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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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Spider´s Arch Groomer
  • Spider

Spider´s Arch Groomer

  • 5 March 20133 March 2013

Spider vigorously rubbing his face on his Arch Groomer (he is the only one who uses it – Lugosi and Ruby are not interested!).

Fiery Sunrise Silhouette
  • Spider

Fiery Sunrise Silhouette

  • 1 March 201327 February 2013

Spider´s pretty profile in the sunrise…

Spider in a Box
  • Spider

Spider in a Box

  • 27 February 2013

Spider has a beautiful new bed box with his name on it! And his favourite toy: mylar balls! 

Gooood Morning!!!!
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Gooood Morning!!!!

  • 26 February 201322 February 2013

With Ruby…. And Spider – Lugosi was still in bed at the time…. 😉  

Spider: Say Hello to my Little Friends!
  • Spider

Spider: Say Hello to my Little Friends!

  • 20 February 201320 February 2013

Poor Spider. He has no (real) friends.  Awwww. 🙁

The Boys: Closeup
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The Boys: Closeup

  • 13 February 201313 February 2013

Spider Lugosi  

Spider looking rather sheepish…
  • Spider

Spider looking rather sheepish…

  • 6 February 2013
  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider likes Rubber

  • 29 January 2013

Rolling around on the rubber doormat outside… I swear I did not put catnip on it! 

Kissies for Spider
  • Barbarella
  • Spider

Kissies for Spider

  • 22 January 201322 January 2013

Mummy loves you lots. 🙂

Catnip Escapades
  • Catnip
  • Kitty Fight
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Catnip Escapades

  • 19 January 201319 January 2013

I grew this catnip in a pot a few years ago and still have the very potent dried leaves in a jar.  Put it on the balcony floor and the…

Spider´s New Box Bed
  • Spider

Spider´s New Box Bed

  • 10 January 2013

Bought some new boots in the sales yesterday and the box was so pretty I thought I´d give it to the kitties as a bed (as if they don´t already…

3 legged Spider!
  • Outdoors
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

3 legged Spider!

  • 8 January 20138 January 2013

Spider appears to have lost a leg! 

Triple Kitty Bunk a Success with the Kitties
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Triple Kitty Bunk a Success with the Kitties

  • 7 January 20137 January 2013

The triple kitty bunk bed I built (see this post for instructions and photos) is actually being used! Lugosi is still not impressed – he´s the one on the bed…

Spider versus my Mum
  • Spider

Spider versus my Mum

  • 23 December 201222 December 2012

Synchronised Facial Expressions… 

Merry Christmas from The Mad Cat Lady & Kitties
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Merry Christmas from The Mad Cat Lady & Kitties

  • 22 December 2012
Brotherly Love
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Brotherly Love

  • 18 December 201217 December 2012

Lugosi washing his bro Spider this morning…  awwwwww!

Gissa keess…..
  • Kitty Fight
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Gissa keess…..

  • 17 December 201215 December 2012

Spider: “Told you, my tongue is longer than yours!” Ruby: “Yeah?! Well, watch this, my paw smacking you is faster than yours!”

Ferocious Spider Cat
  • Spider

Ferocious Spider Cat

  • 16 December 201215 December 2012

Spider: HEAR ME ROAAAAAAAAAAAAR! 

Saturday Night In with the Boys
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Saturday Night In with the Boys

  • 15 December 2012

And beer…. 

Spider chillaxing…
  • Spider

Spider chillaxing…

  • 14 December 201212 December 2012

Love the turned over earsie… 

Spider Jumps!
  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider Jumps!

  • 10 December 2012

Just a little animation I made from photos of Spider jumping after his favourite toy! 🙂

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider enjoying some sunshine

  • 9 December 20128 December 2012
Spider´s Impression of a Rabbit
  • Spider

Spider´s Impression of a Rabbit

  • 7 December 2012

Spider casts a reflection on the floor that looks spookily like the Easter Bunny….

Tabby x3
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Tabby x3

  • 6 December 20124 December 2012
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! 

