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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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    • 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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  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
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Christmas Day 2015 Tuna for the Kitties

  • 25 December 2015

Our annual tuna day! 🙂

Meowy Christmas 2015 from Haus von Fluffenstein!
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Meowy Christmas 2015 from Haus von Fluffenstein!

  • 22 December 201521 December 2015

I have been so busy with website work over the last few weeks, I am afraid I have been neglecting this kitty blog!  I hope none of you are suffering…

  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi
  • Videos

Kitty Safe Candles for Christmas

  • 15 December 201514 December 2015

These battery powered tealights are a nice, safe alternative to real candles this Christmas, keeping your kitties safe from injury in case they get too curious! 

The Spoiltest Cats Ever
  • Spider

The Spoiltest Cats Ever

  • 13 December 201511 December 2015

I swear my cats eat better and healthier than I do! Here I have prepared a sunshine-shaped meal of raw turkey and raw beef, topped with Chicken Sprinkles (no cat…

Time For Some Silly Cat Pics – Silly Hats Edition
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Time For Some Silly Cat Pics – Silly Hats Edition

  • 11 December 2015

Starting off with Lugosi… (with his “I shall kill you in your sleep for this” expression) Lugosi with a different kind of hat…  Ruby with a pretty star hat…  And…

Kitty Cookies!
  • Barbarella
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Kitty Cookies!

  • 8 December 20157 December 2015

Not for kitties, but kitty shaped! I didn’t have much choice of colour because it was all part of a christmas biscuit premix packet, so I’m afraid the kitties have…

Happy Saint Nicholas Day!
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Happy Saint Nicholas Day!

  • 6 December 2015

Not so hugely celebrated in the UK, this day is nevertheless quite big in Germany, and I myself grew up with the tradition of leaving my shoe out overnight to…

Street Cats of Lanzarote 2016 Calendar
  • Barbarella
  • Feral Cats
  • Miscellaneous
  • Other Cats

Street Cats of Lanzarote 2016 Calendar

  • 4 December 20154 December 2015

Last chance to get a fantastic Christmas prezzie for cat lovers!!! The calendar is made up of the best shots that I have captured over the last year of some of…

Lugosi Practises For Christmas
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Lugosi Practises For Christmas

  • 2 December 20151 December 2015

  Lugosi is practising for Christmas ? ❄⛄ #cats #tabbies #tabbycats #gatos #katzen #neko #ilovecats #kitties #cute #pets #animals #catstagram #catsofinstagram #catlover #catsoflanzarote #Christmas #christmaslights #silly A video posted by…

Only Monday?!
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Only Monday?!

  • 30 November 201528 November 2015

Go away, and let me know when Friday is here! 

Washing Baskets Are Fun!
  • Ruby

Washing Baskets Are Fun!

  • 29 November 201528 November 2015

According to Ruby, that is. 

3 Kitty Rascals
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

3 Kitty Rascals

  • 26 November 201524 November 2015

It’s not easy to get a photo of all 3 cats sitting so close together *and* posing too! So I’m really pleased to have got these fantastic shots the other…

  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby’s Happy Paws

  • 24 November 201524 November 2015

She adores being brushed.  Just look at those happy pawsies. 

Who’s The Fairest Of Them All?
  • Janelle
  • Other Cats

Who’s The Fairest Of Them All?

  • 22 November 201516 November 2015

Janelle to Squeaky: “Sorry girlie.  No matter how you see it, *I* definitely look better than you on these stripey cushions…”

Welcome to the Jungle!
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Welcome to the Jungle!

  • 20 November 201516 November 2015

My 3 rascals exploring their wild side..

It’s still Nosevember…
  • Ruby

It’s still Nosevember…

  • 18 November 201516 November 2015

And it’s also Whisker Wednesday…

  • Barbarella
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby Gives Me A Low 5!

  • 16 November 2015
Yo! Spider In Da House!
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Spider
  • Spider

Yo! Spider In Da House!

  • 10 November 20158 November 2015

Watch it, girl! It’s MY house today! 

Who’s A Pretty Girl?
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Who’s A Pretty Girl?

  • 8 November 2015

Ruby, of course. 🙂

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi is Poor Starving Kitty!

  • 5 November 20154 November 2015

  Lugosi’s starving kitty impression… #cats #tabbies #tabbycats #gatos #katzen #neko #ilovecats #kitties #cute #pets #animals #catstagram #catsofinstagram #catlover #catsoflanzarote #chicken #bombaypotatoes #indianfood A video posted by Barbarella Buchner (@the_madcatlady)…

Spider’s Brazilian Belly Shave
  • Miscellaneous

Spider’s Brazilian Belly Shave

  • 2 November 201526 October 2015

Spider had to go to the vets for various tests (he’s alright though – just a geriatric checkup), so they shaved his belly and his paw. Don’t worry mate, it’ll…

Happy Halloween from Lugosi, Ruby & Spider
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Happy Halloween from Lugosi, Ruby & Spider

  • 31 October 201529 October 2015

Your favourite 3 rascals would like to wish everybody a happy, lazy, full-of-catnip and not-so-scary (Ruby hates scary things!) Halloween! 🙂

Pokemon Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Pokemon Cats

  • 28 October 201526 October 2015

Team Rocket! Jesse! James! And Meowth, that’s right!

Sitting Pretty…
  • Other Cats

Sitting Pretty…

  • 26 October 2015

Squeaky, my friend Anneke’s cat, posing pretty… 🙂

Kitty Art Sketch of Lugosi, Spider & Ruby
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitty Art Sketch of Lugosi, Spider & Ruby

  • 20 October 201520 October 2015

I recently met this Danish artist, Thomas Dalsgaard Clausen, on Instagram (@onedrawingdaily). Thomas makes sketches and beautiful drawings of all kinds of pets (and humans and other things too), and you can…

The Harbour Kitties get Ham!
  • Feral Cats
  • Miscellaneous
  • Videos

The Harbour Kitties get Ham!

