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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
    • 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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Love Cats Ruby & Lugosi Touching Feet

  • 27 June 201627 June 2016

So adorable! 🙂   These two just kill me. Look at their paws touching. Soooo adorable! #cats #lovecats #paws #squeee #tabbies #tabbycats #gatos #katzen #neko #ilovecats #kitties #cute #pets #animals…

Adorable Siamese Flamepoint called Witte
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  • Other Cats

Adorable Siamese Flamepoint called Witte

  • 22 June 201612 June 2016

“Witte” is Dutch for “White”.  Mind you, he isn’t actually white, but has distinct flamepoint Siamese markings, and the noisy vocalisations to go with his Siamese ancestry! 🙂  

Janelle’s Morning Kitty Yoga Session
  • Janelle

Janelle’s Morning Kitty Yoga Session

  • 20 June 201612 June 2016

Nelly shows us her yoga moves… 

Cat Domination Games
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi

Cat Domination Games

  • 18 June 201610 June 2016

It may look very rude, but it’s not what you think! It’s just Lugosi showing Ruby who the alpha cat is around here… 😉

Shot in a Million!
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  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Shot in a Million!

  • 15 June 201610 June 2016

Great Pose, Guys! You’re amazing. 🙂

Meet Lugosi & Spider’s Daddy
  • Miscellaneous

Meet Lugosi & Spider’s Daddy

  • 12 June 201610 June 2016

Last month, David, who is the daddy to Lugosi and Spider visited us here in Lanzarote. Of course, the boys are never impressed about having their photo taken, but they…

Handsome Lugosi
  • Lugosi

Handsome Lugosi

  • 10 June 2016
Queen Ruby
  • Ruby

Queen Ruby

  • 3 June 2016

  Angelic Queen Ruby? Or Juliusa Cesar Kitty? You decide… 

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  • Cute
  • Miscellaneous
  • Other Cats
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Keanu – Cute Kitty in the Movies!

  • 31 May 201627 June 2016

If you like kittens and cheesy action comedies, then this movie will be right up your alley… 😉

Happy Belated Birthday To My Girl Ruby Akasha
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  • Ruby
  • Videos

Happy Belated Birthday To My Girl Ruby Akasha

  • 21 May 2016

Oh noes! I forgot my sweet girl’s birthday! 🙁 Actually, I didn’t. I simply forgot to post things here on my blog. I’m always on Instagram though, if you want…

  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Videos

Ice Cream Cats

  • 19 May 201618 May 2016

Sorry, but our mummy has been so busy with work, she has not been paying attention to our blog much lately… however, if you want to see lots of pictures…

Just Watching The World Go By…
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi

Just Watching The World Go By…

  • 2 May 201619 April 2016

Ruby and Lugosi, kitty neighbourhood watch squad… 

I ♥ My Ginger Kitty
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  • Ruby

I ♥ My Ginger Kitty

  • 30 April 20161 April 2016

HUGSSSSS! 😀

Pretty Kitty Earsies!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi

Pretty Kitty Earsies!

  • 28 April 20161 April 2016

Lugosi and Ruby…  P

Whaddayawant bro?
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Whaddayawant bro?

  • 24 April 20161 April 2016

Lugosi doesn’t agree with Spider’s idea of what good quality catnip means!

JSPCA Jerusalem Animal Rescue Kitty Video
  • Barbarella
  • Feral Cats
  • Miscellaneous
  • Other Cats
  • Paws
  • Videos

JSPCA Jerusalem Animal Rescue Kitty Video

  • 19 April 2016
  • Miscellaneous
  • Other Cats

Cats of Jerusalem – My Catty Vacation in Israel

  • 19 April 201619 April 2016

On my trip to Jerusalem last week, I wasn’t prepared how many wonderful kitties I would meet – I almost didn’t miss my own 3 rascals at all (but don’t…

Action Cat Spider!
  • Spider

Action Cat Spider!

  • 19 April 20161 April 2016

He may be almost 17 years old and deaf, but he is still so playful and has a lot of energy in him! 

Does My Butt Look Big Like This?
  • Lugosi

Does My Butt Look Big Like This?

  • 16 April 20161 April 2016

Not that I care what you think anyway. I iz very happy and confident about my handsome self! 😉

Ruby Thinks Of Going For A Swim
  • Ruby

Ruby Thinks Of Going For A Swim

  • 14 April 20161 April 2016

What do you think, mummy? Will I float with this around me? 🙂

Monday, Go Away!
  • Spider

Monday, Go Away!

  • 11 April 20161 April 2016

Spider: “Wake me up on Friday, will ya?”

Going Green…
  • Barbarella
  • Ruby

Going Green…

  • 8 April 20161 April 2016

A picture I forgot to post from St. Patrick’s Day a few weeks ago. Myself and Ruby. 

Kitty Hugs!
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi

Kitty Hugs!

  • 5 April 20161 April 2016

Haha, looks like they’re hugging, but they’re actually having a fight…. 😉

No Likey These Antibiotics!
  • Lugosi

No Likey These Antibiotics!

  • 2 April 20161 April 2016

Lugosi’s reaction to the antibiotic Synulox! It’s a liquid, and It must taste sooooo bad! Poor baby, I had to lock him outside on the balcony until he stopped foaming…

The Boys… Just Chillin
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The Boys… Just Chillin

  • 1 April 2016

Yo, Spider in da house! 

