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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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    • 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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Random Ruby Pics
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  • Ruby

Random Ruby Pics

  • 24 January 2019

Just some piccies for you of my beautiful girl. 🙂

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  • Instagram
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Videos

Time for a Pawdicure – Lugosi throws a Tantrum

  • 29 May 201813 May 2018

Lugosi never liked having his clawsies trimmed. See it and believe it.  😆    Did you watch the previous video of Ruby getting her claws trimmed? Well, here’s Lugosi, who…

Ruby & Lugosi Getting a Pawdicure / Claw Trim for Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi

Ruby & Lugosi Getting a Pawdicure / Claw Trim for Cats

  • 5 January 20184 January 2018
Christmas Prezzies for the Kitties!
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi
  • Videos

Christmas Prezzies for the Kitties!

  • 25 December 2017

Ruby really likes her new scratch tree, while Lugosi enjoys his favourite treats (he got 10 bags of it from his grandma from Germany!)… 🙂

City the Kitty, Crusader against Declawing
  • Instagram
  • Miscellaneous
  • Other Cats
  • Paws

City the Kitty, Crusader against Declawing

  • 17 June 201729 June 2017

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…

Ruby’s Ginger Pawsies
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Ruby’s Ginger Pawsies

  • 29 May 201726 May 2017

Those white tufts are just too adorable. 🙂

Paws and Stern Kitty Faces
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Paws and Stern Kitty Faces

  • 12 February 20179 February 2017

Here are the boys, all paws and serious faces!

Random Monday Kitty Post
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Random Monday Kitty Post

  • 10 October 2016

Sorry, I haven’t been too consistent updating this blog, but to make up for it, here you are with a mixture of glorious tabbyness… 

Kitty Michelangelo
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Kitty Michelangelo

  • 5 July 20164 July 2016
JSPCA Jerusalem Animal Rescue Kitty Video
  • Barbarella
  • Feral Cats
  • Miscellaneous
  • Other Cats
  • Paws
  • Videos

JSPCA Jerusalem Animal Rescue Kitty Video

  • 19 April 2016
Spider Lets It All Hang Out!
  • Paws
  • Spider

Spider Lets It All Hang Out!

  • 2 March 201621 February 2016

Kitty Porn Warning NSFW!!!! Oh alright, it’s not really that bad. It’s more cute than pornographic. After all, Spider does have the cutest fluffy butt cheeks! 😉

Cattitude
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Cattitude

  • 26 February 201621 February 2016

Lugosi: “It’s called cattitude, bee-atch. And I haz it in spades!”

  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby’s 2 Minute Pawdicure

  • 9 February 2016

As Ruby demonstrates, getting your clawsies trimmed is not a big deal and saves you a lot of pain because you won’t get your precious nails snagged in the carpet,…

  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors
  • Paws
  • Videos

Lugosi v. Buster Under Door Paw Fight

  • 5 January 20163 January 2016

It’s almost a year that 10 month old Buster was killed by a car – this is a video from last year, bless his little paws, he was such a…

Only Monday?!
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Only Monday?!

  • 30 November 201528 November 2015

Go away, and let me know when Friday is here! 

  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby’s Happy Paws

  • 24 November 201524 November 2015

She adores being brushed.  Just look at those happy pawsies. 

  • Barbarella
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby Gives Me A Low 5!

  • 16 November 2015
Spider´s Phantom Leg!
  • Paws
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Spider´s Phantom Leg!

  • 12 October 20154 October 2015

Check out Spider’s “phantom” leg! 😉 And here you can see the actual cushion that he “borrowed” the “virtual leg” from.

Ruby High Fives
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Ruby High Fives

  • 8 October 20154 October 2015

Gimme 5, Ruby! 🙂

Sleepyheads…
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Sleepyheads…

  • 17 September 201514 September 2015

A few random piccies of my 3 little sleepyheads… 

Dainty Pawsies
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Dainty Pawsies

  • 15 August 201514 August 2015

Lugosi´s dainty pawsies. 

The Shoe Fits!
  • Other Cats
  • Paws
  • Silly Pics

The Shoe Fits!

  • 16 July 201514 July 2015

Or maybe it´s just a wee bit too big for my little paw? Sneaky, one of my friend´s friendly ferals who lives on her terrace…

No, I´m Not Fat!
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

No, I´m Not Fat!

  • 14 July 201514 July 2015

Lugosi: “If I put only two paws on here, I will surely weigh a lot less!” “Or one paw is even better!”

