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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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Watch those clawsies!
  • Catnip
  • Ruby

Watch those clawsies!

  • 19 January 201119 January 2011

Ruby going wild with a catnip toy…..Enhance Clawsies!

Cat Yoga
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Cat Yoga

  • 18 January 201118 January 2011

Lugosi: “Can´t I just do my Yoga in peace without that camera in my face?!”(while Spider snoozes in the background)

Lugosi wants something!
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi wants something!

  • 15 January 201115 January 2011
Ruby´s cute smiley face…
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Ruby´s cute smiley face…

  • 14 January 2011

…with Lugosi.

3 Terrors in one spot again!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

3 Terrors in one spot again!

  • 13 January 201113 January 2011

Slightly surreal shot – Ruby looks like a cardboard cutout!

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

Kitty Fight Club: Ruby v. Lugosi

  • 12 January 201112 January 2011

.Ruby: I shall nom off your ear!!!.Nyom, nyom, nyom!!!.Ruby: And I shall nom off your face!!!.Lugosi silly face closeup!.Lugosi: Well, we´ll see about that!

Great Spot to Warm my Bum!
  • Ruby

Great Spot to Warm my Bum!

  • 12 January 201112 January 2011

The waterboiler is the best spot to warm my bum…. 🙂

Sunrise with Spider
  • Spider

Sunrise with Spider

  • 11 January 201111 January 2011
The Twins
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The Twins

  • 8 January 20119 January 2011

Tabby Twins Lugosi & Spider……

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

Good Grass, yum!

  • 7 January 20117 January 2011

Finally, after a week´s wait since putting the seeds in the soil, the kitties´ wait is over!  Fresh Grass! Yay!

Flower Girl Janelle
  • Janelle

Flower Girl Janelle

  • 6 January 20117 January 2011

Nobody can seeee meee! 🙂 . Oh okay, I´m so beautiful, I actually *want* people to see me! . This plant don´t taste that good…. :/

Purple Ruby
  • Ruby

Purple Ruby

  • 5 January 2011

Ruby posing in her new purple cat bed…. ….

Who´s the Handsomest of them All?
  • Spider

Who´s the Handsomest of them All?

  • 4 January 20114 January 2011

Spider says… “Hellllloooo Ladies!”.

What a Mess!
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby

What a Mess!

  • 3 January 20113 January 2011

Only one of my kitties can do this.  She thinks she´s a dog!  (but better than Lugosi who sometimes pees over the side!).

Jumping Champion Spider
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Jumping Champion Spider

  • 2 January 20112 January 2011

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New Year´s Eve 2010/2011 Fireworks
  • Barbarella
  • Miscellaneous

New Year´s Eve 2010/2011 Fireworks

  • 1 January 201116 January 2011

Happy New Year Everybody! No kitties this time, sorry – back soon though! New Year´s Eve 2010/2011 in the Old Town of Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote .

More Catnip Shenanigans
  • Catnip
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider

More Catnip Shenanigans

  • 31 December 20101 January 2011

Spider looks on in horror as his brother and Ruby get drugged up to the eyeballs! (there´s some of my own home-grown catnip on the floor for them) . Ruby…

Nelly Nomming
  • Janelle
  • Videos

Nelly Nomming

  • 30 December 201030 December 2010

Listen to her noisy munching… 🙂

Domination Games Cat Style
  • Kitty Fight
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Domination Games Cat Style

  • 30 December 201030 December 2010

Spider tries to show Ruby who´s the boss around here…

Cats high on Catnip
  • Catnip
  • Janelle
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Cats high on Catnip

  • 29 December 2010

Some old video footage that I never got round to editing until now, of Lugosi, Spider and Janelle (before she moved over to live with my friend Anneke) getting rat-arsed…

Breakfast Time!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Breakfast Time!

  • 28 December 20102 January 2011

I prepare the table for breakfast for Mum, her partner and my grandad, and look who gets all the best chairs!

Spider in the Sky…
  • Spider

Spider in the Sky…

  • 27 December 20102 January 2011

. . .

Ruby Pics
  • Ruby

Ruby Pics

  • 26 December 20102 January 2011

She was posing on the balcony this morning.  Pretty kitty! . . . .

Lodger Kitteh Pt. 2
  • Other Cats

Lodger Kitteh Pt. 2

  • 25 December 20102 January 2011

He was back today again, procuring more treats for himself, and granting me another exclusive photo session… . I iz so handsome . Boquerones make for great (but expensive) cat…

Lodger Kitteh
  • Other Cats

Lodger Kitteh

  • 25 December 20102 January 2011

Since I only have a small apartment, my mother, who is over visiting from Germany for Xmas, her partner Heinz and my Grandad are staying at a nearby holiday apartment…

Merry Xmas from the Von Fluffensteins
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Merry Xmas from the Von Fluffensteins

  • 24 December 20102 January 2011
Spider´s cute little eye whiskers
  • Spider

Spider´s cute little eye whiskers

  • 23 December 20102 January 2011

They just kill me. 🙂 .

