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  • The Mad Cat LadyBarbarella a.k.a. The Mad Cat Lady Born in 1966 and raised in Germany. From age 7 had private piano tuition. Taught piano from age 14 onwards. Moved to London in 1984. Played keyboards and sang backing vocals in various bands in London, most notably electro-goth band “Anno Lucis“. Spent a lot of nights in the 80s in the London Goth & New Romantic Scene (Batcave, Frizzby Fox/Hippodrome, Kitcat Club, Slimelight, Camden Palace etc.) Jobs in London: waitress, bike messenger, piano teacher, peepshow dancer, translator, and later medical and legal secretary. 1990s: Started recording solo music projects. 1996-7: Started to learn Web Design and moving away from making music to creating websites. Took part in a lot of Sci-Fi conventions all over the UK and one Babylon5 one in Los Angeles, always dressed up in various costumes (see Photo Gallery). 2000: Adopted Lugosi & Spider from the RSPCA March. Last music projects written and recorded in 2002/3 (Dominatrix Project). 2003: Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. 2004: Moved to Lanzarote, Canary Islands (click here for location). Started learning Photography (specialising in cats) and setting up Catnip Camera and Picture Lanzarote. 2006: Adopted Persian Princess Janelle (after her human “mummy” Teresa died). 2007: Diagnosed with…
  • Meet the CatsLugosi Bully Boy and overall Boss Cat. Likes: Fighting.  Dislikes: Car Journeys. Ruby Little Orange Spitfire Likes: Wrestling with her Brothers, Food, Playing. Dislikes: Being told off for being naughty. Spider Mischief Maker Extraordinaire. Likes: Getting in Trouble. Dislikes: The Vacuum Cleaner. Lugosi, Spider & Ruby – “Haus von Fluffenstein” – Videos Videos of Janelle too (who now lives happily with a good friend) [back to top]
    • Spider & Lugosi R.I.P. Book of MemoriesIn order to deal with my grief over losing my sweet, gentle boy Spider to cancer on 2nd September 2017, I have started a “Book of Memories” as suggested in the very helpful publication “Soul Comfort for Cat Lovers“. This is a creative way to write down all the cute and funny moments that you have of your furbaby, to which you can then come back to in later times/years.  Memories do fade over time, so I started this a few days after his passing while things about him are still very fresh in my mind. It helps work through my feelings of loss over him and turn something so incredibly sad into something beautiful, loving and creative.  I will publish more photos of each page from the book as I go along.  [gallery columns="5" size="medium" link="file" ids="9580,9599,9581,9582,9583,9584,9585,9586,9587,9588,9589,9590,9591,9592,9593,9594,9595,9596,9597"]
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  • Gothic LanzaroteYou might think that a sunny island like Lanzarote (situated HERE in the world) is totally unsuitable for Goths. What have sunshine and beaches to do with Goth, I hear you ask? Well, first of all, deep down most Goths *love* sunshine – meaning that they don’t like to be *in* it because it will damage their gothic pallor, but they love *looking* at it. Secondly, if you hate the beach in the daytime then you visit it at night. You know it’s the Goth thing to do. ;) But to get to the point now, there are actually quite a few things that will attract Goths to this lovely island. The total lack of a Goth Scene is of course not one of them, but while living here I have discovered many things that are very gothic indeed! :) Volcanoes Can you think of a force more beautiful and destructive? These are both qualities that Goths very much live for. Lanzarote is full of volcanoes, although only one is still “smoking” – this one is in the gorgeous Timanfaya National Park and you can actually eat food that has been grilled over the heat of this volcano up there…
    • A Friend’s View of Lanzarote
  • Music Projectsa:link, a:visited, a:active {color:#9E0E11;text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold} a:hover{color:white} p {padding-bottom:20px} h3 {padding-bottom:13px} The following are sound snippets (approx. 2 mins each song) from my old music projects from the early 90s up to around 2003. After that, all my creativity has gone into web design, graphic design and photography, and I haven´t written or recorded anything new since then. Also, sadly, due to bad co-ordination and pain from my illnesses (fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis) I have not been playing or singing live. My music is divided into 3 projects, because the styles are so wildly different, there was no way they would have ever fitted together. The “First” and “Endymion” Projects Under the name “SilkRush” I wrote and recorded the album “First – The Light Side” which contains all my cheerful pop and dance songs (plus some ballads), and “Endymion – The Dark Side” which reveals the darker gothic side of my music – “Shadow Dancers” (Endymion), for example, is a haunting goth piece with Kate Bush-style vocals, whereas “In the Summer Rain” (First) is a beautiful commercial ballad! The “Dominatrix” Project If you are into hardhitting industrial, trance and dark techno sounds then you might prefer this to SilkRush’s more “sane”…
