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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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Category: Spider

Bed Hogging
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Bed Hogging

  • 11 December 2013

Guess who´s sleeping at the bottom of the bed tonight…. *sigh*

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

Ruby & Spider: Thirsty Kitties!

  • 28 November 201327 November 2013

Make sure to have your sound turned on for this. 🙂

Spider – the morning after….
  • Spider

Spider – the morning after….

  • 20 November 2013

Must have been such a hard night for boy Spider. I am doing this on purpose. Honest. I iz cute! Ok, that´s enough now with that camera!

Globetrotter Kittehs
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Globetrotter Kittehs

  • 14 November 2013

Ruby: “Okay then, I have packed: Treats = check Catnip = check Selection of Toys = check My brothers Lugosi and Spider…. erm, no, I´m not taking them!” Lugosi: “alright…

Random Spider
  • Lugosi
  • Spider

Random Spider

  • 5 November 2013

… with his bro Lugosi in the background.

Happy Halloween from the Haus von Fluffenstein
  • Spider

Happy Halloween from the Haus von Fluffenstein

  • 31 October 2013

Spider: “This my scariest face!”

Spider v. the Sky…
  • Spider

Spider v. the Sky…

  • 28 October 201327 October 2013

Hey! This may be a nice sky pic, but it´s even better with *me* in it!

Come on, let us out!
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Come on, let us out!

  • 27 October 2013

Ruby: “hey human servant, get a move on and open this door!”

Thirsty Kitty
  • Spider

Thirsty Kitty

  • 14 October 2013

Spider refuses to drink from an ordinary bowl. He patiently waits by the sink until I turn up and turn it on!

Need some help with the dishes?
  • Kitchen
  • Spider

Need some help with the dishes?

  • 3 October 2013

Spider-Cat to the Rescue!

Lugosi sees a ghost!
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Lugosi sees a ghost!

  • 29 September 20133 October 2013

“I see dead people cats….. awww no, it´s just my bro Spider, moving at super speed!

Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post of 3 Tabby Rascals
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post of 3 Tabby Rascals

  • 22 September 201330 October 2013

All recent pics of the 3 rascals… Spider & Ruby Lugosi Spider chillin! Ruby Ruby & Lugosi

Grow a tail, mate!
  • Other Cats
  • Spider

Grow a tail, mate!

  • 19 September 201319 September 2013

Cascabel to Spider: “Hah. You´ll never have a plume of a tail like mine. Never!” Cascabel, the cat with the fluffiest tail ever, visits Spider & Co….

King Spider with his new Crown
  • Spider

King Spider with his new Crown

  • 15 September 2013

Surveying his kingdom…

Leopard Tabbies
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Leopard Tabbies

  • 10 September 2013

It´s all about blending in, y´know? We can try, at least. 😉

Such a hard life…
  • Spider

Such a hard life…

  • 4 September 20133 September 2013

Yep. Can´t argue with that.

Kitties under the pale moonlight…
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Kitties under the pale moonlight…

  • 3 September 20133 September 2013

Spider and Ruby surveying their kingdom from the lofty heights of their balcony…

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider chasing lights again – his favourite game!

  • 2 September 20132 September 2013
Tummies in de air!
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Tummies in de air!

  • 21 August 201321 August 2013

Try to have as little bodily contact with the floor as possible in this heat, does the trick. 

Danger, Danger!
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Danger, Danger!

  • 18 August 2013

Whatever it is…. let´s get ready to…. RUN AWAY! 

Spider: Mission Impossible
  • Outdoors
  • Spider

Spider: Mission Impossible

  • 12 August 20139 August 2013

Look mummy, I can do this *without* the rope! 🙂

Never to old for fun!
  • Spider

Never to old for fun!

  • 9 August 20139 August 2013

Spider loves chasing and catching the leaves in the alley, blown around by the wind… being 14 years old doesn´t stop him from being playful!  WALLLLL! :-O  

Life on the other side of the fence….
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Life on the other side of the fence….

  • 7 August 2013

Gotta see life from *both* sides of the fence!  Spider (left) and Lugosi (right). 

You can´t see me….
  • Spider

You can´t see me….

