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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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The Shoe Fits!
  • Other Cats
  • Paws
  • Silly Pics

The Shoe Fits!

  • 16 July 201514 July 2015

Or maybe it´s just a wee bit too big for my little paw? Sneaky, one of my friend´s friendly ferals who lives on her terrace…

  • Janelle
  • Videos

Janelle is baffled…

  • 8 June 2015

Nelly is trying to figure out how mummy got trapped inside a small rectangular talking brick!

3 Kitties Grooming Each Other
  • 3 Cats
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Videos

3 Kitties Grooming Each Other

  • 28 May 201526 May 2015

I love coming home to…. this. 

Ear Tufts!
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Ear Tufts!

  • 25 April 2015

Look at Ruby´s adorable ear tufts! So cute!

The Many Faces of Lugosi
  • Lugosi

The Many Faces of Lugosi

  • 9 April 2015

His cute kitten face His stern, serious face His look of disapproval!

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

Lugosi washes Ruby – Love Cats

  • 8 April 2015

They are not related, but they so love each other. 🙂

Kiss me already!
  • Other Cats
  • Ruby

Kiss me already!

  • 10 February 20158 February 2015

Ruby and Buster. Don´t they make the cutest couple? 🙂

Adorable Feral Kitty Family
  • Cute
  • Kittens
  • Other Cats

Adorable Feral Kitty Family

  • 26 January 2015

Two gorgeous kittens and their mum, whom I encountered in the Old Town Harbour in Puerto del Carmen at the weekend… Oh hai there! 🙂 Mummy!!!! I want my mummy!!!!…

Cute Kitty Butts
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Cute Kitty Butts

  • 12 January 20158 January 2015

Spider and Ruby showing off their fluffy rear ends…

Kitty Bridal Wear
  • Miscellaneous

Kitty Bridal Wear

  • 30 December 201427 December 2014

Remember the article in The Sun newspaper about marrying my cats? Well, here´s some cute bridal wear modelled by Ruby and Spider, for people who wish to tie the knot…

Purdy SpiderCat
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Purdy SpiderCat

  • 16 November 201415 November 2014
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Love Cats: Lugosi washes Ruby, awww!

  • 12 November 20148 November 2014
I iz cute!
  • Ruby

I iz cute!

  • 18 September 2014

Ruby being supercute… 🙂

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby: Purr-Slurp-Purr-Slurp-Purr-Slurp

  • 9 August 201428 August 2014

My girl is getting more and more adorable as time goes by… 🙂

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby Performs For Ham!

  • 6 July 201431 July 2014

She absolutely *loves* that stuff, as you can see… 🙂

  • Barbarella
  • Janelle
  • Videos

Janelle plays with keyring – CUTE!

  • 12 April 201412 April 2014
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Cat Domination Games: Lugosi & Ruby

  • 11 April 20149 April 2014

First so fierce, then so cute. Enjoy. 🙂

Ruby chillaxes on Caturday
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Ruby chillaxes on Caturday

  • 8 March 2014

Ruby sez: “There´s no way I´m getting out of bed today, come what may!”

One more from last year….
  • Cute
  • Ruby

One more from last year….

  • 3 January 2014

My cute little ginger Santa girl….

You´ll never look at a cat´s paw the same way again after this….
  • Paws
  • Ruby

You´ll never look at a cat´s paw the same way again after this….

  • 3 December 2013

Did you know there´s a tiny little teddy bear in every kitty paw? Go grab a cat and take a look (but be careful, some cats don´t like their pawsies…

Spider – the morning after….
  • Spider

Spider – the morning after….

  • 20 November 2013

Must have been such a hard night for boy Spider. I am doing this on purpose. Honest. I iz cute! Ok, that´s enough now with that camera!

Ruby being a Goofball!
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Ruby being a Goofball!

  • 8 August 20137 August 2013

Silly kitty. 

