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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
    • 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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New Year´s Wishes
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  • Miscellaneous

New Year´s Wishes

  • 31 December 2012
Triple Kitty Bunk DIY Project
  • Barbarella
  • Cat Stuff
  • Miscellaneous

Triple Kitty Bunk DIY Project

  • 28 December 201216 February 2014

I saw a photo of a triple cat bunk bed the other day and decided that I wanted to build my own for my 3 furbabies. These are the basic…

Tubby Tabby Tummy
  • Other Cats

Tubby Tabby Tummy

  • 24 December 201222 December 2012

Meet Tommy.  He is one of my friend Anneke´s “lodgers” – here he is in his full tubby tabby tummy glory. 

Ruby says Merry Christmas
  • Ruby

Ruby says Merry Christmas

  • 23 December 2012

But she doesn´t look impressed with the gothic Santa hat! 

Spider versus my Mum
  • Spider

Spider versus my Mum

  • 23 December 201222 December 2012

Synchronised Facial Expressions… 

Merry Christmas from The Mad Cat Lady & Kitties
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Merry Christmas from The Mad Cat Lady & Kitties

  • 22 December 2012
Brotherly Love
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Brotherly Love

  • 18 December 201217 December 2012

Lugosi washing his bro Spider this morning…  awwwwww!

Gissa keess…..
  • Kitty Fight
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Gissa keess…..

  • 17 December 201215 December 2012

Spider: “Told you, my tongue is longer than yours!” Ruby: “Yeah?! Well, watch this, my paw smacking you is faster than yours!”

Ferocious Spider Cat
  • Spider

Ferocious Spider Cat

  • 16 December 201215 December 2012

Spider: HEAR ME ROAAAAAAAAAAAAR! 

Saturday Night In with the Boys
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Saturday Night In with the Boys

  • 15 December 2012

And beer…. 

  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Kitty Fight Club: Lugosi v. Ruby on Chair

  • 15 December 201214 December 2012
Spider chillaxing…
  • Spider

Spider chillaxing…

  • 14 December 201212 December 2012

Love the turned over earsie… 

Ruby in Greyscale
  • Ruby

Ruby in Greyscale

  • 13 December 201212 December 2012

She still looks gorgeous even sans her vibrant orange colour…

Spot the Kitty!
  • Ruby

Spot the Kitty!

  • 12 December 201212 December 2012

Hmmm, where could he or she be hiding? 😉

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby having Fun!

  • 11 December 201210 December 2012

Watch her amazing kitty karate moves from 0:48 mins onwards. 🙂

Spider Jumps!
  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider Jumps!

  • 10 December 2012

Just a little animation I made from photos of Spider jumping after his favourite toy! 🙂

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider enjoying some sunshine

  • 9 December 20128 December 2012
Random Ruby
  • Ruby

Random Ruby

  • 8 December 20127 December 2012

A collection of recent pics of my orange girl…

Spider´s Impression of a Rabbit
  • Spider

Spider´s Impression of a Rabbit

  • 7 December 2012

Spider casts a reflection on the floor that looks spookily like the Easter Bunny….

Tabby x3
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Tabby x3

  • 6 December 20124 December 2012
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi whacks Ruby round the head

  • 5 December 20124 December 2012
It´s the last thing you´ll see…
  • Lugosi

It´s the last thing you´ll see…

  • 4 December 20122 December 2012

…. before you lose a hand!  A very *very* annoyed Lugosi after teasing him by touching his pawsies… if looks could kill indeed!

Spider uses his tail as a straw…
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Spider uses his tail as a straw…

  • 3 December 20123 December 2012

Hmmm, definitely a novelty way of eating your kibble, Spider! 

My Cat Calendars 2013
  • Barbarella
  • Cat Stuff

My Cat Calendars 2013

  • 2 December 20122 December 2012

Aren´t they gorgeous? 🙂

Kitting Outing Pics
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitting Outing Pics

  • 2 December 2012

Sadly, we had to suspend our kitty outings recently because Lugosi has been diagnosed and treated for rather bad lung congestion due to asthma, and he now has a rotten…

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi cleaning his pawsies

  • 30 November 201225 November 2012
Soooo comfy!
  • Spider

Soooo comfy!

