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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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    • Airplanes & Helicopters
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    • 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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Finally, he truth and nothing but the truth about marrying my cats….
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  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Finally, he truth and nothing but the truth about marrying my cats….

  • 13 January 201512 January 2015

The Huffington Post interviewed me the other day after seeing the article about having married my cats in the British press, and in that interview I got the chance in…

Happy 11th Anniversary to my Boys!
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Happy 11th Anniversary to my Boys!

  • 9 January 20159 January 2015

To my sweet boys, Lugosi & Spider: I still love you as much, if not more, as on the first day we met back in March 2000. And your purrs…

  • Barbarella
  • Cat Stuff
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

I married my cats – in the British press again!

  • 7 January 20157 January 2015

We are getting more and more famous! 🙂 Click here to read this wonderful article in the Daily Mail Online yesterday… 

Catty Photo Session
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Catty Photo Session

  • 26 December 201427 December 2014

Here are a couple more photos from the photo shoot back in November that they did for the article that was in THE SUN the other day….

Fame at last: I married my Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Fame at last: I married my Cats

  • 24 December 201424 December 2014

On 4th November this year UK journalist Pesala, together with photographer Matt from News Dog Media, came over to Lanzarote to do an interview and photoshoot with me and the…

Merry Christmas from Haus von Fluffenstein
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Merry Christmas from Haus von Fluffenstein

  • 24 December 201420 December 2014
Selfies with Lugosi
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider

Selfies with Lugosi

  • 23 December 201420 December 2014

Me and ma boy! 🙂 And a selfie with Spider too!

  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi listens to his mummy talk…

  • 15 November 2014
  • Barbarella
  • Miscellaneous
  • Other Cats

New Cat Calendar 2015: Cat Faces (Cats of Lanzarote Edition)

  • 8 November 20148 November 2014

Your favourite feline photographer´s Cat Calendar 2015 is now available! I have chosen some of my best photos again and put them in this calendar. Some are pet cats here…

Just 10 Photos and the Cats of Lanzarote
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  • Miscellaneous

Just 10 Photos and the Cats of Lanzarote

  • 9 October 20149 October 2014

I just found out via Twitter that I, and also 9 Lives Lanzarote , were mentioned in this wonderful article about the Cats of Lanzarote. Thank you soooo much “Just…

Sandwiched by the boys!
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Sandwiched by the boys!

  • 29 September 201428 September 2014

Lugosi (left) and Spider with mummy in the middle last night…

Me and my Kattens
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby

Me and my Kattens

  • 8 August 20147 August 2014

Spider´s busy schedule prevented him from being available for a photo session… but here´s Lugosi. And Ruby…

Be Honest: How Much Cat-Themed Stuff Do You Have?
  • Barbarella
  • Cat Stuff
  • Catster
  • Miscellaneous

Be Honest: How Much Cat-Themed Stuff Do You Have?

  • 5 August 2014

Are you as bad as me? Read my article on Catster about all the cat paraphernalia that I own! www.catster.com/lifestyle/cat-themed-shirt-socks-bag-jewelry-obsession-confession-home-pictures-photos

Spiky Scaredy SpiderCat!
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Miscellaneous
  • Spider

Spiky Scaredy SpiderCat!

  • 5 July 2014

I had a street dog called Simba (according to his collar) in my house for a couple of hours which totally freaked and stressed out my 3 rascals, and Spider…

Once a Cat Lady
  • Barbarella
  • Other Cats

Once a Cat Lady

  • 4 July 2014

always a Cat Lady. 🙂 Yours truly + kitten c. 1976.

Lugosi and I
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi

Lugosi and I

  • 5 June 2014

My soulmate Lugosi and I, chillaxing outside our apartment…

Natural Beauty
  • Barbarella
  • Ruby

Natural Beauty

  • 13 May 2014

Tsk. Look at her. And there´s me slaving away on my cross trainer…. :/

Lugosi gets kissies, whether he likes it or not!
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi

Lugosi gets kissies, whether he likes it or not!

  • 26 April 201421 April 2014

Ewwwwww! A human kissed me! Quick, get the disinfectant! Ewwwwwwwwwwww!

  • Barbarella
  • Janelle
  • Videos

Janelle plays with keyring – CUTE!

  • 12 April 201412 April 2014
Kitty Paw Kissies
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitty Paw Kissies

  • 10 April 20147 April 2014
Catnip Camera featured on Catster
  • Barbarella
  • Catster
  • Other Cats

Catnip Camera featured on Catster

  • 28 March 201427 March 2014

Here´s my latest Catster article, which is… about myself! Actually, it´s about Catnip Camera and my feline photography really, but with a bit of personal back story thrown in. ENJOY!…

  • Barbarella
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby´s new ways of getting me out of bed!

  • 24 March 201422 March 2014

Ruby´s obviously learnt from the best (Lugosi) – even though she is developing her very own, special techniques…. :O

St Patrick´s Day Girls
  • Barbarella
  • Ruby

St Patrick´s Day Girls

  • 23 March 201422 March 2014

Better posted late than never… Ruby and I on St Patrick´s Day weekend.

Snuggles with my girl Ruby Akasha
  • Barbarella
  • Ruby

Snuggles with my girl Ruby Akasha

  • 27 February 201426 February 2014

Snuggles. Kissies. Alright mummy, that´s enough. One more kiss and I´ll have your eye out!