Socks and Tails and Nails…
  • Barbarella
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Socks and Tails and Nails…

  • 9 June 2015

I swear I am not trying to look like my cats!

Adorable Pawsies
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Adorable Pawsies

  • 31 May 2015

First up, Spider´s stripey pants.  Ruby´s backies. Lugosi and Ruby touching paws…

Mirrored Pawsies
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Mirrored Pawsies

  • 26 May 201526 May 2015

Lugosi rests his paws against my mobile, casting a cute kitty toe reflection… P.S.: yes, I know, my mobile screen is cracked! 🙁

Curled Up Pawsies
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Curled Up Pawsies

  • 18 May 2015

Lugosi likes sleeping like this…

Paws In – Paws Out!
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Paws In – Paws Out!

  • 9 May 20153 May 2015

Lugosi shows that he looks sexy either way: whether his pawsies are tucked under or hanging out.

Spider: Talk to the Paw!
  • Paws
  • Spider

Spider: Talk to the Paw!

  • 3 May 2015

Weapons of Mass Destruction!

Gotta keep cool
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Spider & Lugosi

Gotta keep cool

  • 22 April 201519 April 2015

Slurp. More slurpinks.

Paws ´n Claws
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Paws ´n Claws

  • 19 March 201517 March 2015

Pawsome shots of my 3 rascals! Spider Lugosi´s prosh pawsie crossinks! (note: this is CuteOverload speak). Ruby

Dainty Pawsies
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Dainty Pawsies

  • 20 December 2014

Lugosi has the most beautiful little tiger feet…

Gimmeeeeeeeeee!
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Gimmeeeeeeeeee!

  • 12 December 20147 December 2014

What Lugosi wants, Lugosi gets! He does love those treats!

  • Janelle
  • Paws
  • Videos

Nelly making biscuits on my tummy

  • 14 October 201414 October 2014

Listen to those little purrrrrrs. 🙂

So much flooff!
  • Janelle
  • Paws

So much flooff!

  • 14 August 2014

Janelle´s adorable super-fluffy paw….

Adorable Tucked Under Pawsies…
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Spider

Adorable Tucked Under Pawsies…

  • 16 July 2014

Lugosi, followed by Spider. Cute pawsies rule.

Now you see them, now you don´t…
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Now you see them, now you don´t…

  • 17 May 201413 May 2014

Ruby´s amazing vanishing pawsies…

Talk to the (back) paw
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Talk to the (back) paw

  • 1 May 2014

Ruby is not impressed that morning is already here…

Helloooo Ladies!
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Helloooo Ladies!

  • 23 February 201421 February 2014

Lugosi at his most handsomest!

Hello Boys!
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Hello Boys!

  • 20 January 2014

My name is Ruby Akasha, and if you would like to kiss my paw, please do so! *poses, with dainty paw dangling*

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….

Paw Art by….
  • Cute
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Paw Art by….

  • 12 December 2013

Ruby? Not sure who did this, but my guess is it was her… 🙂

You´ll never look at a cat´s paw the same way again after this….
  • Paws
  • Ruby

You´ll never look at a cat´s paw the same way again after this….

  • 3 December 2013

Did you know there´s a tiny little teddy bear in every kitty paw? Go grab a cat and take a look (but be careful, some cats don´t like their pawsies…

  • Janelle
  • Paws
  • Videos

Janelle has the fluffiest paws in the world!

  • 25 November 201324 November 2013

Surely, she should be in the Guinness Book of Records with those fluffy mitts? 🙂

Meditation with Zen Kitty Ruby
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Meditation with Zen Kitty Ruby

  • 13 September 201313 September 2013

First we cross our paws and quietly meow the universal cat chant “om nom nom nom”…. … which will send us into a state of deep relaxation….. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

The fluffiest paws… EVAH!
  • Janelle
  • Paws

The fluffiest paws… EVAH!

  • 26 August 2013

Behold the Toe Hawk! Fluff-Enhance!   And the whole kitty now…. the lovely Janelle!  

Paw Power
  • Paws
  • Spider

Paw Power

  • 29 July 201327 July 2013

Or Power Paw? Spider models one of his fluffy appendages.

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

That Paws On Effect…

  • 6 July 2013
Dainty Ginger Pawsies
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Dainty Ginger Pawsies

  • 21 May 201319 May 2013

Ruby´s lil frontal appendages and toe beans….

Ruby sharpening her weapons…
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Ruby sharpening her weapons…

  • 3 May 20132 May 2013

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