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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
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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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Spider got a Brazilian!
  • Spider

Spider got a Brazilian!

  • 8 May 20108 May 2010

Look at the poor mite´s shaved belly bits!  He had an ultrasound yesterday – turns out that he has a blockage in his colon and he is now on laxatives,…

Spider, Ruby, Polly… no Lugosi!
  • Cute
  • Other Cats
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Spider, Ruby, Polly… no Lugosi!

  • 6 May 20106 May 2010

Sorry, but Lugosi was having a Diva´s tantrum and isn´t going to pose for us today. 🙁.We do however have…. Ruby (on new rug)!.And Spider and Ruby!.And Polly from next…

What´s the collective noun for a Group of Kitty Loaves?
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  • Kitty Loaf
  • Other Cats

What´s the collective noun for a Group of Kitty Loaves?

  • 2 May 20102 May 2010

A “Basket”?  A “Tray”? A “Bakery”?  Suggestions please. 😉(Btw, these lovely loaves live on the grounds of the Natura Palace Hotel, Playa Blanca, Lanzarote)..

Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post

  • 2 May 20102 May 2010

Some current photos of my three little terrors….Lugosi lounging in pr0n star pose….Spider doing his Cat Aerobics .Ruby blending in with the furniture.Kitty Neighbourhood Watch….Spider doing what cats do best…

Even the booze has to be cat-shaped!
  • Barbarella
  • Cute
  • Miscellaneous

Even the booze has to be cat-shaped!

  • 30 April 201030 April 2010

They don´t call me The Mad Cat Lady for nothing!  Behold the power of my kitty-shaped ice cubes (going in my rum & coke)… 😀

Sore Eyes Solution
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Sore Eyes Solution

  • 30 April 201030 April 2010

It´s almost fun having sore eyes, when you get to wear these! 😉.Lugosi wasn´t too impressed with them though!

Janelle & I
  • Barbarella
  • Janelle

Janelle & I

  • 29 April 2010

Saw my Nellybean this afternoon.  I still love her to bits…

35.6C Degrees currently…
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

35.6C Degrees currently…

  • 28 April 2010

… according to my weather station on the roof.  And the kitties are all flaked out in the heat too.  Ruby doesn´t seem to mind too much though, probably cause…

Ruby´s Mad 5 Seconds?
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  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Ruby´s Mad 5 Seconds?

  • 27 April 201027 April 2010

Uh-uh.  She´s lost it.  Might just be the full moon to blame though… 😉.Madness ENHANCE!

  • Cute
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby´s Noisy Purrinkz

  • 27 April 201027 April 2010

This is what a happy cat sounds like.  🙂

Meet Beautiful Khan
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  • Other Cats

Meet Beautiful Khan

  • 25 April 2010

My friend Antonio´s cat Khan (as in Ghenghis) – he´s an 8 month old longhaired flamepoint boy.  He granted me a quick photo session while I was visiting…. …I guess…

New Pawtraits of Lugosi & Spider
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

New Pawtraits of Lugosi & Spider

  • 24 April 201024 April 2010

Just some nice, new photos of the boys for ya……….

More kitty stuff for my house…
  • Miscellaneous

More kitty stuff for my house…

  • 22 April 2010

New welcome mat.  Meowwww!

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Clever cat builds tunnel!

  • 21 April 2010

Lugosi being extremely silly.  And managing to make himself a tunnel from the cushions on the sofa… 😉

Nail Art Kitties
  • Barbarella
  • Cute
  • Miscellaneous

Nail Art Kitties

  • 17 April 201017 April 2010

Got these cute nail stickers in Tokyo – I hope they´ll stay on after putting 3 or 4 top coats over them! 🙂.Finished Kitty Nails!

Calico Cat Café in Tokyo – Photos & Video
  • Cute
  • Janelle
  • Miscellaneous
  • Other Cats
  • Videos

Calico Cat Café in Tokyo – Photos & Video

  • 16 April 201016 April 2010

While in Tokyo last week, I had to check out a cat café (or two!) while there – you pay for 1/2 hour or an hour (or more), get yourself…

Little Coonies!
  • Cute
  • Kittens
  • Other Cats

Little Coonies!

  • 5 April 20105 April 2010

Maine Coone Kittttttenz! 🙂…Black Tabby girl from the other, slightly older litter….And a couple of grown up babies from previous litters….

