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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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Category: Cute

Kitties on Holiday
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  • Janelle
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Kitties on Holiday

  • 19 July 200919 July 2009

The beach is only 15 mins away, but these 3 prefer to stay on their balcony, just chillin….

Janelle: I iz da cute
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  • Janelle
  • Paws

Janelle: I iz da cute

  • 19 July 2009

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Comfy Kitty Posishe
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  • Spider

Comfy Kitty Posishe

  • 16 July 200916 July 2009

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Über-Fluffy ´Tocks
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  • Janelle

Über-Fluffy ´Tocks

  • 15 July 200915 July 2009
Ouchies!
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  • Janelle
  • Silly Pics

Ouchies!

  • 12 July 200912 July 2009

Just playing….  😉

I may be be a mature cat at almost 10…
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  • Lugosi

I may be be a mature cat at almost 10…

  • 11 July 200911 July 2009

…. but I iz still cute! 🙂

Stacked Cats
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  • Janelle
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Stacked Cats

  • 10 July 200910 July 2009

Who´s the top cat here, ey?

  • Cute
  • Janelle
  • Videos

Kitty Exercise

  • 9 July 20099 July 2009

Janelle doing a much better job doing exercise on the mat than myself!

Kitty´s having a laugh!
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  • Janelle
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Kitty´s having a laugh!

  • 9 July 20099 July 2009

Captions please!  I can´t think of any, maybe YOU can? 🙂

….and stretch-2-3-4….
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  • Janelle
  • Paws

….and stretch-2-3-4….

  • 4 July 20094 July 2009

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Cheeky Kitten
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  • Kittens

Cheeky Kitten

  • 1 July 20091 July 2009

Neh neh neh neh neh! *sticks tongue out at camera* 🙂

The very rare Kangaroo Cat
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  • Other Cats
  • Silly Pics

The very rare Kangaroo Cat

  • 29 June 200929 June 2009

Thought to have possibly been extinct, but spotted this morning in Lanzarote (together with black and white domestic cat). .

Gremlin or Cat???
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  • Other Cats

Gremlin or Cat???

  • 28 June 200928 June 2009

Not quite sure which… probably a hybrid!

Cat? Or a very fluffy Prawn?
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  • Lugosi
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Cat? Or a very fluffy Prawn?

  • 27 June 200927 June 2009

Lugosi´s best impression of a Prawn. A very fluffy one. With Pointy Ears.

Janelle has a little stretch…
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  • Janelle
  • Paws

Janelle has a little stretch…

  • 25 June 200925 June 2009
Spider kisses the Princess on her Grassy Throne…
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  • Janelle
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Spider kisses the Princess on her Grassy Throne…

  • 23 June 200923 June 2009

Princess Janelle in one of her rare moments when she allows “commoner” Spider this close!.

Janelle sleeps in grass pot… video & pics
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  • Janelle
  • Videos

Janelle sleeps in grass pot… video & pics

  • 22 June 200922 June 2009

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Yin & Yang Kitties
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  • Other Cats

Yin & Yang Kitties

  • 19 June 200919 June 2009

I am looking after these two while their mummy is on holiday… 🙂

Kitty Bookends!
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  • Spider & Lugosi

Kitty Bookends!

  • 17 June 200917 June 2009

A few pics from a couple of years ago of Lugosi & Spider, doing their best Kitty Bookends impression…

Gimme Tuna!
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  • Spider

Gimme Tuna!

  • 13 June 200913 June 2009

Spider: “Do I smell TUNA?!“ Gimmeeeeeeeee! Num num num num! (That´s “nom nom nom nom” spelled in English rather than American).

Upside down is the new downside up!
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  • Other Cats
  • Silly Pics

Upside down is the new downside up!

  • 12 June 200912 June 2009
Spider´s Fluffy Paw Beans
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  • Paws
  • Spider

Spider´s Fluffy Paw Beans

  • 10 June 200910 June 2009

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Janelle wins the fluffiest back paw award!
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  • Janelle

Janelle wins the fluffiest back paw award!

  • 6 June 20096 June 2009
  • Cute
  • Kittens
  • Videos

Kittens playing Part 2

  • 4 June 20094 June 2009
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  • Kittens
  • Videos

Kittens playing

  • 3 June 20093 June 2009

My friend Massimo´s kittens at 7 weeks – just before they are leaving for new homes! (Music by Richard Cheese)

Queen Janelle is not amused…
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  • Janelle

Queen Janelle is not amused…

  • 1 June 20091 June 2009

How *dare* you come in here without knocking?! I am your Queen and I shall have your catnip rations withdrawn for this! Enhance (not amused look)

Polly-Cat
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  • Other Cats
  • Silly Pics

Polly-Cat

  • 31 May 200931 May 2009

Polly from next door says “Helloooooo!” by the light of the crescent moon…. 

Dancing Kitten…
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  • Kittens
  • Other Cats
  • Silly Pics

Dancing Kitten…

  • 30 May 200931 May 2009

The most hilarious photo from today´s Kitten Photo Session.(More photos of this kitten´s gorgeous little sisters & brothers can be found HERE….)

Ah, this is the life….
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  • Lugosi

Ah, this is the life….

  • 28 May 200928 May 2009

Lugosi demonstrates how best to achieve the most comfy sleeping position..

I iz vampire kitteh!
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  • Janelle

I iz vampire kitteh!

  • 26 May 200926 May 2009

Janelle again… well she is in one of her posey moods today, hence so many piccies of her.  Enjoy! 😀..

Plushy Toy or Real Cat?
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  • Janelle

Plushy Toy or Real Cat?

  • 26 May 200926 May 2009

Janelle – isn´t she just a little teddy bear cat? 🙂

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  • Janelle
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How to Snorgle a Kitty Belly

  • 24 May 200924 May 2009

Snorgle = Snort + Snuggle. Summarizes the situation when you smoosh your face into a fuzzy wuzzy smoochie wiggle and make googoo noises. (as defined by www.cuteoverload.com)

Look at the pawsies!
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  • Lugosi

Look at the pawsies!

  • 24 May 200924 May 2009

Lugosi and his bear “double” doing the synchronised pawsies thing….

Gotta love the stripey tail on a tabby
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  • Other Cats

Gotta love the stripey tail on a tabby

  • 21 May 20093 July 2009

Milou is a neighbour´s cat.  Very cute tail, Milou. 🙂

Janelle – the fluffiest belly evah!
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  • Janelle

Janelle – the fluffiest belly evah!

  • 20 May 200920 May 2009

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