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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
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    • 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 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…

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…

Triple Kitty Bunk DIY Project
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Triple Kitty Bunk DIY Project

  • 28 December 201216 February 2014

I saw a photo of a triple cat bunk bed the other day and decided that I wanted to build my own for my 3 furbabies. These are the basic…

Spot the Kitty!
  • Ruby

Spot the Kitty!

  • 12 December 201212 December 2012

Hmmm, where could he or she be hiding? 😉

Spider Jumps!
  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider Jumps!

  • 10 December 2012

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

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

Tabby x3

  • 6 December 20124 December 2012
In bed with my kitties
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby

In bed with my kitties

  • 18 November 201218 November 2012

Lugosi likes to lie on top of me!  Ruby likes to lie next to me. And Spider? He refused to have his picture taken together with a smelly hoomin! 😉 

Loafing on the edge of space… erm the bed!
  • Kitty Loaf
  • Lugosi

Loafing on the edge of space… erm the bed!

  • 17 October 2012

Lugosi this morning, doing a kittyloaf. 

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”. 😀

  • 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…

Utterly Flaked Out…
  • Spider

Utterly Flaked Out…

  • 29 July 2012

Spider.  The morning after a night of catnip excesses… ENHANCE!

Caturday: Breakfast in Bed
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Caturday: Breakfast in Bed

  • 28 July 2012
Lugosi likes to be close to me…
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi

Lugosi likes to be close to me…

  • 22 July 2012

He likes to lie next to me like this, pressed against my leg with one paw dangling off the bed or the sofa. 🙂

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby helps change the bed clothes….

  • 18 July 2012
3-some on the bed…
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

3-some on the bed…

  • 10 July 2012

Lugosi at the front, Ruby (right) and Spider…

  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi´s Morning Ritual with Mummy

  • 9 July 20129 July 2012
Trouble getting outta bed in the morning?
  • Lugosi

Trouble getting outta bed in the morning?

  • 23 June 2012

You know what it´s like.  You got one paw out of the bed and the rest of your body just won´t follow…. The mind is willing, but the flesh is…

Random Kitty Pix
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Random Kitty Pix

  • 18 June 201218 June 2012

Been too busy to update, but we can´t let our kitty pic fans go totally tee-total, can we?! So here you go with a few Spider, Ruby and Lugosi photos…

Gives you a warm feeling inside…. awwww!
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Gives you a warm feeling inside…. awwww!

  • 31 May 2012

Lugosi (right) with Ruby. 🙂

Yoga with Lugosi….
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Silly Pics

Yoga with Lugosi….

  • 25 May 2012

And now we´re going to lift our right leg behind our head like this…. it´s so easy!  When you´re a cat, that is. 

Lugosi´s Morning Routine
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics

Lugosi´s Morning Routine

  • 22 May 201221 May 2012

Lugosi is one persistent little bugger when he wants to get me out of bed in the morning to have his breakfast served.  But he´s also very loving and spends…

Love Cats
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Love Cats

  • 21 May 201220 May 2012

Awwww! 🙂

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Must be comfy….

  • 19 May 2012

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

  • 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….

Paw Power!
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics

Paw Power!

  • 10 April 2012
Hello Kitty Ruby
  • Ruby

Hello Kitty Ruby

  • 3 April 20124 April 2012

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This is the LIFE!
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

This is the LIFE!

  • 30 March 2012

The 3 terrors zonked out on the bed….

  • 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. 🙂

Waiting for Breakfast
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby

Waiting for Breakfast

  • 14 March 201214 March 2012

My beautiful girl Ruby sitting on my bedside table, patiently waiting for me to get out of bed and make her breakfast.

  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Ruby beats the crap out of Lugosi. Again.

  • 12 March 2012
Squeaky & Blacky
  • Janelle
  • Other Cats

Squeaky & Blacky

  • 29 February 2012

Catsitting Janelle & Co at the moment.  Here´s is the “Co” in “Janelle & Co” – the handsome Squeaky and epileptic kitty Blacky….

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby runs off with treats wrapper…

  • 17 February 201216 February 2012

She´s such a funny little girl! 😉

Simply Ruby…
  • Ruby

Simply Ruby…

  • 16 February 201216 February 2012

Just some cute pics from this morning.

Ruby´s Fluffy Underside
  • Ruby

Ruby´s Fluffy Underside

  • 7 February 2012
Ruby in Half Shadow
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby

Ruby in Half Shadow

  • 5 February 20125 February 2012

A couple of mobile phone pics (whilst lying in bed in the morning)…

Lugosi Action Shots
  • Lugosi

Lugosi Action Shots

  • 28 January 2012

Lugosi´s mad 5 minutes…. 🙂

Action Shot : Lugosi – I haz it!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Action Shot : Lugosi – I haz it!

  • 22 January 2012

Lugosi and Ruby having a play – Lugosi gets the toy!

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,…

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

The 3 Terrors this Morning…

  • 16 January 2012
My Pretty Girl
  • Ruby

My Pretty Girl

  • 2 January 2012

Ruby lying in the sun this morning…

Spider´s New Year Camouflage
  • Spider

Spider´s New Year Camouflage

  • 1 January 2012

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

  • Janelle
  • Videos

Janelle playing with Laserpointer

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

Ruby gets high on catnip…

  • 27 December 2011

Weeeeeeeeee!

Yin and Yang Fail
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Yin and Yang Fail

  • 19 December 201119 December 2011

Ruby fails to understand the concept of Yin Yang….

Hello Ladies!
  • Lugosi

Hello Ladies!

  • 9 December 2011

Lugosi´s bedroom eyes…

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

Kitty Fight Club – Ruby v. Lugosi

  • 9 December 2011

Nothing better than a good smack down in the morning while mummy is still in bed too…

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….

Ruby goes undercover
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby

Ruby goes undercover

  • 8 November 20118 November 2011
All Hail King Lugosi
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics

All Hail King Lugosi

  • 6 November 20116 November 2011

Lugosi on his throne this morning, ruling his kingdom with an iron paw…

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

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