I was recently contacted by Irish author Séamus Mullarkey (who lives in New York), and he was so kind to send me a copy of his book “The Cats of…
Category: Miscellaneous
HERE IT IS! My “Street Cats of Lanzarote 2019” Calendar! Enjoy each month with a gorgeous photo of one (or more) of the amazing feral cats on our island. Get…
Ok, they’re not exactly Lego, but very similar. A company called JEKCA holds the patent for their own “building blocks for kidults”, and you can buy sets of just about anything…
I had the pleasure of meeting the super talented singer/songwriter/model Oriana Curls, who came to visit Lanzarote earlier this week, and spending two fun-filled days with her. As you can…
I recently bought some cat stuff from a company that I met on Instagram called “Always Whiskered“. This is just a short review about my experience with them. Ordering from…
A fun way to keep your cats entertained! 🙂
If you are owned by a cat or three, and as a responsible cat parent, you will know how important it is to have a good cat litter scoop to…
These are some photos of the late Spider, who passed away on 2nd September 2017, that I never got the chance to post. I also still have a backlog of…
As you can imagine, the last few days have been hell for me, after losing my beautiful furbaby Spider to cancer last Saturday. The kind support from so many people…
Since I took these photos a few months ago, I have actually got a few more new cat jewellery items!
Loooook! Lugosi, Spider, Ruby and Janelle were featured in this beautiful video! Now all we gotta do is move to Ireland and get that job! 🙂 DREAM JOB ALERT!!!!!…
Last year during a trip to Israel, I spent a day at the JSPCA Shelter just outside of Jerusalem, and was amazed how hard the volunteers all worked there to…
We are proud to be Instagram furriends with this amazing ginger and white tom called City. He and his mom, Lori, have been tirelessly campaigning and fighting against the outdated…
**Warning: Cat lovers / parents may find the video below distressing.** However, I post this here to increase awareness of the rather common, but not well known feline condition called…
Someone has been listening to the many voices of pet owners here in Lanzarote, and we now finally have a crematorium for our furbabies! I know this is quite a…
I absolutely love this! 😀 For more of Bruce’s hilarious cat and dog cartoons, go and visit his website or Facebook page.
I recently got the chance to test out the Tabcat Cat Tracker. Have you ever struggled to find your cat inside your house or around the garden or in the…
It’s tempting to think that all cats share the same traits, and of course it’s easy to recognise that purring signifies contentment and that when a cat pricks up its…
I recently met up to do an interview with Freddy of Freddy’s Cathouse in Playa Blanca, a town in the west of our island of Lanzarote. Him and his charity…
A black kitten suckling on its mummy, from the Harbour Cat Colony of Puerto del Carmen in Lanzarote. The Harbour Cats of Puerto del Carmen have their own Facebook page,…
Watson is my neighbours’ 3 month old kitten. He is very cheeky and curious and does a fantastic meercat impression. Watson’s amazing meercat impression – the video. #cats #meercat…
On my trip to Jerusalem in April of this year, I had the pleasure of meeting the friendly feral street cats that live all over this ancient city. My new…
I recently came across this interesting kitty whilst searching for some info on the town Hildesheim in northern Germany, where I was born. Tabby & white girl Fräulein Sinner has…
Spider wasn’t well earlier this year. His kidney disease had got slightly worse and he also had to have a malignant tumour (an adenocarcinoma) removed from his right ear at the…
A photo posted by Barbarella Buchner (@the_madcatlady) on Sep 1, 2016 at 1:57am PDT
I bought this lovely pet blanket at our local Lidl here in Puerto del Carmen yesterday, but after only one day of use, it looks like *this*, can you believe it?! The…
Bumped into this cute little boy at the vets the other day. He is looking for a forever home… fingers crossed!
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…
If you like kittens and cheesy action comedies, then this movie will be right up your alley… 😉
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…
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…
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…
Ruby decided she’s gonna go as a queen bee… 🙂 Ready for lift off!
Ruby and her little friends out in the alley at night…
Watch these little guys having a tiff over some cat food! 🙂
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Your favourite 3 rascals would like to wish everybody a happy, lazy, full-of-catnip and not-so-scary (Ruby hates scary things!) Halloween! 🙂
Team Rocket! Jesse! James! And Meowth, that’s right!
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…
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…
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…
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…
Always gotta make sure that everything is done correctly with the kitties! 🙂
He absolutely adores those stick treats from Lidl. 🙂