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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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Incredible Sunrise modelled by Spider
  • Spider

Incredible Sunrise modelled by Spider

  • 5 March 2012
Spider defends his window sill….
  • Kitty Fight
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Spider defends his window sill….

  • 28 February 2012

… and shortly after admits defeat and runs off in a huff.

The strangest thing….
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

The strangest thing….

  • 20 February 2012

€0.45 in the sale at Natura: 12x rubbish sacks with …. FISH printed on them.  Modelled below by Ruby and Spider.

Sofa Hogging!
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Sofa Hogging!

  • 19 February 2012

I think I need a sofa especially for *me* to sit on!

Spider Silhouette at Sunrise
  • Spider

Spider Silhouette at Sunrise

  • 17 February 2012
  • 3 Cats
  • Catnip
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Videos

Watch Lugosi THWAP Spider on the head!

  • 10 February 2012
Brothers Pre-Fight
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Brothers Pre-Fight

  • 6 February 2012

This is what Spider does when he´s had enough of Lugosi washing him, seconds before it turns into a fight!

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider gets a back rub

  • 1 February 2012
Spider
  • Spider

Spider

  • 25 January 2012

A beautiful, moody pic of Spider…. Spider doing his morning wash today

Spider in his Igloo
  • Spider

Spider in his Igloo

  • 20 January 2012

I was washing the bed clothes and left the uncovered quilt on the bed.  Next time I enter the room Spider has made himself a “nest” resembling an igloo (no,…

Random Thursday Kitty Post
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Random Thursday Kitty Post

  • 19 January 2012

Just some random piccies I took the last few days of my 3 terrors…. Ruby snuggling up to her big bro Lugosi The Boys: Spider (left) & Lugosi Ruby watching…

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider´s Eat n´ Wash

  • 17 January 2012

After finishing off his plate of raw beef (thanks to Felice at Feline Instincts for the nutritional help with the new raw food diet for my kitties), a good clean…

The 3 Terrors this Morning…
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

The 3 Terrors this Morning…

  • 16 January 2012
Ruby and Spider
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Ruby and Spider

  • 15 January 2012

Sorry, Lugosi was not in a camera mood today, so no pics of him!   Note how Ruby curls up her tail in such a pretty way….

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider gets a cuddle

  • 9 January 2012
Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post

  • 8 January 20128 January 2012

Just some random piccies I haven´t posted before…. Spider, Lugosi & Ruby peeking down from the balcony New Year´s Day Spider approves of the new fluffy, purple blanket Ruby´s Nose…

My Cats and Me
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

My Cats and Me

  • 7 January 2012

Trying to get a decent shot of myself with all 3 kitties is near impossible.  So I tried coaxing them with treats today, but I still didn´t get a great…

Spider´s New Year Camouflage
  • Spider

Spider´s New Year Camouflage

  • 1 January 2012

Spider *trying* to blend in with the bed clothes….

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

Tuna for Christmas!

  • 25 December 2011

Special treat for Lugosi & Spider in particular, since they are on special food for their chronic illnesses at all other times of the year!

Christmas Kissies for Spider
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Christmas Kissies for Spider

  • 23 December 2011

Ruby steals a kiss from Spider…

Big stretch…..
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Big stretch…..

  • 20 December 2011
Cats + Rain = Not a chance!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Cats + Rain = Not a chance!

  • 19 December 2011

Rain this morning in Lanzarote!  Ruby doesn´t mind so much, but Spider and Lugosi are like “well fook dis, I´m not going out in dat!!!”

  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi & Spider: Laserpointer Fun

  • 18 December 2011
Spider Cat
  • Spider

Spider Cat

  • 4 December 20114 December 2011

A nice atmospheric shot of Spider this morning….

3some on the bed
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

3some on the bed

  • 28 November 2011

Nice shot this afternoon of Spider (left), Lugosi & Ruby together….

Spider on the mend
  • Mobile Pics
  • Spider

Spider on the mend

  • 21 November 2011

Spider is still poorly, but getting better slowly. Here he is lying next to me curled up in a tight ball….