  • 19 October 201519 October 2015

My friend Melanie from Germany with the Harbour Kitties in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote. The cats must have thought it was Christmas when she turned up with 5 packets of…

Spider, Ruby & Lugosi Cartoon Art
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Spider, Ruby & Lugosi Cartoon Art

  • 15 October 201515 October 2015

A huge thanks to Ashleigh of _.pet.editing._ for doing these cute cartoons of my 3 rascals and myself! Click here to see her other gorgeous pet edits on Instagram! 🙂 And another…

Ruby Mugshot
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby

Ruby Mugshot

  • 14 October 20154 October 2015

Ruby: “Oooh, is that my cup you have there?”

Spider´s Phantom Leg!
  • Paws
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Spider´s Phantom Leg!

  • 12 October 20154 October 2015

Check out Spider’s “phantom” leg! 😉 And here you can see the actual cushion that he “borrowed” the “virtual leg” from.

Lulu Kitty Silhouette
  • Cute
  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors

Lulu Kitty Silhouette

  • 10 October 20154 October 2015

My neighbour´s cat Lulu casting her cute little silhouette onto the side of my house… 

Ruby High Fives
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Ruby High Fives

  • 8 October 20154 October 2015

Gimme 5, Ruby! 🙂

Kitty Love Letters In The Sand
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitty Love Letters In The Sand

  • 6 October 20154 October 2015

Sorry, I have not posted much on this blog the last week or so due to… well, as you can see, I have been too busy with other stuff like hanging around…

Too much partying on Caturday Night….
  • Lugosi

Too much partying on Caturday Night….

  • 4 October 2015

This is what Lugosi looked like this morning, after a late night of partying and catnip. 

Beautiful Random Ruby Pics
  • Kitty Loaf
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby

Beautiful Random Ruby Pics

  • 27 September 201522 September 2015

Ruby and her Rat Ruby in Kitty Loaf position Ruby in the alley

Notes From My Catsitter
  • Miscellaneous

Notes From My Catsitter

  • 26 September 201522 September 2015

Always gotta make sure that everything is done correctly with the kitties! 🙂

Gimme Gimme Gimme Those Treats!
  • Spider

Gimme Gimme Gimme Those Treats!

  • 24 September 201522 September 2015

Spider does love those stick treats!

We Are The Original Tabby Twins!
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

We Are The Original Tabby Twins!

  • 22 September 201522 September 2015

Yes we are! 😀

Ruby: Half In, Half Out
  • Ruby

Ruby: Half In, Half Out

  • 20 September 201522 September 2015

  Ruby having as little contact with the floor as possible to keep cool… ? #cats #tabbies #tabbycats #gatos #katzen #neko #ilovecats #kitties #cute #pets #animals #catstagram #catsofinstagram #catlover #catsoflanzarote…

Tabby Twins
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Spider

Tabby Twins

  • 19 September 201514 September 2015

Outside…  … and inside (well, the balcony, that is!)

Sleepyheads…
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Sleepyheads…

  • 17 September 201514 September 2015

A few random piccies of my 3 little sleepyheads… 

New Cat House Turns Out To Be Popular
  • Cat DIY
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Spider
  • Spider

New Cat House Turns Out To Be Popular

  • 15 September 201514 September 2015

Spider likes to think outside the box…. Spider: “Mum! The rat snorted all my catnip!” 🙁 Spider peeking through the back of the cat house.     Ruby sleeping on top…

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby: Life From Inside The Food Bowl

  • 14 September 2015

  Life from inside the food bowl – Ruby nomming her raw chicken. ?  #cats #tabbies #tabbycats #gatos #katzen #neko #ilovecats #kitties #cute #pets #animals #catstagram #catsofinstagram #catlover #catsoflanzarote #gingercat…

First Kiss, Then Hiss
  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors
  • Spider

First Kiss, Then Hiss

  • 10 September 20159 September 2015

Spider having a close encounter with 4-month old Lulu (neighbour’s kitty). She came running to “kiss” Spider…. … but Spider wasn’t too impressed. Oh well, being 16 years old, she is…

Love Cats Lugosi & Ruby
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi

Love Cats Lugosi & Ruby

  • 8 September 20157 September 2015
  • Miscellaneous
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider Chases Treats

  • 7 September 2015

He absolutely adores those stick treats from Lidl. 🙂

Janelle: Little Pink Ridinghood
  • Cute
  • Janelle

Janelle: Little Pink Ridinghood

  • 6 September 20155 September 2015

We use this grooming mask to help Janelle with the stress of being brushed (she hates it!), and it does work to a certain extent. However, she still wriggles and…

Kitty DIY Project: Pretty Red Cat Box
  • Barbarella
  • Cat DIY
  • Cat Stuff
  • Miscellaneous

Kitty DIY Project: Pretty Red Cat Box

  • 5 September 20155 September 2015

Here´s how to turn a boring old box (from a printer in this case) into something more cute and interesting…  Step 1: Paint the box in a colour you like….

Cats Out On The Tiles Tonight
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Cats Out On The Tiles Tonight

  • 3 September 201530 August 2015

Spider, Lugosi & Ruby out in the alley in front of our house…  Cat

Cute New Cat Stuff
  • Barbarella
  • Cat Stuff

Cute New Cat Stuff

  • 1 September 201530 August 2015

You probably think that I could not possibly get any more cat stuff than I already have…. but a Mad Cat Lady cannot *ever* have enough cat stuff! 😀  Below are…

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider plays with his tent

  • 31 August 201530 August 2015

Spider, you´re supposed to get *in* the tent, not *on* it! 😉

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