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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"]
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    • Myself & Family
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    • SciFi, Horror & Fantasy Conventions/Events
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    • 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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Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post of 3 Tabby Rascals
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  • Spider

Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post of 3 Tabby Rascals

  • 22 September 201330 October 2013

All recent pics of the 3 rascals… Spider & Ruby Lugosi Spider chillin! Ruby Ruby & Lugosi

Grow a tail, mate!
  • Other Cats
  • Spider

Grow a tail, mate!

  • 19 September 201319 September 2013

Cascabel to Spider: “Hah. You´ll never have a plume of a tail like mine. Never!” Cascabel, the cat with the fluffiest tail ever, visits Spider & Co….

Undercover Ruby
  • Ruby

Undercover Ruby

  • 16 September 2013

Going undercover inside a paper bag Deep undercover under a towel

King Spider with his new Crown
  • Spider

King Spider with his new Crown

  • 15 September 2013

Surveying his kingdom…

Meditation with Zen Kitty Ruby
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Meditation with Zen Kitty Ruby

  • 13 September 201313 September 2013

First we cross our paws and quietly meow the universal cat chant “om nom nom nom”…. … which will send us into a state of deep relaxation….. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

Environmentally Friendly Spritz
  • Lugosi

Environmentally Friendly Spritz

  • 12 September 2013

Lugosi says: “This garden really can do with a bit of watering!”

Leopard Tabbies
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Leopard Tabbies

  • 10 September 2013

It´s all about blending in, y´know? We can try, at least. 😉

Queen of the Hill
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Queen of the Hill

  • 7 September 2013

Cascabel, the cat with the fluffiest tail *ever* (she lives in my street) surveys her kingdom…

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  • Lugosi
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Lugosi´s Morning Ritual – The Real Simon´s Cat

  • 5 September 20133 September 2013
Such a hard life…
  • Spider

Such a hard life…

  • 4 September 20133 September 2013

Yep. Can´t argue with that.

Kitties under the pale moonlight…
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Kitties under the pale moonlight…

  • 3 September 20133 September 2013

Spider and Ruby surveying their kingdom from the lofty heights of their balcony…

Ruby Red
  • Ruby

Ruby Red

  • 3 September 20133 September 2013

My pretty girl´s best colour.

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider chasing lights again – his favourite game!

  • 2 September 20132 September 2013
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  • Cat Stuff

Cat Themed Shoes

  • 30 August 201330 August 2013

Adding a new pair of cat themed shoes to my collection.  Arrived in the post from China today (via eBay).  🙂

More Flooff with… Janelle!
  • Janelle

More Flooff with… Janelle!

  • 29 August 2013

Behold the fluffiest underside in the Universe!  There´s a head in there too. Somewhere.  Oh! There it is!   

The fluffiest paws… EVAH!
  • Janelle
  • Paws

The fluffiest paws… EVAH!

  • 26 August 2013

Behold the Toe Hawk! Fluff-Enhance!   And the whole kitty now…. the lovely Janelle!  

Lugosi…
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Lugosi…

  • 25 August 2013

… the one-eared vampire cat! 

Two dead cats in the street…
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  • Other Cats
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Two dead cats in the street…

  • 24 August 2013

Excuse moi! We aten´t DEAD!!! We´z just chillin´…   Actually, we´re very much ALIVE, as you can see!!! Kapow!! Thwap!! Smack!! 

Golden Girl Janelle (and her friend Squeaky)
  • Janelle
  • Other Cats

Golden Girl Janelle (and her friend Squeaky)

  • 23 August 201323 August 2013

She is positively glowing in the sunshine!  Oh, hello there!   Janelle to Squeaky: “What the hell are you doing, you silly goofball?!”  

Tummies in de air!
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Tummies in de air!

  • 21 August 201321 August 2013

Try to have as little bodily contact with the floor as possible in this heat, does the trick. 

Danger, Danger!
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  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Danger, Danger!

  • 18 August 2013

Whatever it is…. let´s get ready to…. RUN AWAY! 

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby chasing treats

  • 14 August 201312 August 2013

She loves playing football with her treats! 🙂

Gotta survive in this heat!
  • Other Cats

Gotta survive in this heat!

  • 12 August 201317 August 2013

At 37 degrees Celsius today, I saw this street tom in Arrecife getting his water intake from whatever source he can (a leaking pipe in the building´s wall)…. beggars can´t…

Spider: Mission Impossible
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  • Spider

Spider: Mission Impossible

  • 12 August 20139 August 2013

Look mummy, I can do this *without* the rope! 🙂

Random Sunday Lugosi Post
  • Lugosi

Random Sunday Lugosi Post

  • 11 August 20139 August 2013

Just some pics of my handsome, big boy…

Who goes/flies there?
  • Ruby

Who goes/flies there?

