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

The Art of Synchronised Sleeping
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby

The Art of Synchronised Sleeping

  • 11 February 20159 February 2015

Otherwise known as “Kitty Prawn Expression”, demonstrated by Lugosi and Ruby.

Kiss me already!
  • Other Cats
  • Ruby

Kiss me already!

  • 10 February 20158 February 2015

Ruby and Buster. Don´t they make the cutest couple? 🙂

Kitties under the Pale Moonlight
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitties under the Pale Moonlight

  • 8 February 20157 February 2015

Out in the alley by the full moon…. SpiderCat RubyLoaf Lugosi´s Silhouette

The Ginger Parade
  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby

The Ginger Parade

  • 3 February 20152 February 2015

Back of the head shots of Ruby and her new friend Buster (from next door)…

Ruby has been cloned!
  • Lugosi
  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Ruby has been cloned!

  • 1 February 201531 January 2015

Spider (left), Lugosi (yawning), Ruby at the top of the stairs and…. Buster! Buster, our neighbours´ ginger tom is only 8 months old, but he´s already huge as you can…

Ruby in the Radiator
  • Ruby

Ruby in the Radiator

  • 28 January 2015

Cats always find the warmest spot in the house…

Catty Expressions
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Catty Expressions

  • 23 January 2015

What are Ruby (left) and Spider sniffing / seeing / thinking? Leave your caption ideas in the comments…

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Found a Purring Lump under Duvet

  • 17 January 201516 January 2015

What´s this purring lump in my bed?

Boxhab? More like Bag-Hab for Ruby!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby

Boxhab? More like Bag-Hab for Ruby!

  • 16 January 201513 January 2015

For the uninitiated, “Boxhab” is for cats that have an addiction/unhealthy obsession with boxes. Ruby obviously doesn´t have that problem, but I think I might need to send her to…

From the Kitty Fight Club Archives
  • Kitty Fight
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

From the Kitty Fight Club Archives

  • 14 January 201513 January 2015

Ruby v. Spider. Catnip. Cue the Smackdown!

Finally, he truth and nothing but the truth about marrying my cats….
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Finally, he truth and nothing but the truth about marrying my cats….

  • 13 January 201512 January 2015

The Huffington Post interviewed me the other day after seeing the article about having married my cats in the British press, and in that interview I got the chance in…

Cute Kitty Butts
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Cute Kitty Butts

  • 12 January 20158 January 2015

Spider and Ruby showing off their fluffy rear ends…

Meowing in the Rain, just Meowing in the Rain!
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Meowing in the Rain, just Meowing in the Rain!

  • 9 January 20158 January 2015

Ruby and Spider demonstrate that rain can be fun, even for cats! 🙂

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

Ménage à Trois: 3 Cats Grooming Each Other

  • 5 January 2015

This is just too adorable…. Lugosi, Spider and Ruby all grooming each other!

Ruby in Quarters…
  • Ruby

Ruby in Quarters…

  • 4 January 20152 January 2015

1/4 of Ruby 2/4 of Ruby 3/4 of Ruby!

The year comes to a sticky end…
  • Ruby
  • Videos

The year comes to a sticky end…

  • 31 December 20141 January 2015

Wishing you all a fantabulous 2015!!!! Luv from Barbarella, Ruby, Spider & Lugosi.

Ruby: The World´s a Better Place when it´s Upside Down
  • Ruby

Ruby: The World´s a Better Place when it´s Upside Down

  • 27 December 201427 December 2014

Oh, hai there. 🙂

Merry Christmas from Lugosi, Spider & Ruby
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Merry Christmas from Lugosi, Spider & Ruby

  • 25 December 2014

Wishing everybody a great time this Christmas and New Year….

Merry Christmas from Haus von Fluffenstein
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Merry Christmas from Haus von Fluffenstein

  • 24 December 201420 December 2014
Inside Kitty / Outside Kitty
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Inside Kitty / Outside Kitty

  • 16 December 20147 December 2014

Whether you´re inside or outside, synchronised cleaning can be done in many different ways… here are Lugosi and Ruby showing you how it´s done. 

Random Ruby
  • Ruby

Random Ruby

  • 10 December 20147 December 2014

A mix of Ruby pix for ya…  Oh, hic!!! Golden GirlRuby and her Green Pet LizardSleepy Ruby

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

Every Cat has a Different Meowing Voice

  • 7 December 20146 December 2014

Just like us humans, every cat sounds different when he/she talks. They all have distinctly different sounding voices. Even though a non-cat person may notice it, here are my 3…

Ruby´s Kinky Tail
  • Ruby

Ruby´s Kinky Tail

  • 4 December 20143 December 2014
Ruby v. Buster: Two Ginger Cats in Under Door Fist Fight!
  • Kitty Fight
  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby v. Buster: Two Ginger Cats in Under Door Fist Fight!