Random Friday Kitty Post
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Random Friday Kitty Post

  • 2 April 20102 April 2010

Pics of the terrible 3some… starting with Lugosi..Talk to the Paw!.Spider & Lugosi back to back, like a mirror!.Sphinx Ruby.Ruby blending in with her surroundings.Lugosi doing his best Pr0nstar pose…..Ruby…

More Wet Ruby
  • Ruby

More Wet Ruby

  • 1 April 20101 April 2010

Getting herself soaked in the sink again… …

That kitten got LEGS!
  • Cute
  • Paws
  • Ruby

That kitten got LEGS!

  • 29 March 201029 March 2010

Love the little leggies. 🙂.

  • Cute
  • Janelle
  • Videos

Janelle gets ready for her World Trip

  • 27 March 2010
The Lurve Pic of the Week
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

The Lurve Pic of the Week

  • 27 March 201027 March 2010

Lugosi & Ruby.  Awwww…. 🙂

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider´s Mad Jumps

  • 26 March 201026 March 2010

Spider showing off his jumping skills…

Sleepy reflekshuns…
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Sleepy reflekshuns…

  • 24 March 201024 March 2010

. Wakey wakey!

Janelle & Squeaky
  • Janelle
  • Other Cats

Janelle & Squeaky

  • 23 March 201023 March 2010

A rare photo of the two together in peace…

Hypno-Kitties
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Hypno-Kitties

  • 18 March 2010

6 laser eyes staring down from the balcony…

Catsitting
  • Other Cats

Catsitting

  • 17 March 201017 March 2010

A few gorgeous piccies of the other two cats (that live with Janelle) that I´m catsitting for 2 weeks…. .Blacky…Squeaky.

Mad Cat Lady Action Figure
  • Barbarella
  • Miscellaneous

Mad Cat Lady Action Figure

  • 16 March 201016 March 2010

Saw this on eBay, and of course, I *had* to get one. 😉

Von Fluffenstein Book out now!
  • Miscellaneous

Von Fluffenstein Book out now!

  • 16 March 201016 March 2010

“The Best of Haus von Fluffenstein” beautifully showcases photos of Lugosi, Spider, Ruby & Janelle, with a bit of a story about the kitties as well.  If you like it,…

  • Cute
  • Janelle
  • Videos

Whistling to Nelly

  • 16 March 201016 March 2010

Janelle just loves being whistled to… 🙂

Kitty sized computer
  • Cute
  • Spider

Kitty sized computer

  • 16 March 2010

Spider: “Yay. This netbook is purrfect size for my grubby paws.”.Yay.  Kitty Pr0n! 😀

More Nelly!
  • Barbarella
  • Janelle

More Nelly!

  • 15 March 201015 March 2010

More fuzzy mobile phone pics of Nelly… with me!..

Love Cats
  • Cute
  • Other Cats

Love Cats

  • 14 March 201014 March 2010

Squeaky (grey & white) and Blacky… (taken with mobile phone camera, hence the fuzzy quality).Love Cats enhance

New Janelle Pics
  • Janelle
  • Other Cats

New Janelle Pics

  • 13 March 2010

Photos of Princes Janelle – Enjoy!.Silly pic – check out the little tongue! :p.Posing on the sofa.Nelly outside.The photogenic Squeaky, posing in the garden

Not kitty photos but…
  • Miscellaneous

Not kitty photos but…

  • 12 March 2010

so beautiful, I would like to share.  Took these pictures the other day – the island of Lanzarote is usually very barren but always “blooms” during the winter time because…

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

Kitty Fightclub on the bed: Ruby v. Lugosi

  • 9 March 20109 March 2010

They really do love each other! 🙂

Feline Dustbin Ruby!
  • Ruby

Feline Dustbin Ruby!

  • 9 March 20109 March 2010

She probably *would* eat all of it if I let her! 😉

Squeaky & Blacky
  • Cute
  • Other Cats

Squeaky & Blacky

  • 9 March 20109 March 2010

Janelle´s co-inhabitants Squeaky & Blacky Squeaky talking to my friend Anneke…

My gorgeous, handsome boy
  • Lugosi

My gorgeous, handsome boy

  • 4 March 20104 March 2010

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Spider flies again!
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Spider flies again!

  • 4 March 20104 March 2010

I didn´t expect him to jump *this* high, so I cut his head off.  Still…. such a funny pic. 😉

Prettykitty!
  • Cute
  • Other Cats

Prettykitty!

  • 3 March 20103 March 2010

Look at this kitty (with the prettiest “beauty spot”) posing for me this afternoon at the Natura Palace Hotel in Playa Blanca… .Beauty Spot ENHANCE!

  • Cute
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby gets yoghurt on her nose…

  • 1 March 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
  • Cute
  • 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..

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