Cascabel
  • Cute
  • Kittens
  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors
  • Videos

Cascabel

  • 16 July 201315 July 2013

Stunning fluffy tabby kitten queen turning all the toms´ heads in our alley at the moment. Luckily, her responsible owner had her spayed already. 🙂

Ruby asleep with her favourite toy
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Ruby asleep with her favourite toy

  • 6 April 20134 April 2013

You can just about imagine the sweet lullaby music…  🙂 Bonus Pic:  

  • Lugosi

Lugosi gets mummy out of bed. Again!

  • 10 March 2013

When Lugosi wants his breakfast, he shows no mercy!

Ruby´s Fashion Statement
  • Ruby

Ruby´s Fashion Statement

  • 7 March 2013

Okay, so I only bought the silly plush cat at IKEA because of the cute kerchief round its neck!  That´s SO Ruby´s colour!  Ruby herself was not too impressed, even…

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby loves eating grass!

  • 25 February 201320 February 2013
Hello Sexy!
  • Kittens
  • Other Cats

Hello Sexy!

  • 10 October 201210 October 2012

I met this cute kitten called “Sexy” at the vets today, and her human mummy granted me a little photo session…. isn´t she adorable? 🙂

Boxed Ruby
  • Ruby

Boxed Ruby

  • 16 September 201214 September 2012

Had to get some more storage boxes from IKEA, so guess what happened… 

Surf´s Up!
  • Lugosi

Surf´s Up!

  • 15 September 201214 September 2012

Lugosi practises for next year´s  surf championships.  On an ironing board. 

IKEA Skubb Boxes R for Kitties!
  • 3 Cats
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

IKEA Skubb Boxes R for Kitties!

  • 12 September 201212 September 2012
Ruby forgets to put her tongue back in…
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Ruby forgets to put her tongue back in…

  • 8 September 20128 September 2012

It´s a cat thing.  Ooops!

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby helps change the bed clothes….

  • 18 July 2012
  • Janelle
  • Videos

Nutty Nelly!

  • 6 June 20125 June 2012
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. 🙂

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider Chillaxing

  • 29 May 201229 May 2012
Persian Paws at Play
  • Janelle
  • Mobile Pics

Persian Paws at Play

  • 7 May 20127 May 2012

Some Janelle pics I took last week – she´s 9 years old on 14 May and still soooo playful!

  • Cute
  • Janelle
  • Videos

Janelle being supercute

  • 4 May 2012

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

  • 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…

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider strikes a (silly) pose – The Video!

  • 19 March 2012
Caught in the Act!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Caught in the Act!

  • 14 February 201214 February 2012

The epic love affair is still going strong after 2 1/2 years …. Ruby is Lugosi´s Valentine. 🙂 UPDATE – had to be done! 😉

  • 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

Black & White
  • Other Cats

Black & White

  • 27 January 201227 January 2012

I had the pleasure of photographing a friend´s two cuties the other day – the 4 month old Ziggy (white) and the 9 month old Izzabella (black).  Enjoy!

  • Catnip
  • Janelle
  • Videos

Janelle gets high on Catnip (again)

  • 18 January 201217 January 2012
  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider gets a cuddle

  • 9 January 2012
Persian Kittens
  • Barbarella
  • Kittens
  • Other Cats

Persian Kittens

  • 8 January 20128 January 2012

Went to do a photo shoot with a friend´s Persian kittens yesterday – this is her (Karolien) and I with the 3 cuties Bella, Mulan and Bambi…. I will publish…

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby climbs on clothes dryer

  • 3 January 2012

Little Looney!

  • Janelle
  • Videos

Janelle playing with Laserpointer

  • 31 December 201131 December 2011
Suko
  • Other Cats

Suko

  • 30 December 201129 December 2011

One of my neighbours´ kittens, a shy little tom called Suko…

  • Catnip
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby gets high on catnip…

  • 27 December 2011

Weeeeeeeeee!

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