  • 29 November 201225 November 2012

Spider, belly side up….

Spot the Kitty!
  • Other Cats

Spot the Kitty!

  • 28 November 201225 November 2012

No, not the one on the wall!  (photo courtesy of Anneke Bosma)  

Ruby v. Elvis
  • Ruby

Ruby v. Elvis

  • 27 November 201225 November 2012

“I don´t wanna be a tiger, cause tigers play too rough ♫ ♪ I don´t wanna be a lion, cause lions aren´t the kind you love enouuuugh….”  ♪ ♫

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider chasing lights

  • 26 November 201225 November 2012

13 years old and still soooo playful! 

Lugosi has been shamed!
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Lugosi has been shamed!

  • 25 November 2012

Hehehe. Not that he looks guilty or anything. 😉

Great New Pics of The Boys
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Great New Pics of The Boys

  • 23 November 201218 November 2012

Spider and Lugosi rolling around in the alley outside… Closeup – Spider (front) and his bro Lugosi   And outside again… tabby twins.   Mirrored Tabbies…

Tilly the Tortie (and White)
  • Other Cats

Tilly the Tortie (and White)

  • 22 November 201218 November 2012

Posing on the wall…  

Stunningly Gorgeous Janelle
  • Barbarella
  • Janelle

Stunningly Gorgeous Janelle

  • 21 November 201218 November 2012

Posing pretty – Janelle in “full fluff”. Beautiful Janelle and I. … and Squeaky (“talk to the butt”)

Ruby fast asleep
  • Ruby

Ruby fast asleep

  • 20 November 201218 November 2012

So sweet! 🙂

Spider at Sunrise
  • Spider

Spider at Sunrise

  • 19 November 201218 November 2012

Looking down on his kingdom from the lofty heights of a 1st floor apartment.   

In bed with my kitties
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby

In bed with my kitties

  • 18 November 201218 November 2012

Lugosi likes to lie on top of me!  Ruby likes to lie next to me. And Spider? He refused to have his picture taken together with a smelly hoomin! 😉 

Ruby is bored….
  • Ruby

Ruby is bored….

  • 14 November 2012
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Videos

Lugosi Cleaning his Pawsies – Closeup HD

  • 12 November 2012
Kitty Silhouettes at Dawn
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitty Silhouettes at Dawn

  • 7 November 20125 November 2012
Lugosi caught a mouse!
  • Lugosi

Lugosi caught a mouse!

  • 6 November 20125 November 2012
3 Kitties in a row….
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

3 Kitties in a row….

  • 5 November 2012
Beauty…
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Beauty…

  • 3 November 20123 November 2012

The stunning beauty of my kitties inspires me every single day…. Ruby and Spider this morning. Too gorgeous. 🙂

On Halloween Ruby battles Evil
  • Ruby

On Halloween Ruby battles Evil

  • 1 November 2012

Last night I found Ruby fighting the forces of darkness…. And now…. you DIE!!!!  

My Girl Ruby and I
  • Kitty Loaf

My Girl Ruby and I

  • 30 October 201228 October 2012

I ♥ my little orange girl! 

Spider Jumps!
  • Spider

Spider Jumps!

  • 29 October 201228 October 2012

Spider´s favourite toys: crinkly mylar balls. 🙂 Of course, they are the mostest fun when a human is there to throw them so he can jump high in the air…

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi at the Vets

  • 28 October 201228 October 2012

I´m so proud of him – he´s such a good boy! 🙂

Long long shadows
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors

Long long shadows

  • 27 October 201224 October 2012

Isn´t it uncanny how Lugosi´s shadow looks like Batman? 

Feral Kitty in Tree
  • Other Cats

Feral Kitty in Tree

  • 26 October 201224 October 2012

I was passing the abandoned La Perla tourist complex the other day when I heard a tiny meow from above me, and saw this cutie having a snooze in the…

Kitties are the new Jesus
  • Spider

Kitties are the new Jesus

  • 25 October 201224 October 2012

Spider modelling my customised rosary…. 

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