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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 Cat at Dusk
  • Spider

Spider Cat at Dusk

  • 6 February 20116 February 2011

With the crescent moon above…

Lugosi Silhouette
  • Lugosi

Lugosi Silhouette

  • 24 January 201124 January 2011

Lugosi against a weird coloured sky…

Sunrise with Spider
  • Spider

Sunrise with Spider

  • 11 January 201111 January 2011
More Catnip Shenanigans
  • Catnip
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider

More Catnip Shenanigans

  • 31 December 20101 January 2011

Spider looks on in horror as his brother and Ruby get drugged up to the eyeballs! (there´s some of my own home-grown catnip on the floor for them) . Ruby…

Spider in the Sky…
  • Spider

Spider in the Sky…

  • 27 December 20102 January 2011

. . .

Ruby Pics
  • Ruby

Ruby Pics

  • 26 December 20102 January 2011

She was posing on the balcony this morning.  Pretty kitty! . . . .

Surreal Kitty Pic
  • Lugosi

Surreal Kitty Pic

  • 29 November 201029 November 2010

No, it wasn´t done with magic or Photoshop – I took this picture from outside through a window with all its reflections, and Lugosi sitting on the inside…. looks so…

Terrible 3some
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Terrible 3some

  • 14 November 201014 November 2010
Good morning…
  • Barbarella
  • Ruby

Good morning…

  • 21 October 201021 October 2010

Myself in my PJs(!) on the balcony this morning with Ruby-Doo, on this beautiful, warm October´s day…

Kitty Shenanighans on the Balcony this Morning…
  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Kitty Shenanighans on the Balcony this Morning…

  • 9 October 20109 October 2010

Ruby & Spider watching me at the bedroom window from the balcony… ..Taken with flash, hence the difference in image quality…

Tabby Twins under the Pale Moonlight
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Tabby Twins under the Pale Moonlight

  • 24 June 201024 June 2010

Caught the moon there just before it disappeared behind the clouds!…

This morning….
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

This morning….

  • 8 June 2010

Ruby (who is really not allowed up there!) and her step-bro Spider

Hypno-Kitties
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Hypno-Kitties

  • 18 March 2010

6 laser eyes staring down from the balcony…

Ruby teasing Spider
  • Cute
  • Kitty Fight
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Ruby teasing Spider

  • 12 February 2010

Spider gets sooo annoyed with her, you wouldn´t believe! 😉

Potted Kitteh
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Potted Kitteh

  • 7 February 2010

Here you go.  Have a Ruby in a plant pot. 🙂.

A very grey morning
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

A very grey morning

  • 3 February 20103 February 2010

The terrible threesome this morning

DangerRuby!
  • Ruby

DangerRuby!

  • 13 January 201013 January 2010

The kitten is trying to give me a heart attack again!  We´re only on the 1st floor, but…..

Morning fightingz
  • Cute
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Morning fightingz

  • 2 January 2010

Ruby: “There´s nothing like a good fight with my big bro (Lugosi) first thing in the morning!”

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

My 3 Kattens

  • 29 December 200929 December 2009

Short clip filmed in nightvision – Ruby looks creepy, like an *albino* cat!

Spider v. Ruby
  • Kitty Fight
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Spider v. Ruby

  • 28 December 200928 December 2009

Who will end up getting the chair?! .

3 Kitties on the Balcony in the moonlight…
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

3 Kitties on the Balcony in the moonlight…

  • 26 December 2009

..

Danger-Cat!
  • Ruby

Danger-Cat!

  • 16 December 200916 December 2009

Just look at her!  No wonder she falls of the balcony (twice now!) and has me close to a heart attack every time she does this! :O

Lofty Heights
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Lofty Heights

  • 13 December 200913 December 2009

Ruby surveying her neighbourhood…

The Boys
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The Boys

  • 12 December 200913 December 2009

This morning, after the rain….

My brown-eyed girl….
  • Cute
  • Ruby

My brown-eyed girl….

  • 3 December 20093 December 2009

Ruby posing for the camera this morning.

Ruby & Spider
  • Cute
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Ruby & Spider

  • 2 December 20092 December 2009

All peaceful between those two at the mo…. thanks goodness!

Found Ruby asleep…
  • Cute
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Found Ruby asleep…

  • 19 November 200919 November 2009

… like this, this afternoon, bless her. 🙂

Best seats in the house
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Best seats in the house

  • 13 November 200913 November 2009

I really need to invest in a 4th chair, so *I* can also enjoy sitting on my balcony. Or ditch one of the cats. 😉

Kitty Neighbourhood Watch
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitty Neighbourhood Watch

  • 11 October 200911 October 2009

Spider & Ruby surveying their ´hood….

Spider & Lugosi….. and then Ruby!
  • Cute
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Spider & Lugosi….. and then Ruby!

  • 2 October 20092 October 2009

I was taking photos of Spider (left) and Lugosi………when Ruby cheekily jumped into the photo, posing prettily! 🙂(the scar on her belly is from being spayed on Tuesday)

Spider in the Morning Sun
  • Spider

Spider in the Morning Sun

  • 14 September 200914 September 2009

Two pics of Spider in the sun this morning….

Kitties on Holiday
  • Cute
  • Janelle
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Kitties on Holiday

  • 19 July 200919 July 2009

The beach is only 15 mins away, but these 3 prefer to stay on their balcony, just chillin….

Kitty Neighbourhood Watch…
  • Janelle
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Kitty Neighbourhood Watch…

  • 29 May 200929 May 2009

Spider: Hmm, never seen ´im before. Watcha think?Janelle: Personally, I think he needs to see the vet for a “certain operation”. Just check out the size of the guy´s crown…

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