  • Barbarella
  • Janelle
  • Videos

Nelly gets a gentle Face Brushing

  • 26 February 201423 February 2014

Perched on her aunty Barbarella´s belly, purring… awww bless. 🙂

Nelly and Auntie Barbarella
  • Barbarella
  • Janelle

Nelly and Auntie Barbarella

  • 23 February 2014

Visited my girl today. 🙂

The Kattens with their Mummy
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

The Kattens with their Mummy

  • 10 February 201416 February 2014

Random photos taken together with my furbabies over the last couple of months… Sandwiched by my boys (Spider on the left, Lugosi on the right) My girl Ruby and I…

Supervised Outdoors for Indoor Kitties
  • Barbarella
  • Catster
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Supervised Outdoors for Indoor Kitties

  • 3 February 20143 February 2014

I hope you enjoy my latest article on Catster – it´s about how I take my 3 rascals out twice a day on supervised kitty outings…. CLICK HERE to Read…

Selfie with Nelly
  • Barbarella
  • Janelle

Selfie with Nelly

  • 26 January 2014

Look at the floofff! 🙂

Happy Anniversary, Boys!
  • Barbarella
  • Catster
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Happy Anniversary, Boys!

  • 11 January 20143 February 2014

10 years married to my beautiful tabby boys and the loves of my life – they don´t call me The Mad Cat Lady for nothing. 😉 (sorry, didn´t get the…

Merry Christmas to all you humans & kitties alike (and doggies too!)
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Merry Christmas to all you humans & kitties alike (and doggies too!)

  • 22 December 2013

Wishing all of you the best – health, wealth, sunshine and whatever your heart desires. 🙂

My boys and I….
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

My boys and I….

  • 20 December 2013

I love them to bits (but Ruby too, of course!). My boy Lugosi My boy Spider

Tabby Fashion – blending in with the kitties
  • Barbarella
  • Miscellaneous
  • Paws

Tabby Fashion – blending in with the kitties

  • 13 December 201312 December 2013

I really wonder sometimes whether I subconsciously buy/do stuff that makes me blend in with my cats….

The Catty Crimbo Tree is Up!
  • Barbarella
  • Miscellaneous

The Catty Crimbo Tree is Up!

  • 7 December 2013
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

How to torture your hoomin

  • 21 November 201320 November 2013

Lugosi: “Now watch me torture my hoomin with the power of my claws.”

London Kitteh
  • Barbarella
  • Other Cats

London Kitteh

  • 20 November 201320 November 2013

Met this cutie sunning himself on a wheely bin when I was over in London last weekend….. 🙂

New hair + Lugosi
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi

New hair + Lugosi

  • 11 November 201310 November 2013

Oh sheesh, not another selfie with mummy! Argh!

2 of my Babies and I
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby

2 of my Babies and I

  • 6 November 20135 November 2013

How come cats never look happy in photos like this?! 😉

My article on Catster.com: The Feral Cats of Lanzarote
  • Barbarella
  • Catster
  • Miscellaneous

My article on Catster.com: The Feral Cats of Lanzarote

  • 31 October 20133 February 2014

Woot! Fame at last! I have been published. 😉 Recently Catster emailed me asking me why I don´t write for them? So as a first effort, naturally, I chose the…

  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi´s Morning Ritual – The Real Simon´s Cat

  • 5 September 20133 September 2013
  • Barbarella
  • Cat Stuff

Cat Themed Shoes

  • 30 August 201330 August 2013

Adding a new pair of cat themed shoes to my collection.  Arrived in the post from China today (via eBay).  🙂

HAPPY 14th BIRTHDAY to Lugosi & Spider
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider & Lugosi

HAPPY 14th BIRTHDAY to Lugosi & Spider

  • 31 July 201324 July 2013

Feels like a lifetime since the day I adopted my boys back in March 2000 (they were 8 months old then).   14 today and still going strong!  Love you…

  • Barbarella
  • Cute
  • Kittens
  • Other Cats
  • Videos

Persian Kitten Photo Session

  • 28 July 201327 July 2013

Meet Cupid (grey/white) and Amor (ginger), two adorable Persian kittens I had the pleasure to do a photo session with recently.  The photos can be found on my Feline Photography…

  • Barbarella
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Videos

I iz my cats´ butler….

  • 13 July 2013

I budged. I crumbled.  I failed.   And I love it. 😉

  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Videos

That Paws On Effect…

  • 6 July 2013
Still here!
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi

Still here!

  • 2 July 2013

I have been a bit quiet with my kitty pic/video posts because of lots and lots of work… but we´re still here, alive and kicking.   Or in Lugosi´s case,…

So awful…. absolutely awful
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider

So awful…. absolutely awful

  • 26 June 201326 June 2013

It´s one of those afternoons, where all you got is sunshine, beer and cats.  Isn´t it absolutely awful?! 😉

Shadowing my Kittehs
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Shadowing my Kittehs

  • 9 June 20137 June 2013
No Rest for the Wicked
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi

No Rest for the Wicked

  • 2 June 201329 May 2013

I´m trying to have a lie-in here, Lugosi! Lugosi, however, thinks a “lie-ON” is a more effective way to get mummy out of bed. 

Cold Feet? Grab a Cat!
  • Barbarella

Cold Feet? Grab a Cat!

  • 5 May 20133 May 2013

Lugosi.  The best and only foot warmer there is. 

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