Hello animal lover community. I am writing to introduce myself. I am based in Nairobi, Kenya, where I have been for 25 years. I run my own film production company and we film all over Africa. I am from the North of England and have lived in London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney and Melbourne along the way. I am famous for the phrase “I never met a cat I didn’t love” and for having an ever-revolving menagerie of rescued and fostered cats and dogs, all in addition to my own 4 dogs and 6 cats (with 39 legs between them). My special love is hand-rearing very young kittens - I am on the emergency delivery list for the local animal shelter. I made guess the other day that I have rescued and rehomed at least 100 cats in the last ten years alone… but on reflection, it is way more than that. I went as far as to import two 3 legged street cats from Doha when the cat rescue community there could not find homes for them. I am often in Uk on film business and usually stay with friends, family or at my other home from home The Groucho Club. However, I joined this site because due to COVID flying restrictions I have now been stuck here in UK since April and will not go back to Kenya until the end of November. It’s horrible being without my husband, and it’s made 10 times worse to be without animals! I don’t know how people live without a cat or dog or ten. So I am looking for sitting opportunities in London that are longer than two weeks, where I can work from home. I have not been successful so far despite some Oscar-winning references, and I must say some carrot dangling invitations that simply disappeared. But hey, my new source of joy each morning is scrolling through the animal pictures of the prospective house sits, and having little squeals of delight as I see all the cats and dogs in their homes. I love the way pet owners photograph their animals. The pride, joy, and love in those photos are just inescapable. Delicious and so enlivening. Would make a good movie one day.