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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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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…

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.

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…

Gimme Gimme Gimme Those Treats!
  • Spider

Gimme Gimme Gimme Those Treats!

  • 24 September 201522 September 2015

Spider does love those stick treats!

We Are The Original Tabby Twins!
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

We Are The Original Tabby Twins!

  • 22 September 201522 September 2015

Yes we are! 😀

Tabby Twins
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Spider

Tabby Twins

  • 19 September 201514 September 2015

Outside…  … and inside (well, the balcony, that is!)

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…

First Kiss, Then Hiss
  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors
  • Spider

First Kiss, Then Hiss

  • 10 September 20159 September 2015

Spider having a close encounter with 4-month old Lulu (neighbour’s kitty). She came running to “kiss” Spider…. … but Spider wasn’t too impressed. Oh well, being 16 years old, she is…

  • Miscellaneous
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider Chases Treats

  • 7 September 2015

He absolutely adores those stick treats from Lidl. 🙂

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

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider plays with his tent

  • 31 August 201530 August 2015

Spider, you´re supposed to get *in* the tent, not *on* it! 😉

Tabby Cat Sandwich
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Tabby Cat Sandwich

  • 26 August 201522 August 2015

Sandwiched by my gorgeous boys – Lugosi (left) and Spider… ♥

Bargain Cat!
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Bargain Cat!

  • 25 August 201521 August 2015

Spider: “Oi! I´m not that cheap!” 🙁 Ho

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

Hunting Flies!

  • 11 August 2015

A couple of funny pics of Lugosi and Spider jumping to catch a fly… 🙂 No brother… THIS is how it´s done! 

  • 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! 🙂

Spider Cat Action Figure?
  • Spider

Spider Cat Action Figure?

  • 7 August 20156 August 2015

Spider: “Yes, I do like the mug, but my own action figure would really complete the set nicely!”

Happy 16th Birthday to Spider & Lugosi
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Happy 16th Birthday to Spider & Lugosi

  • 31 July 2015

Wishing a purrfect day to the loves of my life, my soulmates, my kitty “husbands”. ???

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?!

Mackerel v. Classic Tabby
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Mackerel v. Classic Tabby

  • 26 July 201526 July 2015

Since everybody always asks “How can you tell the two apart?”, here´s a pic showing how different the twins’ fur patterns are… Spider (left) is what they call a “mackerel…

Return of the Living Dead Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Return of the Living Dead Cats

  • 18 July 201514 July 2015

Is is International Zombie Cat Day yet?  Lugosi and Spider practising how to play dead…  Spider to Lugosi: “Hey! You moved! Dead cats don´t move! You´re so crap at this…

One is not like the other….
  • Lugosi
  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

One is not like the other….

  • 10 July 20159 July 2015

Spot the cat that doesn´t belong? Lugosi (left), Spider (middle) and…. Cascabel!  Cascabel is a cutie with a super-fluffy tail who belongs to one of my neighbours. She always turns…

Who goes there?
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Who goes there?

  • 5 July 2015

The boys out on the stairs, always vigilant!

  • Barbarella
  • Cat Stuff
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

The Mad Cat Lady & Cats on TV!

  • 3 July 201512 July 2015

Back in March, Doghouse Media came over to film me and my “husbands” Lugosi and Spider for a documentary they were doing for Channel 5 (a major UK TV channel),…

  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi Gobbles Up Meatballs

  • 30 June 201527 June 2015

The boys absolutely love raw beef, while Ruby sticks her nose up at it – no beef for her, she´s a chicken girl!

Feline Sofa / World Domination
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Feline Sofa / World Domination

  • 25 June 201523 June 2015

Today they take over the sofa. Tomorrow the World.  Note to self: must buy second sofa where *I* can sit!

