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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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Who´s a comfy boy then?
  • Mobile Pics

Who´s a comfy boy then?

  • 10 April 20139 April 2013

Awww, lounging around all day.  Tis good to be a cat.  

Can´t. Move. Darn Cats.
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Can´t. Move. Darn Cats.

  • 26 January 201326 January 2013

Guys, I really really need to go for a pee!

In bed with my kitties
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby

In bed with my kitties

  • 18 November 201218 November 2012

Lugosi likes to lie on top of me!  Ruby likes to lie next to me. And Spider? He refused to have his picture taken together with a smelly hoomin! 😉 

Pile-a-Pawsies
  • Mobile Pics
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Pile-a-Pawsies

  • 19 August 201219 August 2012
Caturday: Breakfast in Bed
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Caturday: Breakfast in Bed

  • 28 July 2012
Ruby Bodyparts
  • Mobile Pics
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Ruby Bodyparts

  • 1 July 2012

A few paws and a tail.

Night of the Living Kitty Loaves
  • Janelle
  • Kitty Loaf
  • Mobile Pics
  • Other Cats

Night of the Living Kitty Loaves

  • 13 June 2012

Janelle and Squeaky

Yoga with Lugosi….
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
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Yoga with Lugosi….

  • 25 May 2012

And now we´re going to lift our right leg behind our head like this…. it´s so easy!  When you´re a cat, that is. 

Lugosi´s Morning Routine
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics

Lugosi´s Morning Routine

  • 22 May 201221 May 2012

Lugosi is one persistent little bugger when he wants to get me out of bed in the morning to have his breakfast served.  But he´s also very loving and spends…

Love Cats
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Love Cats

  • 21 May 201220 May 2012

Awwww! 🙂

Siesta time with Lugosi…
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics

Siesta time with Lugosi…

  • 12 May 201212 May 2012
Persian Paws at Play
  • Janelle
  • Mobile Pics

Persian Paws at Play

  • 7 May 20127 May 2012

Some Janelle pics I took last week – she´s 9 years old on 14 May and still soooo playful!

Ruby Cartoon Pic
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  • Ruby

Ruby Cartoon Pic

  • 1 May 2012

Ruby’s behind taken with the Cartoon Camera app on my mobile phone. Posted from WordPress for Android

Waiting for breakfast…
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics

Waiting for breakfast…

  • 19 April 2012

Lugosi perched on bedside table, patiently waiting for his breakfast… Posted from WordPress for Android

  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Videos

The most pathetic meow…

  • 14 April 2012

Lugosi puts on a really pathetic sounding meow every morning when he wants me to get out of bed and give him his breakfast….

Paw Power!
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics

Paw Power!

  • 10 April 2012
Wet Pussycat
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby

Wet Pussycat

  • 3 April 20124 April 2012

Ruby won’t come in even though it’s raining and she’s getting wet! So I did this… 😉

Cutie!
  • Kittens
  • Mobile Pics
  • Other Cats

Cutie!

  • 1 April 20121 April 2012

Bumped into this new face on my alley last night. Isn’t he/she a cutie?! Posted from WordPress for Android

Waiting for Breakfast
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby

Waiting for Breakfast

  • 14 March 201214 March 2012

My beautiful girl Ruby sitting on my bedside table, patiently waiting for me to get out of bed and make her breakfast.

Bedroom Eyes
  • Mobile Pics
  • Spider

Bedroom Eyes

  • 13 March 201213 March 2012

Hello Ladeez, how about you and me?

Ruby in Half Shadow
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby

Ruby in Half Shadow

  • 5 February 20125 February 2012

A couple of mobile phone pics (whilst lying in bed in the morning)…

Ohhhh Vienna!
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  • Other Cats

Ohhhh Vienna!

  • 30 January 2012

This is a cutie who has recently appeared in our alley that one of the neighbours is calling “Vienna”.  We don´t know who she belongs to at the moment, but…

Two Kitties in a Window
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Two Kitties in a Window

  • 21 January 201221 January 2012
Spider on the mend
  • Mobile Pics
  • Spider

Spider on the mend

  • 21 November 2011

Spider is still poorly, but getting better slowly. Here he is lying next to me curled up in a tight ball….

Ruby goes undercover
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby

Ruby goes undercover

  • 8 November 20118 November 2011
All Hail King Lugosi
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics

All Hail King Lugosi

  • 6 November 20116 November 2011

Lugosi on his throne this morning, ruling his kingdom with an iron paw…

Ruby Upside Down
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby

Ruby Upside Down

  • 1 November 2011
Ruby Pre-Yawn
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby

Ruby Pre-Yawn

  • 25 October 2011
No wonder I don’t wanna get out of bed…
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

No wonder I don’t wanna get out of bed…

  • 17 October 2011

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  • Canariaspace Web Design in Lanzarote
  • Catnip Camera – Feline (+ Other) Photography
  • My Tokyo 2010 Blog
  • Picture Lanzarote Photography
  • The Mad Cat Lady´s Personal Blog
  • YouTube: Haus von Fluffenstein

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