  • 2 August 201327 July 2013

…but I see *you*!

14th Birthday Video & Piccies
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

14th Birthday Video & Piccies

  • 31 July 201331 July 2013

Prezzie from mummy – looks just like *us*! 😀

Paw Power
  • Paws
  • Spider

Paw Power

  • 29 July 201327 July 2013

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

Sometimes… you fall off the wagon
  • Spider

Sometimes… you fall off the wagon

  • 10 July 20136 July 2013

Or out of your cat bed even, in Spider´s case. 

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

That Paws On Effect…

  • 6 July 2013
No! Not to the dreaded vets again…. :(
  • Spider

No! Not to the dreaded vets again…. :(

  • 4 July 20132 July 2013

As you can see, Spider is not a happy bunny (or cat, even).  

Too hot out there…
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Too hot out there…

  • 3 July 20132 July 2013

Tabby bros Spider (left) and Lugosi chilling at the top of the stairs on a hot summer´s day.

So awful…. absolutely awful
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider

So awful…. absolutely awful

  • 26 June 201326 June 2013

It´s one of those afternoons, where all you got is sunshine, beer and cats.  Isn´t it absolutely awful?! 😉

Shadowing my Kittehs
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Shadowing my Kittehs

  • 9 June 20137 June 2013
Close encounter of the Kanine Kind
  • Spider

Close encounter of the Kanine Kind

  • 31 May 201329 May 2013

Spider: “What are ya lookin at, punk?!”

Rollin! Rollin! Rollin like a Kitteh!
  • Outdoors
  • Spider

Rollin! Rollin! Rollin like a Kitteh!

  • 24 May 201319 May 2013

Spider having fun, getting all the outdoor scents onto his coat.

3 Kattens – A Bird´s Eye View
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

3 Kattens – A Bird´s Eye View

  • 23 May 201319 May 2013

Looking down on the rascals from my 1st floor balcony

  • Spider
  • Videos

Teasing Spider with Chicken!

  • 14 May 201314 May 2013

NomNomNomNomNommmmmm!

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider brushes his face

  • 11 May 2013

Oooh yeah, just there, on the chin, that´s the spot, oooh…. 🙂

Spider in Hibernation
  • Spider

Spider in Hibernation

  • 6 May 20133 May 2013

Curled up like a little sqwerl during its winter sleep….

3 Kattens and Me
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider

3 Kattens and Me

  • 2 May 2013

With Lugosi… …with Spider … and with my girl Ruby.

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider Kitty chases bugs on mobile phone

  • 29 April 2013

Games for cats! 🙂

Kitty in the Moon
  • Spider

Kitty in the Moon

  • 24 April 201324 April 2013

Spider´s silhouette next to tonight´s beautiful moon. 

Kitties Galore
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Kitties Galore

  • 24 April 2013

Spider, Lugosi and Ruby meet up with their mates Crispy and Tilly….

Tabby Twins
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Tabby Twins

  • 23 April 201321 April 2013

Lugosi (front) and his twin bro Spider at the bottom of the stairs…

Spider in the Moonlight
  • Spider

Spider in the Moonlight

  • 21 April 2013
Good Green Stuff
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Good Green Stuff

  • 11 April 20134 April 2013

Cool.  Mummy grew us some new grass! Yum! 

Happy Easter from the Easter Cats
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Happy Easter from the Easter Cats

  • 31 March 2013
Lugosi wears Spider
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Lugosi wears Spider

  • 30 March 2013

Check out Lugosi´s new look – *wearing* his brother´s tail!

Guess who did this?!
  • Paws
  • Spider

Guess who did this?!

  • 15 March 201313 March 2013

SPIDER!  He “exercises” every morning by chasing lights reflected from a mirrored mobile hanging in the sun out on the balcony.  He had obviously just been in the litter tray…

The Cats´ Bedroom
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

The Cats´ Bedroom

  • 14 March 201313 March 2013

Oh well, I *used* to live here too, you know.  Until it was taken over by the kattens. 

Spider at Sunrise
  • Spider

Spider at Sunrise

  • 12 March 201310 March 2013

Spider loves sitting on the balcony at sunrise…

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