Wet pussy! :O
  • Barbarella
  • Ruby

Wet pussy! :O

  • 21 December 20102 January 2011

Ruby got a bit damp last night running out on the balcony in the pouring rain. Isn´t she cute all wrapped up in a towel? 🙂

Merry Frickin Xmas
  • Janelle

Merry Frickin Xmas

  • 20 December 20102 January 2011

…says Janelle 😉

The Amazing Siamese Tabby Twins!
  • Kitty Fight

The Amazing Siamese Tabby Twins!

  • 19 December 201019 December 2010

2 heads, 2 tails, 2 legs…. One Body! Behold Spider & Lugosi! The Amazing Siamese Tabby Twins!

I swear….
  • Cat Macros
  • Ruby
  • Spider

I swear….

  • 18 December 201018 December 2010
Tabby Twins on Video
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Videos

Tabby Twins on Video

  • 13 December 201013 December 2010

Spider having a quiet play for himself, when Lugosi butts into the video….  If you like the music, click here for more…

Spider blending in…
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Spider blending in…

  • 13 December 201017 December 2010

It´s all about blending in with your surroundings….

Ruby washes her toys Part II
  • Ruby

Ruby washes her toys Part II

  • 10 December 201017 December 2010

Yesterday you saw the video, but I forgot to post these cute photos… 🙂 . .

Ruby washes her toys…
  • Cute
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby washes her toys…

  • 9 December 201010 December 2010
Spider jumps again…
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Spider jumps again…

  • 9 December 201010 December 2010

Hilarious pic!.Enhance!

Mad Cat!
  • Ruby

Mad Cat!

  • 7 December 201010 December 2010

Ruby at play.  Watch your hands!

Mmmmh, good grass!
  • Spider

Mmmmh, good grass!

  • 6 December 201010 December 2010

Spider enjoys munching the grass I planted in a small pot, specially for the kitties….

Lugosi Artwork
  • Lugosi

Lugosi Artwork

  • 6 December 201010 December 2010

Just a little bit of playing around in Paintshop Pro…

R.I.P. Manolo
  • Other Cats
  • Videos

R.I.P. Manolo

  • 5 December 201010 December 2010

He was approx. 23 years old and had an amazing, long life for a cat. Visitors to Lanzarote will have known him as a fixture on the Avenida (beach front)…

Noooooooooo!
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Noooooooooo!

  • 4 December 201010 December 2010

Not that BabyBabyBabyJustinBieberCrap again!!!! Waaaaaaaaaaah!

Three Terrors in One Spot
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Three Terrors in One Spot

  • 1 December 201010 December 2010

Beautiful, rare shots of all 3 terrors together. . Enhance! . . . . Lugosi´s had enough by then, so it´s just Ruby and Spider now…

Flying Cat
  • Ruby

Flying Cat

  • 30 November 2010

Weeeeeeeeeeeee!

Surreal Kitty Pic
  • Lugosi

Surreal Kitty Pic

  • 29 November 201029 November 2010

No, it wasn´t done with magic or Photoshop – I took this picture from outside through a window with all its reflections, and Lugosi sitting on the inside…. looks so…

Basketcase Nelly
  • Janelle

Basketcase Nelly

  • 28 November 201028 November 2010

It´s my basket, and I cry if I want to…. . Peek-a-Boo! . Mummy Anneke with Janelle (out of the basket, gasp!) . Playful Nelly (back in the basket!) ….

Spider´s scrunched up nose
  • Paws
  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider´s scrunched up nose

  • 26 November 201027 November 2010

It´s just the most adorable thing he does – watch his nose while he licks his paw. 🙂

Ruby: From Cute to Fearsome!
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Ruby: From Cute to Fearsome!

  • 25 November 201025 November 2010

.Ruby´s impression of a Scottish Fold….Ph33r me! .

Lugosi in Prawn Star Pose
  • Lugosi

Lugosi in Prawn Star Pose

  • 23 November 2010

Hey guys, look at my Brazilian! 😀 (he had to have a bladder ultrasound last week, hence the bare belly).

Ruby gets her pawies wet
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby gets her pawies wet

  • 20 November 201020 November 2010
  • Ruby

Pawprints

  • 18 November 201018 November 2010

Look Mummy!  I made these pawprints from rain on the carpet, especially for you!

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