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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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Category: Janelle

Visited Janelle today…
  • Janelle

Visited Janelle today…

  • 6 October 20096 October 2009

Janelle (who lived with us for almost 3 years, but now is with a friend, in case you didn´t know) is absolutely happy at Anneke´s house.  I mean, wouldn´t *you*…

Bye Bye Janelle!
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  • Spider

Bye Bye Janelle!

  • 26 September 200926 September 2009

Janelle is permanently moving to “Auntie” Anneke tomorrow – the “Nemesis” situation with Lugosi isn´t ever going to get any better, and I am glad that I have found my…

One cute, one silly…
  • Cute
  • Janelle
  • Silly Pics

One cute, one silly…

  • 22 September 200922 September 2009

Couple of Janelle pics – first cute…..…then silly – just before she made a mad dash past me and the camera….

Janelle´s new sleeping spot
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  • Janelle

Janelle´s new sleeping spot

  • 16 September 200916 September 2009

Right next to my face when I go to bed.  Bless her. 🙂

Janelle is back!
  • Cute
  • Janelle

Janelle is back!

  • 14 September 200914 September 2009

Spreading her furry butt about the place as if she never left…. 🙂

Princess Janelle is not amused…
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  • Janelle
  • Other Cats

Princess Janelle is not amused…

  • 3 September 20093 September 2009

Janelle: “Oh noes!  Don´t you photograph me with these *commoners*!”

Janelle still on Holiday
  • Janelle

Janelle still on Holiday

  • 31 August 200931 August 2009

If all goes well, Lugosi will be out of the “Collar of Terror” (at least in Janelle´s eyes!) by Thursday this week, and Janelle will be back with us then….

Janelle on holiday at Auntie Anneke´s…
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  • Other Cats

Janelle on holiday at Auntie Anneke´s…

  • 20 August 200923 August 2009

For the next 2 weeks Janelle is holidaying away from radar dish collared “evil monster” Lugosi – hopefully this holiday won´t be cut short because she won´t behave with the…

Janelle & Lugosi “friends” again
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  • Lugosi

Janelle & Lugosi “friends” again

  • 18 August 200918 August 2009

Okay, not exactly friends, but at least Janelle is in the same room with Lugosi again.  The radar dish collar had to come off Lugosi, cause Nelly was *peeing* herself…

Janelle is in da House
  • Janelle
  • Lugosi

Janelle is in da House

  • 18 August 200918 August 2009

Had to take Lugosi´s radar dish collar off (see 2 posts previously) because Janelle is so terrified of it, she *peed* herself (and on *me* while I was holding her!)…

  • Cute
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Scaredy Cat Janelle doing Slo Mo Walk

  • 17 August 200917 August 2009

She is utterly terrified of Lugosi´s radar dish collar!

Shaved Lion Pussy with Fluffy Booties!
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  • Janelle
  • Paws

Shaved Lion Pussy with Fluffy Booties!

  • 15 August 200915 August 2009

Gotta love those fluffy booties, too cute!

Janelle´s got a talent…
  • Janelle
  • Silly Pics

Janelle´s got a talent…

  • 10 August 200910 August 2009

She can do *this* with her tongue:

Shaved Pussy(cat)!  Mini Lion! Hear me ROAR!
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  • Janelle

Shaved Pussy(cat)! Mini Lion! Hear me ROAR!

  • 3 August 20093 August 2009

Janelle sports the trendy lion cut once again…. ..

Only Mad Cats and Englishmen?
  • Janelle
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Only Mad Cats and Englishmen?

  • 27 July 200927 July 2009

It´s 38C/100F in the shade.  And 2 of my 3 cats LOVE it (including fluffy Persian Queen Janelle)! .

Arty Shots of Janelle
  • Janelle

Arty Shots of Janelle

  • 26 July 200926 July 2009

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Nom nom nom
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  • Janelle

Nom nom nom

  • 26 July 200926 July 2009

This bowl is a bit deep for Janelle´s cute, smooshy Persian face, but that doesn´t mean she won´t go all the way to get to the food! .

Breaking News: Princess Janelle in Drugs Scandal
  • Catnip
  • Cute
  • Janelle

Breaking News: Princess Janelle in Drugs Scandal

  • 22 July 200922 July 2009

It started off with just one little sniff…. But things quickly got out of hand…. …and soon the Princess turned into a wild animal… losing all her inhibitions and making…

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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Über-Fluffy ´Tocks
  • Cute
  • 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….  😉

Stacked Cats
  • Cute
  • 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? 🙂

If looks could kill…
  • Janelle

If looks could kill…

  • 8 July 20098 July 2009

Janelle giving you the evil eye…

Janelle by the pale moonlight…
  • Janelle

Janelle by the pale moonlight…

  • 6 July 20096 July 2009
….and stretch-2-3-4….
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  • Janelle
  • Paws

….and stretch-2-3-4….

  • 4 July 20094 July 2009

..

Janelle´s Ultra-Fluffy Chest
  • Janelle

Janelle´s Ultra-Fluffy Chest

  • 1 July 20091 July 2009
Janelle has a little stretch…
  • Cute
  • 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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Eyes like Saucers!
  • Janelle

Eyes like Saucers!

  • 15 June 200915 June 2009

Janelle looking excitedly at birdies on the roof….

Janelle wins the fluffiest back paw award!
  • Cute
  • Janelle

Janelle wins the fluffiest back paw award!

  • 6 June 20096 June 2009
Hmm, this looks kinda rude… ;)
  • Janelle
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Hmm, this looks kinda rude… ;)

  • 4 June 20094 June 2009

Spider! WHAT are you doing in front of Princess Janelle?!

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)

Kitty Neighbourhood Watch…
  • Janelle
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Kitty Neighbourhood Watch…

  • 29 May 200929 May 2009

Spider: Hmm, never seen ´im before. Watcha think?Janelle: Personally, I think he needs to see the vet for a “certain operation”. Just check out the size of the guy´s crown…

Check out Janelle´s fluffy middle finger…
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  • Janelle
  • Silly Pics

Check out Janelle´s fluffy middle finger…

  • 27 May 200927 May 2009
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?
  • Cute
  • Janelle

Plushy Toy or Real Cat?

  • 26 May 200926 May 2009

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

  • Cute
  • Janelle
  • Videos

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)

Janelle – the fluffiest belly evah!
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  • Janelle

Janelle – the fluffiest belly evah!

  • 20 May 200920 May 2009
  • Janelle
  • Videos

Janelle trying out Cat Yodeling!

  • 19 May 200919 May 2009

She is not quite a pro yet, but not bad considering this is only her first time!

Test post
  • 3 Cats
  • Cat Macros
  • Janelle

Test post

  • 1 January 19702 September 2013

Testing Qumana. Tags: ruby, bag, fun

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