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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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    • SciFi, Horror & Fantasy Conventions/Events
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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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Category: Ruby

Going Green…
  • Barbarella
  • Ruby

Going Green…

  • 8 April 20161 April 2016

A picture I forgot to post from St. Patrick’s Day a few weeks ago. Myself and Ruby. 

Kitty Hugs!
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi

Kitty Hugs!

  • 5 April 20161 April 2016

Haha, looks like they’re hugging, but they’re actually having a fight…. 😉

Lugosi & Ruby = Love Cats!
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi

Lugosi & Ruby = Love Cats!

  • 25 March 2016

It always just melts my heart when they’re like this! 🙂 i

Triple Trouble…
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Triple Trouble…

  • 21 February 2016

Or Triple Sweetness? 🙂

Happy Valentine’s to the Loves of my Life
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Happy Valentine’s to the Loves of my Life

  • 14 February 201613 February 2016

Love you guys, not just today, but every day, every hour, every minute, every second. 🙂

  • 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,…

Macro Photography Cat Photobomb
  • Ruby

Macro Photography Cat Photobomb

  • 4 February 20162 February 2016

So there I was taking some macro photos of the cats’ grass with those lovely dew drops, and WOAH! Up pops a giant ginger cat face!

SuperPhoto Kitties
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

SuperPhoto Kitties

  • 25 January 201623 January 2016

Play around with the SuperPhoto App on your mobile, and you can come up with something as stunning looking as this! 🙂

Sofa, So Good
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Sofa, So Good

  • 21 January 201616 January 2016

Hmmm, ok then! And where exactly am *I* supposed to sit?! 

Night of the Living Cats
  • Miscellaneous
  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby

Night of the Living Cats

  • 15 January 20169 January 2016

Ruby and her little friends out in the alley at night…

Ruby’s Scary Face!
  • Ruby

Ruby’s Scary Face!

  • 9 January 2016

Fear me! 

A Belated Happy New Year!
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

A Belated Happy New Year!

  • 3 January 2016

Ooops! Better late than never though! 😉

  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Videos

Christmas Day 2015 Tuna for the Kitties

  • 25 December 2015

Our annual tuna day! 🙂

Meowy Christmas 2015 from Haus von Fluffenstein!
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Meowy Christmas 2015 from Haus von Fluffenstein!

  • 22 December 201521 December 2015

I have been so busy with website work over the last few weeks, I am afraid I have been neglecting this kitty blog!  I hope none of you are suffering…

  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi
  • Videos

Kitty Safe Candles for Christmas

  • 15 December 201514 December 2015

These battery powered tealights are a nice, safe alternative to real candles this Christmas, keeping your kitties safe from injury in case they get too curious! 

Time For Some Silly Cat Pics – Silly Hats Edition
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Time For Some Silly Cat Pics – Silly Hats Edition

  • 11 December 2015

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…

Kitty Cookies!
  • Barbarella
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Kitty Cookies!

  • 8 December 20157 December 2015

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…

Happy Saint Nicholas Day!
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Happy Saint Nicholas Day!

  • 6 December 2015

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…

Washing Baskets Are Fun!
  • Ruby

Washing Baskets Are Fun!

  • 29 November 201528 November 2015

According to Ruby, that is. 

3 Kitty Rascals
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

3 Kitty Rascals

  • 26 November 201524 November 2015

It’s not easy to get a photo of all 3 cats sitting so close together *and* posing too! So I’m really pleased to have got these fantastic shots the other…

  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby’s Happy Paws

  • 24 November 201524 November 2015

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

Welcome to the Jungle!
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Welcome to the Jungle!

  • 20 November 201516 November 2015

My 3 rascals exploring their wild side..

It’s still Nosevember…
  • Ruby

It’s still Nosevember…

  • 18 November 201516 November 2015

And it’s also Whisker Wednesday…

  • Barbarella
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby Gives Me A Low 5!

  • 16 November 2015
Yo! Spider In Da House!
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Spider
  • Spider

Yo! Spider In Da House!

  • 10 November 20158 November 2015

Watch it, girl! It’s MY house today! 

Who’s A Pretty Girl?
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Who’s A Pretty Girl?

  • 8 November 2015

Ruby, of course. 🙂

Happy Halloween from Lugosi, Ruby & Spider
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Happy Halloween from Lugosi, Ruby & Spider

  • 31 October 201529 October 2015

Your favourite 3 rascals would like to wish everybody a happy, lazy, full-of-catnip and not-so-scary (Ruby hates scary things!) Halloween! 🙂

Kitty Art Sketch of Lugosi, Spider & Ruby
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitty Art Sketch of Lugosi, Spider & Ruby

  • 20 October 201520 October 2015

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…

Spider, Ruby & Lugosi Cartoon Art
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Spider, Ruby & Lugosi Cartoon Art

  • 15 October 201515 October 2015

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…

Ruby Mugshot
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby

Ruby Mugshot

  • 14 October 20154 October 2015

Ruby: “Oooh, is that my cup you have there?”