Wonderful Cat Art of my 3 Rascals by Thomas Baden-Riess
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Cat Stuff
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Wonderful Cat Art of my 3 Rascals by Thomas Baden-Riess

  • 16 June 201526 June 2015

Thomas Baden-Riess, who drew this wonderful pawtrait of Ruby, Lugosi & Spider for me, is a pencil artist and author. He is available for commission of pencil portraits of pets and…

Driller Cat
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Driller Cat

  • 12 June 2015

Spider attempts to drill to the centre of the Earth using only his head!

Yep. It´th one of thothe dayth…
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Yep. It´th one of thothe dayth…

  • 11 June 2015

… where a cat thimply forgeth to putsth hith tongue back in…

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!

Does Your Cat Have A Distinctive Meow?
  • Catster
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Does Your Cat Have A Distinctive Meow?

  • 5 June 20155 June 2015

My latest article on Catster! Have you ever noticed how every cat has a different voice? Here´s the low-down on my 3 rascals… CLICK HERE to read the article on…

Feline Photo Meld
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Feline Photo Meld

  • 3 June 20151 June 2015

This is rather cool. Two separate photos come together in a strange & interesting meld on my mobile phone. Top is Lugosi´s back (and Ruby) fused with Spider´s tail below…

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…

3 Kitties Grooming Each Other
  • 3 Cats
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Videos

3 Kitties Grooming Each Other

  • 28 May 201526 May 2015

I love coming home to…. this. 

The Boys: Day and Night
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The Boys: Day and Night

  • 21 May 201521 May 2015

Spider (front) and Lugosi during the day… Spider (right) and Lugosi at night… And the Boys with Ruby! 

Satin Sheets fit for a KingCat
  • Spider

Satin Sheets fit for a KingCat

  • 20 May 201518 May 2015

Spider in the lap of luxury… “I iz da King”

Stretch Cat
  • Spider

Stretch Cat

  • 16 May 201515 May 2015

Spider: If I stretch out a teeny weeny bit more, I can surely take over the whole sofa….

Pretty Boys!
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Pretty Boys!

  • 14 May 201513 May 2015

Okay, it´s not our fault. Our mummy *made us* wear these silly things.  Flower Power Boy Spider Pretty Boy Lugosi

  • Kitty Fight
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider protects his box – Ruby Attacks!

  • 13 May 2015

Spider: “Jeez, isn´t anything sacred around here?!”

Ruby with her Bros
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Ruby with her Bros

  • 11 May 20153 May 2015

Chillin´ with Lugosi … and whispering sweet nothings into Spider´s ear!

Where´s my TV dinner?
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Where´s my TV dinner?

  • 10 May 20159 May 2015

Spider: “Where´s my TV dinner, hoomin? I wantz it, like, neow!”

50 Shades of Spider
  • Spider

50 Shades of Spider

  • 7 May 20153 May 2015

Oh well, just three shades really, but that sounded quite cool. 😉 Serious Spider Chillaxed Spider Hibernating Squirrel Spider

Sniff-Fest
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Sniff-Fest

  • 5 May 20153 May 2015

Must be some interesting smells out there… 

Selfies with the Boys
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Selfies with the Boys

  • 4 May 20153 May 2015

Lugosi wakes me up… Spider and I Chillaxing with the boys…

Spider: Talk to the Paw!
  • Paws
  • Spider

Spider: Talk to the Paw!

  • 3 May 2015

Weapons of Mass Destruction!

An Epic Spidery Tail
  • Spider

An Epic Spidery Tail

  • 30 April 201529 April 2015

Spider tries to make his tailio look twice the size after encountering a big doggie outside! 

Kitty Headlamps Light The Way!
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Kitty Headlamps Light The Way!

  • 23 April 201519 April 2015

You´re never left in the dark when you got cat eyes to light your way… 🙂

Gentle Kitty Moments
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Gentle Kitty Moments

  • 20 April 201519 April 2015

A sweet moment between Spider and Ruby…

  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Barbarella & Kitties on The Doctors TV Show in the US

  • 17 April 201518 April 2015

Cute guy defending me! Love it, haha.  Stuck-up, typical all-American blonde lady: Get a sense of humour! The marriage to my cats is for *fun* and NOT official nor legal, hence…

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