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  • The Mad Cat LadyBarbarella a.k.a. The Mad Cat Lady Born in 1966 and raised in Germany. From age 7 had private piano tuition. Taught piano from age 14 onwards. Moved to London in 1984. Played keyboards and sang backing vocals in various bands in London, most notably electro-goth band “Anno Lucis“. Spent a lot of nights in the 80s in the London Goth & New Romantic Scene (Batcave, Frizzby Fox/Hippodrome, Kitcat Club, Slimelight, Camden Palace etc.) Jobs in London: waitress, bike messenger, piano teacher, peepshow dancer, translator, and later medical and legal secretary. 1990s: Started recording solo music projects. 1996-7: Started to learn Web Design and moving away from making music to creating websites. Took part in a lot of Sci-Fi conventions all over the UK and one Babylon5 one in Los Angeles, always dressed up in various costumes (see Photo Gallery). 2000: Adopted Lugosi & Spider from the RSPCA March. Last music projects written and recorded in 2002/3 (Dominatrix Project). 2003: Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. 2004: Moved to Lanzarote, Canary Islands (click here for location). Started learning Photography (specialising in cats) and setting up Catnip Camera and Picture Lanzarote. 2006: Adopted Persian Princess Janelle (after her human “mummy” Teresa died). 2007: Diagnosed with…
  • Meet the CatsLugosi Bully Boy and overall Boss Cat. Likes: Fighting.  Dislikes: Car Journeys. Ruby Little Orange Spitfire Likes: Wrestling with her Brothers, Food, Playing. Dislikes: Being told off for being naughty. Spider Mischief Maker Extraordinaire. Likes: Getting in Trouble. Dislikes: The Vacuum Cleaner. Lugosi, Spider & Ruby – “Haus von Fluffenstein” – Videos Videos of Janelle too (who now lives happily with a good friend) [back to top]
    • Spider & Lugosi R.I.P. Book of MemoriesIn order to deal with my grief over losing my sweet, gentle boy Spider to cancer on 2nd September 2017, I have started a “Book of Memories” as suggested in the very helpful publication “Soul Comfort for Cat Lovers“. This is a creative way to write down all the cute and funny moments that you have of your furbaby, to which you can then come back to in later times/years.  Memories do fade over time, so I started this a few days after his passing while things about him are still very fresh in my mind. It helps work through my feelings of loss over him and turn something so incredibly sad into something beautiful, loving and creative.  I will publish more photos of each page from the book as I go along.  [gallery columns="5" size="medium" link="file" ids="9580,9599,9581,9582,9583,9584,9585,9586,9587,9588,9589,9590,9591,9592,9593,9594,9595,9596,9597"]
  • Blog
  • Photo Gallery
    • Myself & Family
    • The Kitties
    • SciFi, Horror & Fantasy Conventions/Events
    • Bands, Clubs & Music
    • Places I have Been – Holidays
    • Airplanes & Helicopters
    • Fireworks
    • Cemeteries[album id=2 template=compact]
  • Gothic LanzaroteYou might think that a sunny island like Lanzarote (situated HERE in the world) is totally unsuitable for Goths. What have sunshine and beaches to do with Goth, I hear you ask? Well, first of all, deep down most Goths *love* sunshine – meaning that they don’t like to be *in* it because it will damage their gothic pallor, but they love *looking* at it. Secondly, if you hate the beach in the daytime then you visit it at night. You know it’s the Goth thing to do. ;) But to get to the point now, there are actually quite a few things that will attract Goths to this lovely island. The total lack of a Goth Scene is of course not one of them, but while living here I have discovered many things that are very gothic indeed! :) Volcanoes Can you think of a force more beautiful and destructive? These are both qualities that Goths very much live for. Lanzarote is full of volcanoes, although only one is still “smoking” – this one is in the gorgeous Timanfaya National Park and you can actually eat food that has been grilled over the heat of this volcano up there…
    • A Friend’s View of Lanzarote
  • Music Projectsa:link, a:visited, a:active {color:#9E0E11;text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold} a:hover{color:white} p {padding-bottom:20px} h3 {padding-bottom:13px} The following are sound snippets (approx. 2 mins each song) from my old music projects from the early 90s up to around 2003. After that, all my creativity has gone into web design, graphic design and photography, and I haven´t written or recorded anything new since then. Also, sadly, due to bad co-ordination and pain from my illnesses (fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis) I have not been playing or singing live. My music is divided into 3 projects, because the styles are so wildly different, there was no way they would have ever fitted together. The “First” and “Endymion” Projects Under the name “SilkRush” I wrote and recorded the album “First – The Light Side” which contains all my cheerful pop and dance songs (plus some ballads), and “Endymion – The Dark Side” which reveals the darker gothic side of my music – “Shadow Dancers” (Endymion), for example, is a haunting goth piece with Kate Bush-style vocals, whereas “In the Summer Rain” (First) is a beautiful commercial ballad! The “Dominatrix” Project If you are into hardhitting industrial, trance and dark techno sounds then you might prefer this to SilkRush’s more “sane”…
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Month: February 2010