Ruby High Fives
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Ruby High Fives

  • 8 October 20154 October 2015

Gimme 5, Ruby! 🙂

Kitty Love Letters In The Sand
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitty Love Letters In The Sand

  • 6 October 20154 October 2015

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…

Beautiful Random Ruby Pics
  • Kitty Loaf
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby

Beautiful Random Ruby Pics

  • 27 September 201522 September 2015

Ruby and her Rat Ruby in Kitty Loaf position Ruby in the alley

Ruby: Half In, Half Out
  • Ruby

Ruby: Half In, Half Out

  • 20 September 201522 September 2015

  Ruby having as little contact with the floor as possible to keep cool… ? #cats #tabbies #tabbycats #gatos #katzen #neko #ilovecats #kitties #cute #pets #animals #catstagram #catsofinstagram #catlover #catsoflanzarote…

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

Sleepyheads…

  • 17 September 201514 September 2015

A few random piccies of my 3 little sleepyheads… 

New Cat House Turns Out To Be Popular
  • Cat DIY
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Spider
  • Spider

New Cat House Turns Out To Be Popular

  • 15 September 201514 September 2015

Spider likes to think outside the box…. Spider: “Mum! The rat snorted all my catnip!” 🙁 Spider peeking through the back of the cat house.     Ruby sleeping on top…

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby: Life From Inside The Food Bowl

  • 14 September 2015

  Life from inside the food bowl – Ruby nomming her raw chicken. ?  #cats #tabbies #tabbycats #gatos #katzen #neko #ilovecats #kitties #cute #pets #animals #catstagram #catsofinstagram #catlover #catsoflanzarote #gingercat…

Love Cats Lugosi & Ruby
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi

Love Cats Lugosi & Ruby

  • 8 September 20157 September 2015
Cats Out On The Tiles Tonight
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Cats Out On The Tiles Tonight

  • 3 September 201530 August 2015

Spider, Lugosi & Ruby out in the alley in front of our house…  Cat

Ruby just hanging around…
  • Ruby

Ruby just hanging around…

  • 17 August 201514 August 2015

Oh hai there! Check out my amazing whiskerage! 🙂

Ruby´s New Tent Part II
  • Ruby

Ruby´s New Tent Part II

  • 14 August 201511 August 2015

I´m glad to find that at least *some* things I buy for my 3 rascals are appreciated. 🙂

  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Videos

Ruby´s New Tent

  • 9 August 20159 August 2015

The new tent is turning out to be a great toy too! 🙂 Hover over the pic and press PLAY to watch video.    Ruby’s new tent is turning out…

Happy International Cat Day 2015
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Happy International Cat Day 2015

  • 8 August 2015

May there be tuna and plenty of catnip for all catkind! 🙂

The Boys’ 16th Birthday Celebrations
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Spider
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

The Boys’ 16th Birthday Celebrations

  • 31 July 201531 July 2015

Since I was out this morning/lunchtime doing a photo shoot, we had to leave the main bulk of Lugosi & Spider’s birthday party to the afternoon… but they appreciated every…

I stand accused…. by cats!
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

I stand accused…. by cats!

  • 30 July 201528 July 2015

So, *when* exactly are you going to open the door for us, human servant?!

Sausage Cat
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Sausage Cat

  • 28 July 2015

You all heard about sausage dogs (Dachshund), but there are also sausage cats! Or at least Ruby does a rather good impression of one. 

  • Barbarella
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi
  • Videos

Love Cats Ruby & Lugosi

  • 24 July 201523 July 2015

Lugosi and Ruby…. can you just feeeel the lurve! 😀 P.S.: Turn up the sound to hear Ruby´s loud purrs.

Ruby Artwork by Wachira Sucharitkul
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby

Ruby Artwork by Wachira Sucharitkul

  • 23 July 201523 July 2015

I met this talented artist on Instagram, and she did these wonderful sketches of Ruby from photos that I had posted on there. Thank you so much for doing these,…

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby´s Tick Tock Tailio

  • 21 July 201518 July 2015

Watch that cute stripey tail! 

Pretty Ruby Loaf
  • Kitty Loaf
  • Ruby

Pretty Ruby Loaf

  • 19 July 201517 July 2015

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