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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: Videos

  • Janelle
  • Videos

Janelle playing with Camera Strap – Video

  • 9 September 20128 September 2012
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi´s Pathetic Meow

  • 24 August 201223 August 2012

Don´t believe for one second that Lugosi always sounds like this. Oh no. He´s usually like a fog horn!  This, however, is his “I am soooo hungry, OMG, I´m a…

  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

13th Birthday Tuna

  • 31 July 201231 July 2012

No no!!! Stop singing, mummy! Nooooo! 😉

  • Barbarella
  • Spider
  • Videos

Our Mummy is a Pervert!

  • 27 July 2012

When my cats lie on their back I can never resist just sticking my face in all that soft flooff and kissing it! Does that mean I´m some kind of…

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby helps change the bed clothes….

  • 18 July 2012
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi´s Morning Ritual with Mummy

  • 9 July 20129 July 2012
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Slurp Purr Slurp Purr Slurp Purr Slurp Purr!!!

  • 6 July 2012
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Kitty Wrestle

  • 23 June 201222 June 2012

Lugosi picks a fight with Ruby…. just a short video!

  • Janelle
  • Videos

Life beyond the Cat Door

  • 8 June 2012

I hear you ask what happened to Lugosi, Spider & Ruby?  Well, they are right here, chillin´, sleepin´, eatin´, taking it easy, but they haven´t granted me any kitty photo…

  • Janelle
  • Videos

Nutty Nelly Part Deux!

  • 7 June 2012

Just watch her after the 0:50 seconds mark, she´s HILARIOUS!  And no, I did not put it there, I threw it at her like a toy and it got stuck…

  • Janelle
  • Videos

Nutty Nelly!

  • 6 June 20125 June 2012
  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider Chillaxing

  • 29 May 201229 May 2012
  • Kitty Loaf
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby the KittyLoaf in HD

  • 20 May 201219 May 2012
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Must be comfy….

  • 19 May 2012

Lugosi spilling out from his IKEA unit cat bed onto the floor…. must be comfy!

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

Ruby Gets Excited over Soap Bubbles!

  • 9 May 20128 May 2012
  • Cute
  • Janelle
  • Videos

Janelle being supercute

  • 4 May 2012

Another cute Janelle kitty video – shame my mobile phone battery died!!!

  • Barbarella
  • Janelle
  • Videos

Janelle making biscuits again

  • 3 May 20123 May 2012
  • Janelle
  • Videos

Janelle nomming treats

  • 19 April 201219 April 2012

Yummy!

  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Videos

The most pathetic meow…

  • 14 April 2012

Lugosi puts on a really pathetic sounding meow every morning when he wants me to get out of bed and give him his breakfast….

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Super-Twitchy Nose!

  • 4 April 2012

I´ve never seen a cat nose as twitchy as this.  So funny!

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby turns my stuff into cat toys!

  • 29 March 2012

I bought these cute wrist rests for my mouse and keyboard from eBay, and I thought I´d show them to Ruby. Towards the end of the vid you can see…

  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Videos

Lugosi goes for Walkies

  • 22 March 201220 September 2012

He walks really well on his harness and leash.  Spider does it okay, but Ruby is hopeless!

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

Kitty Play Time!

  • 20 March 2012

It´s fantastic that Lugosi and Spider are still so playful at almost 13 years of age, especially Spider. 🙂

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider strikes a (silly) pose – The Video!

  • 19 March 2012
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Ruby beats the crap out of Lugosi. Again.

  • 12 March 2012
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby purring

  • 28 February 2012

My little motorbike! 🙂

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby runs off with treats wrapper…

  • 17 February 201216 February 2012

She´s such a funny little girl! 😉

  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Tabby Twins in HD

  • 13 February 2012

Filmed with new Samsung Q10 videocamera.

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

Watch Lugosi THWAP Spider on the head!

  • 10 February 2012
  • Cute
  • Kittens
  • Miscellaneous
  • Videos

Hot Dudes with Kittens

  • 8 February 2012

So funny.  And cute. And hot.  And did I mention funny?  Features Sam Trammell from my favourite TV series “True Blood“! Hot Dudes with Kittens from Sam Trammell

  • Miscellaneous
  • Other Cats
  • Videos

Help Ban Declawing in Canada

  • 4 February 2012

Apart from the US, Canada is another country where declawing is still legal.  This lady named Deirdre has made a brilliant informative video and is asking everyone to sign her…

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider gets a back rub

  • 1 February 2012
  • Catnip
  • Janelle
  • Videos

Janelle gets high on Catnip (again)

  • 18 January 201217 January 2012
  • 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…

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider gets a cuddle

  • 9 January 2012
  • Other Cats
  • Videos

Tabby Twins fight over food – funny!

  • 5 January 20125 January 2012

It´s my food! No it´s mine! Gimme that back now! No I told you it´s mine! Oi gimme it back I said! etc. etc. 😉 Not my tabby twins (although…

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby climbs on clothes dryer

  • 3 January 2012

Little Looney!

  • Janelle
  • Videos

Janelle playing with Laserpointer

  • 31 December 201131 December 2011
  • Catnip
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby gets high on catnip…

  • 27 December 2011

Weeeeeeeeee!

  • 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!

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

Merry Christmas to you all!

  • 22 December 2011

Click Here to create your own “Elf Yourself” video

  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi & Spider: Laserpointer Fun

  • 18 December 2011
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

12 Year Old Lugosi still so playful

  • 5 December 2011
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Kitty Fight Club: Ruby v. Lugosi (Dec 2011)

  • 4 December 2011
Spider´s Sunrise Morning Wash
  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider´s Sunrise Morning Wash

  • 17 November 201117 November 2011
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Kitty Fight Club: Spider v. Lugosi

  • 5 November 2011

Spider wins!

  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby cleaning her toenails…

  • 31 October 201131 October 2011
  • Kittens
  • Miscellaneous
  • Videos

2 Kittens Play Fighting

  • 30 September 201130 September 2011

Approx. 5 month old kittens Milly (black tortie) and Tilly playing with one another in one of my neighbours´ gardens. 

  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Videos

Synchronised Morning Wash

  • 26 September 201126 September 2011

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

  • Kitty Fight
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby beats up a Toy Cat!

  • 22 September 201122 September 2011

Ruby: “There can be only ONE (ginger cat around here)!”

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