Poor Ill Spider
  • Spider

Poor Ill Spider

  • 19 November 2011

Spider has a cold.  He saw the vets on Wednesday and got a couple of shots (he had no fever and his lungs were clear), but he is still poorly,…

Spider´s Sunrise Morning Wash
  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider´s Sunrise Morning Wash

  • 17 November 201117 November 2011
Erm, guys….?
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Erm, guys….?

  • 15 November 2011

I don´t sit on *your* toilet, do I?!

  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Kitty Fight Club: Spider v. Lugosi

  • 5 November 2011

Spider wins!

Lugosi & Spider Fridge Magnet!
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Lugosi & Spider Fridge Magnet!

  • 21 October 201121 October 2011

Found this cute little fridge magnet in an arty shop the other day and look!!! It´s Lugosi and Spider! I mean, totally!  So I just *had* to buy it of…

No wonder I don’t wanna get out of bed…
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

No wonder I don’t wanna get out of bed…

  • 17 October 2011
Pile-o-Pawsies
  • Paws
  • Spider

Pile-o-Pawsies

  • 28 September 201128 September 2011

Spider showing off his toe beans….

  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Videos

Synchronised Morning Wash

  • 26 September 201126 September 2011

Ruby & Spider after their breakfast, washing their faces….

  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Videos

Kitty Brushing Session

  • 20 September 201121 September 2011

I really need to grow a 3rd arm!

So I come home and find this….
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

So I come home and find this….

  • 6 September 20116 September 2011

Lazy sods!  While I (servant!) clean and fill up their bowls, hoover their beds, change the kitty litter, etc. etc…. :O

Spider posing
  • Spider

Spider posing

  • 28 August 201128 August 2011

Purrfect pose, Spider!

Random Thursday Kitty Pic Post
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Random Thursday Kitty Pic Post

  • 25 August 201125 August 2011

Sorry, no Lugosi pics today – just Ruby and Spider………

3some on the bed
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

3some on the bed

  • 17 August 201117 August 2011

Ruby´s like “whaddayawant?!”.

Spider chillin
  • Paws
  • Spider

Spider chillin

  • 10 August 201110 August 2011

Top of Cat. .Bottom of Cat. .All of Cat.

We. Want. Tuna!
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

We. Want. Tuna!

  • 4 August 20114 August 2011

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Happy 12th Birthday, Boys!
  • Lugosi
  • Spider

Happy 12th Birthday, Boys!

  • 31 July 201131 July 2011

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPIDER & LUGOSI!!!! 12 today, you old gits. Sadly, they didn´t like their birthday tuna cause it was in oil, not brine – talk about spoilt…. just look…

Michel-Cat-Angelo
  • Lugosi
  • Spider

Michel-Cat-Angelo

  • 23 July 201123 July 2011

“The Creation of Adam” as interpreted by Lugosi & Spider!.

Tomcat on the Roof
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Other Cats
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Videos

Tomcat on the Roof

  • 21 July 2011

This stray, unneutered tom has been driving the neighbourhood cats crazy for a few months now.  Here are the Kitties on the balcony watching him on the roof opposite………That´s him!.And…

The Fur Flies!
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The Fur Flies!

  • 19 July 201119 July 2011

Lugosi and Spider having another brotherly tiff.  This one got quite serious (look at the fur in Lugosi´s mouth and on the floor)!  But Boys will be Boys, ey?!.ENHANCE!

Spider in the Moonlight
  • Spider

Spider in the Moonlight

  • 16 July 201116 July 2011

Some pretty pics of Spider bathing in the waning moonlight……

Infested with Cats
  • Spider

Infested with Cats

  • 5 July 20115 July 2011

First I lose my sofa, and now I can´t go to the toilet anymore! My apartment has become infested with cats!

Spider´s Toe Fluff
  • Paws
  • Spider

Spider´s Toe Fluff

  • 25 June 201125 June 2011

Spider has these cute little tufts of black fur between his “fingers”…. .

Random Friday Kitty Post
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Other Cats
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Random Friday Kitty Post

  • 17 June 2011

Here are some pics I didn´t get round to posting before… Bella, a cat from our street, climbing a palm tree (she is a bit mad!)..I think I need to…

Blissful Synchronised Sleepinks
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Blissful Synchronised Sleepinks

  • 16 June 201116 June 2011

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