Kitting Outing Pics
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitting Outing Pics

  • 2 December 2012

Sadly, we had to suspend our kitty outings recently because Lugosi has been diagnosed and treated for rather bad lung congestion due to asthma, and he now has a rotten…

Soooo comfy!
  • Spider

Soooo comfy!

  • 29 November 201225 November 2012

Spider, belly side up….

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider chasing lights

  • 26 November 201225 November 2012

13 years old and still soooo playful! 

Great New Pics of The Boys
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Great New Pics of The Boys

  • 23 November 201218 November 2012

Spider and Lugosi rolling around in the alley outside… Closeup – Spider (front) and his bro Lugosi   And outside again… tabby twins.   Mirrored Tabbies…

Spider at Sunrise
  • Spider

Spider at Sunrise

  • 19 November 201218 November 2012

Looking down on his kingdom from the lofty heights of a 1st floor apartment.   

Kitty Silhouettes at Dawn
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitty Silhouettes at Dawn

  • 7 November 20125 November 2012
3 Kitties in a row….
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

3 Kitties in a row….

  • 5 November 2012
Beauty…
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Beauty…

  • 3 November 20123 November 2012

The stunning beauty of my kitties inspires me every single day…. Ruby and Spider this morning. Too gorgeous. 🙂

Spider Jumps!
  • Spider

Spider Jumps!

  • 29 October 201228 October 2012

Spider´s favourite toys: crinkly mylar balls. 🙂 Of course, they are the mostest fun when a human is there to throw them so he can jump high in the air…

Kitties are the new Jesus
  • Spider

Kitties are the new Jesus

  • 25 October 201224 October 2012

Spider modelling my customised rosary…. 

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

Cat Herding

  • 23 October 201222 October 2012

It´s not as easy as you think! 😉

  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Spider & Lugosi chasing insects outside

  • 22 October 201220 October 2012
Chicken Treats from Auntie A
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Chicken Treats from Auntie A

  • 14 October 201213 October 2012

Gimme Gimme Gimme! 🙂   They love those pure, freeze-dried chicken treats (available from Feline Instincts), especially Spider, as you can see! 

Playful Old Cat
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Playful Old Cat

  • 13 October 201212 October 2012

Spider chasing Bouganvillea petals this afternoon (with Lugosi lazily looking on).  He´s still so playful with his 13 years!

Spider & Ruby Tails
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Spider & Ruby Tails

  • 8 October 20127 October 2012
Urban Tigers
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Urban Tigers

  • 3 October 201230 September 2012

Chillin´ like villains…

Spider´s Morning Wash
  • Spider

Spider´s Morning Wash

  • 2 October 201230 September 2012
More “Outing for Indoor Kitties” Pics
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

More “Outing for Indoor Kitties” Pics

  • 1 October 201230 September 2012

Another outing they enjoyed – we´re doing this once or twice every day now. 🙂 Spider and Ruby Ruby shares a secret with Lugosi Mirror Cats (Ruby and Lugosi) Spider…

Full Moon Kitty
  • Spider

Full Moon Kitty

  • 29 September 2012

The full moon tonight, modelled by Spider….

Spider practising his “wild cat” look
  • Outdoors
  • Spider

Spider practising his “wild cat” look

  • 26 September 2012
The Boys
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The Boys

  • 23 September 201223 September 2012

…enjoying their daily outing… (and Ruby is there somewhere too, of course)

Spider and me at sunset last night
  • Barbarella
  • Spider

Spider and me at sunset last night

  • 23 September 2012

Chillin´….

The best way to wake up….
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The best way to wake up….

  • 21 September 201220 September 2012

… flanked by “ma boys”. 😀

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

Today was a hot hot hot day for kitties…..

  • 20 September 201225 September 2012

No way we´re going out in that heat, say Lugosi and Spider.  PLEASE NOTE: If you are a dog owner, consider how hot the pavement is for your doggie´s feat…

  • Spider
  • Videos

Old Cat Spider still very playful!

  • 14 September 2012

Spider is still extremely playful with this 13 years. Watch him here go mad chasing mylar foil balls that I throw at him…

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