  • 26 November 201425 November 2014

Ruby encounters her mirror image under the door…Buster, peeking out from under the door…

My Clowder wants Treats!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

My Clowder wants Treats!

  • 22 November 2014
On a rainy night in Lanzarote…
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

On a rainy night in Lanzarote…

  • 20 November 2014

My 3 rascals take over the living room!

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

Alley Cats

  • 17 November 201415 November 2014

Some random piccies from our supervised kitty outings…. The Boys Ruby behind bars! How am I going to get out of this prison?! Hey, I´m a cat. Tis easy!

  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Love Cats: Lugosi washes Ruby, awww!

  • 12 November 20148 November 2014
Big Bully Ruby!
  • Kitty Fight
  • Ruby

Big Bully Ruby!

  • 10 November 20148 November 2014

Naughty Ruby! She really is such a big bully! She chases and attacks any cat that she encounters outside in the alley. Here she is having a tiff with Cascabel,…

Ruby haz Cattitude
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Ruby haz Cattitude

  • 2 November 20141 November 2014
Happy Halloween from Haus von Fluffenstein
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Happy Halloween from Haus von Fluffenstein

  • 31 October 201431 October 2014

And some other photos from that session… Nom. Treats! And Catnip! Spider really doesn´t want to be there… Ruby posing pretty

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby Drools When She´s Happy

  • 29 October 201429 October 2014
Feline Fortunes
  • Catnip
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Feline Fortunes

  • 3 October 20142 October 2014

Fortune Teller Queen Ruby Akasha foresees that there could be a new catnip dealer on the horizon, who has only the best, organic “drugs” for all kitties who are partial…

Kitty Organ Pipes
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitty Organ Pipes

  • 28 September 2014

Lugosi, Ruby and Spider on the stairs outside our apartment…

I iz cute!
  • Ruby

I iz cute!

  • 18 September 2014

Ruby being supercute… 🙂

Ruby and her Ginger Kitty Friends
  • Ruby

Ruby and her Ginger Kitty Friends

  • 15 September 2014

Sorry for not posting anything for a while, but I had my family over for the last two weeks and have been neglecting my blog! However, let´s make up for…

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby: Purr-Slurp-Purr-Slurp-Purr-Slurp

  • 9 August 201428 August 2014

My girl is getting more and more adorable as time goes by… 🙂

Me and my Kattens
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby

Me and my Kattens

  • 8 August 20147 August 2014

Spider´s busy schedule prevented him from being available for a photo session… but here´s Lugosi. And Ruby…

Cat in a Bag
  • Ruby

Cat in a Bag

  • 7 August 2014

Ruby loves getting inside paper bags… Hear me ROAR!!!

Not getting any work done here…
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Not getting any work done here…

  • 18 July 201417 July 2014

Scuse me?! I know this is the cat version of “helping”, but I really need to get some work done here, guys….

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby Performs For Ham!

  • 6 July 201431 July 2014

She absolutely *loves* that stuff, as you can see… 🙂

Ruby finds two Dead Cats outside our house….
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Ruby finds two Dead Cats outside our house….

  • 30 June 201430 June 2014

Hello? Help? I need a hand here to move the bodies!

Catnip. Hmmm. Kay?!
  • 3 Cats
  • Catnip
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Catnip. Hmmm. Kay?!

  • 30 June 201428 June 2014
Purdy Ruby
  • Ruby

Purdy Ruby

  • 23 June 201422 June 2014

Took this beautiful pic of Ruby the other day, which also makes the most stunning home screen on my mobile phone…

World Cup 2014 – as seen by Felines….
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

World Cup 2014 – as seen by Felines….

  • 14 June 2014

Born and bred Essex Boys Spider & Lugosi are obviously supporting England, whereas “conejera” (Lanzarote-born) Spanish Queen Ruby will support her native Spain, even after last night´s 5:1 defeat against…

Treats?! Did somebody say TREATS?!!!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Treats?! Did somebody say TREATS?!!!

  • 9 June 2014

Those stick treats are magic. As you can see from their faces… 🙂

Weapons at the ready…
  • Ruby

Weapons at the ready…

  • 7 June 20145 June 2014

Ruby, wild at play – watch those claws, mate!

Love Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Love Cats

  • 30 May 2014

Ruby loves Lugosi so much… and I think he secretly loves her too, even though he would never admit it!

MY Box. You understand? MINE.
  • Ruby

MY Box. You understand? MINE.

  • 25 May 2014
Time for bed….
  • Janelle
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Time for bed….

  • 23 May 201422 May 2014

Sleepy time for the kattens, I guess! 🙂 Spider´s had it for the day… Ruby´s out for the count… Ruby and Lugosi And Janelle is sleepy too!

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