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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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What the hell IS this?!
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

What the hell IS this?!

  • 15 July 2013

Lugosi is not impressed…. 

Ruby Canarian Queen
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Ruby Canarian Queen

  • 7 July 20137 July 2013

I *am* Spanish and I *am* a Queen! And now, bow in front of me, all you lowly peasants!

3 legged Spider!
  • Outdoors
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

3 legged Spider!

  • 8 January 20138 January 2013

Spider appears to have lost a leg! 

Spider uses his tail as a straw…
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Spider uses his tail as a straw…

  • 3 December 20123 December 2012

Hmmm, definitely a novelty way of eating your kibble, Spider! 

Lugosi has been shamed!
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Lugosi has been shamed!

  • 25 November 2012

Hehehe. Not that he looks guilty or anything. 😉

Lugosi Porn Star Pose
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Silly Pics

Lugosi Porn Star Pose

  • 19 September 201220 September 2012

Lugosi doing porn star poses in public places now too!

Ruby forgets to put her tongue back in…
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Ruby forgets to put her tongue back in…

  • 8 September 20128 September 2012

It´s a cat thing.  Ooops!

Two-Headed Monster Kitty!
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Two-Headed Monster Kitty!

  • 3 September 20121 September 2012

Hmmm, Siamese Tabby Twins? Or Two-Headed Monster Kitty? You decide. 

Spider-Cat
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Spider-Cat

  • 25 August 201225 August 2012

They don´t call me Spider-Cat for nothing, ya know? Spider practising his wall climbing skills.

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

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. 

Ruby talks to the paw…
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Ruby talks to the paw…

  • 12 March 2012

I think Ruby is taking the t-shirt slogan “talk to the paw” a little too literally… 😉

Surreal Levitating Cat
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Surreal Levitating Cat

  • 18 May 201118 May 2011

Spider has a bit of landing trouble coming through from another dimension….

Bungee Cat
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Bungee Cat

  • 17 May 201117 May 2011

Spider to Lugosi: “Don´t forget the rope, you idiot!”

Spider Cat Attack!
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Spider Cat Attack!

  • 4 April 20114 April 2011
Über-Fluffy Cat Butt
  • Janelle
  • Silly Pics

Über-Fluffy Cat Butt

  • 14 March 2011

Janelle´s tocks from a not so flattering angle!

Cat Yoga
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Cat Yoga

  • 18 January 201118 January 2011

Lugosi: “Can´t I just do my Yoga in peace without that camera in my face?!”(while Spider snoozes in the background)

Jumping Champion Spider
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Jumping Champion Spider

  • 2 January 20112 January 2011

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Spider blending in…
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Spider blending in…

  • 13 December 201017 December 2010

It´s all about blending in with your surroundings….

Spider jumps again…
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Spider jumps again…

  • 9 December 201010 December 2010

Hilarious pic!.Enhance!

Noooooooooo!
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Noooooooooo!

  • 4 December 201010 December 2010

Not that BabyBabyBabyJustinBieberCrap again!!!! Waaaaaaaaaaah!

Caption needed!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Caption needed!

  • 8 October 20108 October 2010

Hilarious pic of Lugosi with Ruby in the bathtub… let me have your captions! 😉.1st Caption (thanks Anneke!):

Spider Jumps!
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Spider Jumps!

  • 5 October 20105 October 2010

Some hilarious jumping photos of Spider that I took last night.  He *really* loves that toy!…Looks like he´s doing ballet!

No! Not to the dreaded Vets!
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

No! Not to the dreaded Vets!

  • 14 June 201014 June 2010

Spider´s expression before going to the vets (which gladly, he didn´t need to do today after all!)

Zero G Kitties
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Zero G Kitties

  • 10 June 201010 June 2010

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Sore Eyes Solution
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Sore Eyes Solution

  • 30 April 201030 April 2010

It´s almost fun having sore eyes, when you get to wear these! 😉.Lugosi wasn´t too impressed with them though!

Ruby´s Mad 5 Seconds?
  • Cute
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Ruby´s Mad 5 Seconds?

  • 27 April 201027 April 2010

Uh-uh.  She´s lost it.  Might just be the full moon to blame though… 😉.Madness ENHANCE!