Radio Interview with UK TalkRadio Station about Marrying my Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Radio Interview with UK TalkRadio Station about Marrying my Cats

  • 26 March 201625 March 2016

I hope you enjoy listening to this short interview I did yesterday morning on talkradio.co.uk

Lugosi & Ruby = Love Cats!
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi

Lugosi & Ruby = Love Cats!

  • 25 March 2016

It always just melts my heart when they’re like this! 🙂 i

Meet the Australian Kitty Foster Fail Lady rescuing cats in the Philippines
  • Catster
  • Miscellaneous
  • Other Cats

Meet the Australian Kitty Foster Fail Lady rescuing cats in the Philippines

  • 17 March 201617 March 2016

I had the pleasure of doing an interview for Catster with the wonderful Michelle of Kitty Central, who is a total heroine to her 9 cats, and also to many…

Spider Lets It All Hang Out!
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  • Spider

Spider Lets It All Hang Out!

  • 2 March 201621 February 2016

Kitty Porn Warning NSFW!!!! Oh alright, it’s not really that bad. It’s more cute than pornographic. After all, Spider does have the cutest fluffy butt cheeks! 😉

Looking to score….
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Looking to score….

  • 29 February 201621 February 2016

Yo bro! You know where I can score some good ‘nip?

Cattitude
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Cattitude

  • 26 February 201621 February 2016

Lugosi: “It’s called cattitude, bee-atch. And I haz it in spades!”

  • Miscellaneous

Poor Spider Has A Cold…

  • 23 February 201621 February 2016

This is not the first time that he comes back from the vets, and 3-4 days later he comes down with the sniffles! 🙁  But it’s not cat flu or…

Triple Trouble…
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Triple Trouble…

  • 21 February 2016

Or Triple Sweetness? 🙂

Lugosi licking his chops
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors

Lugosi licking his chops

  • 16 February 201613 February 2016

Nom nom nom, that was a good breakfast!    

Happy Valentine’s to the Loves of my Life
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Happy Valentine’s to the Loves of my Life

  • 14 February 201613 February 2016

Love you guys, not just today, but every day, every hour, every minute, every second. 🙂

It’s Carnival! So Bee a Cat!
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It’s Carnival! So Bee a Cat!

  • 13 February 2016

Ruby decided she’s gonna go as a queen bee… 🙂 Ready for lift off! 

  • Paws
  • Ruby
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Ruby’s 2 Minute Pawdicure

  • 9 February 2016

As Ruby demonstrates, getting your clawsies trimmed is not a big deal and saves you a lot of pain because you won’t get your precious nails snagged in the carpet,…

Macro Photography Cat Photobomb
  • Ruby

Macro Photography Cat Photobomb

  • 4 February 20162 February 2016

So there I was taking some macro photos of the cats’ grass with those lovely dew drops, and WOAH! Up pops a giant ginger cat face!

Feline Dating is very much alive!
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Feline Dating is very much alive!

  • 2 February 2016

I kid you not, Lugosi took that photo of his furry chest himself!   I accidentally left my mobile phone lying on the sofa with the selfie camera switched on,…

SuperPhoto Kitties
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

SuperPhoto Kitties

  • 25 January 201623 January 2016

Play around with the SuperPhoto App on your mobile, and you can come up with something as stunning looking as this! 🙂

Spider Under The Full Moon
  • Outdoors
  • Spider

Spider Under The Full Moon

  • 23 January 2016

Spider under the pale moonlight…  And my neighbour’s kitty’s silhouette…

Sofa, So Good
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Sofa, So Good

  • 21 January 201616 January 2016

Hmmm, ok then! And where exactly am *I* supposed to sit?! 

Night of the Living Cats
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  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby

Night of the Living Cats

  • 15 January 20169 January 2016

Ruby and her little friends out in the alley at night…

Whaddayawant!
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Whaddayawant!

  • 13 January 20169 January 2016

Oh hai there! The Tabby twins waiting for their breakfast to be served. 

Janelle Closeup
  • Janelle

Janelle Closeup

  • 11 January 20169 January 2016

Janelle’s cute little grumpy Persian face…

Ruby’s Scary Face!
  • Ruby

Ruby’s Scary Face!

  • 9 January 2016

Fear me! 

  • Feral Cats
  • Miscellaneous
  • Videos

Cat vs. Baby Goose – Harbour Cats Puerto del Carmen

  • 6 January 2016

Watch these little guys having a tiff over some cat food! 🙂

  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors
  • Paws
  • Videos

Lugosi v. Buster Under Door Paw Fight

  • 5 January 20163 January 2016

It’s almost a year that 10 month old Buster was killed by a car – this is a video from last year, bless his little paws, he was such a…

A Belated Happy New Year!
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

A Belated Happy New Year!

  • 3 January 2016

Ooops! Better late than never though! 😉

  • Barbarella
  • Feral Cats
  • Other Cats
  • Videos

Harbour Kitties Puerto del Carmen – New Photos and Video

  • 27 December 201526 December 2015

Met all these cuties at the Harbour a few days ago… 🙂   Met this adorable feral kitten yesterday in the harbour of Puerto del Carmen. I *almost* took her…

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