Janelle Visit
  • Barbarella
  • Janelle
  • Other Cats

Janelle Visit

  • 28 February 201028 February 2010

Visited my sweet Janelle again yesterday.  Here are some pics of her, and her equally stunningly beautiful co-inhabitant Squeaky…….

Random Thursday Kitty Pic Post
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Other Cats
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Random Thursday Kitty Pic Post

  • 25 February 201025 February 2010

A few pics that made it onto my Twitpic account, but not here: Polly (neighbour´s cat) “helping” me with some computer work….Kitties at the Natura Palace Hotel in Playa Blanca…

Ruby climbing the wall
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  • Ruby

Ruby climbing the wall

  • 21 February 201021 February 2010

Little monkey! 🙂..

Kitty Fightclub: Spider v. Ruby
  • Kitty Fight
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitty Fightclub: Spider v. Ruby

  • 20 February 2010

Documented in pictures… ……….And Spider´s had enough!!! Away to the Spidercat Mobile!

EEK!
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

EEK!

  • 20 February 2010

Spider says “Eek”! (Or maybe “geek”)  😉

You´re my-y brown eyed girl…
  • Ruby

You´re my-y brown eyed girl…

  • 18 February 201018 February 2010

Pretty Ruby

Still Life
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Still Life

  • 17 February 201017 February 2010

Synchronised sleeping…

Always worth waking up to…
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Always worth waking up to…

  • 17 February 201017 February 2010

Taking with mobile phone camera, hence a bit fuzzy quality..

Flying Spider(cat)
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Flying Spider(cat)

  • 16 February 201016 February 2010

Blurry, but the better to see that this is an *action* shot!  Watch out! Spider in the Air!

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  • Other Cats
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Quacking Kitteh – so cute!

  • 16 February 201016 February 2010
Talk to the paw… again!
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Talk to the paw… again!

  • 15 February 201015 February 2010

Lugosi doing what I refer to as “the gay paw” (no offence intended to gay people or gay cats, of course!). 😉

Beautiful Ruby
  • Ruby

Beautiful Ruby

  • 14 February 201014 February 2010
Fun with new bag!
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Fun with new bag!

  • 13 February 2010

Ruby diving into the bag….Spider looks on in confusion… .Now Lugosi looks confused too….Lugosi: What *is* this game???.Ah! It´s called “Cat in a Bag”!!! 🙂

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  • Spider
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Spider loves rubbing his face on brush…

  • 12 February 201012 February 2010
Ruby teasing Spider
  • Cute
  • Kitty Fight
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Ruby teasing Spider

  • 12 February 2010

Spider gets sooo annoyed with her, you wouldn´t believe! 😉

Random Kitties I met today and last night…
  • Other Cats

Random Kitties I met today and last night…

  • 11 February 201011 February 2010

In a restaurant in Costa Teguise.Elsewhere in Costa Teguise.Last night at the Europa Apartments in Puerto del Carmen

Bumped into this friendly little boy today….
  • Cute
  • Other Cats

Bumped into this friendly little boy today….

  • 10 February 2010

.Check out his cute tail!

Talk to the Paw
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Talk to the Paw

  • 7 February 2010

.Bloody camera, woke me up…. and STRAAAAAICHE!

Potted Kitteh
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Potted Kitteh

  • 7 February 2010

Here you go.  Have a Ruby in a plant pot. 🙂.

Too big!
  • Cute
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Too big!

  • 6 February 20106 February 2010

I don´t think that globe will quite fit into your mouth, Ruby, even if you tried! 😉

Mug Shot
  • Cute
  • Lugosi

Mug Shot

  • 6 February 20106 February 2010

Lugosi doesn´t appear too impressed to find his face on a mug…

Ruby inspects the shopping…
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Ruby inspects the shopping…

  • 6 February 2010

..

Ruby and I
  • Barbarella
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Ruby and I

  • 3 February 20103 February 2010

having a snuggle, and a pose. 😉.

A very grey morning
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

A very grey morning

  • 3 February 20103 February 2010

The terrible threesome this morning

Big slobbery kisssss…
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Big slobbery kisssss…

  • 2 February 20102 February 2010

.And more love….I love this shot!

Janelle Sunday Visit
  • Janelle

Janelle Sunday Visit

  • 1 February 20101 February 2010

I visited Janelle again yesterday – she´s co-inhabiting with a little doggie at the moment, called Feis (see pics below), who Anneke is looking after for a week – and…

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  • Canariaspace Web Design in Lanzarote
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  • My Tokyo 2010 Blog
  • Picture Lanzarote Photography
  • The Mad Cat Lady´s Personal Blog
  • YouTube: Haus von Fluffenstein

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