserve our rights and way of life.
let our soldiers know you appreciate their dedication to our nation.
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