Hypno-Kitties
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Hypno-Kitties

  • 18 March 2010

6 laser eyes staring down from the balcony…

Spider flies again!
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Spider flies again!

  • 4 March 20104 March 2010

I didn´t expect him to jump *this* high, so I cut his head off.  Still…. such a funny pic. 😉

EEK!
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

EEK!

  • 20 February 2010

Spider says “Eek”! (Or maybe “geek”)  😉

Flying Spider(cat)
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Flying Spider(cat)

  • 16 February 201016 February 2010

Blurry, but the better to see that this is an *action* shot!  Watch out! Spider in the Air!

Too big!
  • Cute
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Too big!

  • 6 February 20106 February 2010

I don´t think that globe will quite fit into your mouth, Ruby, even if you tried! 😉

One-Eyed SpiderCatMonster
  • Cute
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

One-Eyed SpiderCatMonster

  • 25 January 201025 January 2010
Always welcome
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Always welcome

  • 13 January 201013 January 2010

I love it when I come home at night to see a little face in the window waiting for me… 🙂

Foot attack!
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Foot attack!

  • 5 January 20105 January 2010

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Vampire Cat Levitating Toy Skills
  • Cat Macros
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Vampire Cat Levitating Toy Skills

  • 5 January 20105 January 2010

Spider should really get a job at the circus with these talents…

Random Silly Pic
  • Cute
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Random Silly Pic

  • 20 December 200920 December 2009

Spider and his “friends” 😉

Lugosi says WTF?!
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Lugosi says WTF?!

  • 15 December 200915 December 2009

Or something.  Whatever he *is* thinking or saying, his expression here is just priceless… 😉

Fluffy Tummy
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Fluffy Tummy

  • 8 November 20098 November 2009

Spider gives the expression “muff diving” a whole new meaning… 😉

Emo Spider
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Emo Spider

  • 6 November 20096 November 2009

Spider is seriously starting to become a total teenager…. first he goes on a hunger strike, and now he´s being silly hiding from everybody under the bed covers. Next he´ll…

One cute, one silly…
  • Cute
  • Janelle
  • Silly Pics

One cute, one silly…

  • 22 September 200922 September 2009

Couple of Janelle pics – first cute…..…then silly – just before she made a mad dash past me and the camera….

More Jumping SpiderCat Kraziness!
  • Cute
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

More Jumping SpiderCat Kraziness!

  • 11 September 200911 September 2009

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Spider the Goalie!
  • Cute
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Spider the Goalie!

  • 29 August 200929 August 2009

He shoots and sc…… but Spider Cat is there with his sticky paws to stop the opposition from putting in an equaliser….. *roaring crowd noises in background*

Bloody Paparazzi!
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Bloody Paparazzi!

  • 19 August 200919 August 2009

Spider: “Sheesh! No privacy these days! Can´t even go for a pee without them paparazzi following me!!!  Oh the joys of being famous….”  *sighs*

Janelle´s got a talent…
  • Janelle
  • Silly Pics

Janelle´s got a talent…

  • 10 August 200910 August 2009

She can do *this* with her tongue:

Scaredy Cat!
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Scaredy Cat!

  • 28 July 200928 July 2009

Spider got a fright – check out the bottlebrush tail!

The face of your worst nightmares!
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

The face of your worst nightmares!

  • 12 July 200912 July 2009

Lugosi – guess where he gets the name from?  And…. a face only a mother could love. LOL

Fly Hunting!
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Fly Hunting!

  • 12 July 200912 July 2009

Lugosi and Spider on the prowl after that fly…..Lugosi: “I got it I got it!!!!”.Spider: “No you don´t!” 😉

Ouchies!
  • Cute
  • Janelle
  • Silly Pics

Ouchies!

  • 12 July 200912 July 2009

Just playing….  😉

Stacked Cats
  • Cute
  • Janelle
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Stacked Cats

  • 10 July 200910 July 2009

Who´s the top cat here, ey?

Kitty´s having a laugh!
  • Cute
  • Janelle
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Kitty´s having a laugh!

  • 9 July 20099 July 2009

Captions please!  I can´t think of any, maybe YOU can? 🙂

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