  • 10 August 20139 August 2013
Never to old for fun!
  • Spider

Never to old for fun!

  • 9 August 20139 August 2013

Spider loves chasing and catching the leaves in the alley, blown around by the wind… being 14 years old doesn´t stop him from being playful!  WALLLLL! :-O  

Ruby being a Goofball!
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Ruby being a Goofball!

  • 8 August 20137 August 2013

Silly kitty. 

Life on the other side of the fence….
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Life on the other side of the fence….

  • 7 August 2013

Gotta see life from *both* sides of the fence!  Spider (left) and Lugosi (right). 

You can´t see me….
  • Spider

You can´t see me….

  • 2 August 201327 July 2013

…but I see *you*!

Got you by the short and furlies!
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Got you by the short and furlies!

  • 1 August 201327 July 2013

Lugosi & Ruby´s domination games…. Lugosi is showing her who´s boss!  Erm…. HAILP?!

14th Birthday Video & Piccies
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

14th Birthday Video & Piccies

  • 31 July 201331 July 2013

Prezzie from mummy – looks just like *us*! 😀

HAPPY 14th BIRTHDAY to Lugosi & Spider
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider & Lugosi

HAPPY 14th BIRTHDAY to Lugosi & Spider

  • 31 July 201324 July 2013

Feels like a lifetime since the day I adopted my boys back in March 2000 (they were 8 months old then).   14 today and still going strong!  Love you…

Paw Power
  • Paws
  • Spider

Paw Power

  • 29 July 201327 July 2013

Or Power Paw? Spider models one of his fluffy appendages.

  • Barbarella
  • Cute
  • Kittens
  • Other Cats
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Persian Kitten Photo Session

  • 28 July 201327 July 2013

Meet Cupid (grey/white) and Amor (ginger), two adorable Persian kittens I had the pleasure to do a photo session with recently.  The photos can be found on my Feline Photography…

Hear me Roar!
  • Ruby

Hear me Roar!

  • 26 July 201324 July 2013

Fear me. FEARRRRR MEEEEEEE!   

More Cute Cascabel!
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  • Other Cats
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More Cute Cascabel!

  • 24 July 2013

Having a play with our street´s cutest tabby queen.   She´s gonna grow up so fast… 

  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi: I´m getting too old for this!

  • 18 July 201317 July 2013

Lugosi is 14 soon! 🙂

Welcome to the Jungle…
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  • Ruby

Welcome to the Jungle…

  • 17 July 201315 July 2013

Ruby goes back to her wild roots. Incidentally, since these pics were taken, the whole garden downstairs has been weeded, which turns out not so interesting to the cats anymore!

Four Pawed Pet Bowls!
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  • Miscellaneous

Four Pawed Pet Bowls!

  • 16 July 2013

I want you to meet Dylan Kendall, a professional cat rescuer & talented artist! In her spare time she helps rescue and find homes for homeless four pawed cats. Most…

Cascabel
  • Cute
  • Kittens
  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors
  • Videos

Cascabel

  • 16 July 201315 July 2013

Stunning fluffy tabby kitten queen turning all the toms´ heads in our alley at the moment. Luckily, her responsible owner had her spayed already. 🙂

What the hell IS this?!
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

What the hell IS this?!

  • 15 July 2013

Lugosi is not impressed…. 

  • Barbarella
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Videos

I iz my cats´ butler….

  • 13 July 2013

I budged. I crumbled.  I failed.   And I love it. 😉

Ruby on the Rocks
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby

Ruby on the Rocks

  • 11 July 20137 July 2013
Sometimes… you fall off the wagon
  • Spider

Sometimes… you fall off the wagon

  • 10 July 20136 July 2013

Or out of your cat bed even, in Spider´s case. 

Can you spot the kitty?
  • Other Cats

Can you spot the kitty?

  • 9 July 20136 July 2013

Look closely.  Closer!   There he is! It´s Oliver from a few doors down, lurking in the bougainvillea bush on the roof across…. 

Mystic Mog Lugosi
  • Lugosi

Mystic Mog Lugosi

  • 8 July 20136 July 2013

I espy in my not too distant future….   TUNA! Yep.  Lots of it. 😀  

Ruby Canarian Queen
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Ruby Canarian Queen

  • 7 July 20137 July 2013

I *am* Spanish and I *am* a Queen! And now, bow in front of me, all you lowly peasants!

  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Videos

That Paws On Effect…

  • 6 July 2013
No! Not to the dreaded vets again…. :(
  • Spider

No! Not to the dreaded vets again…. :(

  • 4 July 20132 July 2013

As you can see, Spider is not a happy bunny (or cat, even).  

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