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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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My Cat Stuff: Kitty Ice “Cubes”
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  • Cat Stuff

My Cat Stuff: Kitty Ice “Cubes”

  • 30 April 201727 April 2017

Not sure what to call these because they’re not cube shaped… feline ice shapes? Kitty Icicles? Cat Ice? Let me have your suggestions. 🙂

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby helps change the bed clothes….

  • 18 July 2012
Freebie from the Vets
  • Miscellaneous

Freebie from the Vets

  • 10 May 201110 May 2011

Since we´re such good customers and always buy sh*tloads of catfood there…. 😉

Kitty and the Moon
  • Other Cats

Kitty and the Moon

  • 28 April 2011

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Kitty and Dolphins
  • Cute
  • Other Cats
  • Videos

Kitty and Dolphins

  • 9 April 201115 April 2011

I saw this video via Cute Overload today and it blew my mind.  I have *never ever* seen anything more precious and beautiful. 😀

360° Kitty Loaf
  • Kitty Loaf
  • Lugosi

360° Kitty Loaf

  • 25 January 2011

Lugosi, Classic Tabby Kitty Loaf….

Kitty Silhouette
  • Other Cats

Kitty Silhouette

  • 1 August 20101 August 2010

On the roof opposite….

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider´s Morning Wash

  • 10 June 201010 June 2010

With nice views from our lofty balcony… 🙂

Janelle
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  • Janelle

Janelle

  • 22 May 201022 May 2010

Janelle´s mummy Anneke was away the last few days, so I was looking after her and her coinhabicats Squeaky and Blacky.  Had a little bit of a wild play earlier…

Ruby´s Mad 5 Seconds?
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  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Ruby´s Mad 5 Seconds?

  • 27 April 201027 April 2010

Uh-uh.  She´s lost it.  Might just be the full moon to blame though… 😉.Madness ENHANCE!

Meet Beautiful Khan
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  • Other Cats

Meet Beautiful Khan

  • 25 April 2010

My friend Antonio´s cat Khan (as in Ghenghis) – he´s an 8 month old longhaired flamepoint boy.  He granted me a quick photo session while I was visiting…. …I guess…

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Clever cat builds tunnel!

  • 21 April 2010

Lugosi being extremely silly.  And managing to make himself a tunnel from the cushions on the sofa… 😉

More Wet Ruby
  • Ruby

More Wet Ruby

  • 1 April 20101 April 2010

Getting herself soaked in the sink again… …

That kitten got LEGS!
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  • Paws
  • Ruby

That kitten got LEGS!

  • 29 March 201029 March 2010

Love the little leggies. 🙂.

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider´s Mad Jumps

  • 26 March 201026 March 2010

Spider showing off his jumping skills…

Kitty sized computer
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  • Spider

Kitty sized computer

  • 16 March 2010

Spider: “Yay. This netbook is purrfect size for my grubby paws.”.Yay.  Kitty Pr0n! 😀

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

Kitty Fightclub on the bed: Ruby v. Lugosi

  • 9 March 20109 March 2010

They really do love each other! 🙂

Talk to the paw… again!
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Talk to the paw… again!

  • 15 February 201015 February 2010

Lugosi doing what I refer to as “the gay paw” (no offence intended to gay people or gay cats, of course!). 😉

Spider and I
  • Barbarella
  • Cute
  • Spider

Spider and I

  • 29 January 201029 January 2010

Spider coming up to me during one of his cuddly moments… 🙂.

Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post

  • 24 January 201024 January 2010

SMACKDOWN!!!  Ruby v. Lugosi.But then…. the LOVE! 🙂..Spider´s new favourite sleeping spot.Ruby playing.Ruby posing..Laser Pointer Games!.

Random Monday Kitty Pic Post
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Random Monday Kitty Pic Post

  • 18 January 201018 January 2010

My 3 fluff babies condensed in one post. 🙂 Starting with Spider.Ruby.Ruby & Lugosi.Ruby lying on my synth.Siesta time with Lugosi

Ruby on Grass
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  • Ruby

Ruby on Grass

  • 12 January 2010

Oi! Whatcha wake me up for?!.Going back to sleep, me… .

Sleepy Ruby
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  • Ruby

Sleepy Ruby

  • 10 January 201010 January 2010

This photo makes me wanna burst into a lullaby… 😉

Lofty Heights
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  • Ruby

Lofty Heights

  • 13 December 200913 December 2009

Ruby surveying her neighbourhood…

Paw on mummy´s leg…
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  • Paws
  • Spider

Paw on mummy´s leg…

  • 10 December 200910 December 2009

Awww.  It´s just the sweetest thing when they put their paw on you.  Makes you feel loved. 🙂

  • Cute
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby running off with fishing rod toy – CUTE!

  • 8 December 20098 December 2009
  • Cute
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Kitty Fight Club: Ruby v. Lugosi

  • 5 December 20095 December 2009

6 month old Ruby wrestling with 10 year old brother Lugosi…

Spider´s Latest Sleeping Spot
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  • Spider

Spider´s Latest Sleeping Spot

  • 25 November 200925 November 2009

On top of my dirty clothes!!!

Ruby´s Pinkies
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  • Paws
  • Ruby

Ruby´s Pinkies

  • 9 October 20099 October 2009

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Spider at Sunrise this morning…
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  • Spider

Spider at Sunrise this morning…

  • 22 September 200922 September 2009

Pretty Kitty..

Moon Kitty
  • Other Cats

Moon Kitty

  • 27 June 200927 June 2009

Corky, one of my neighbour´s cats, by the light of the crescent moon tonight….

Spider says…
  • Spider

Spider says…

  • 23 May 200926 May 2009

…the daily morning wash is most important to start off the day when you´re a cat…..

My Other Websites

  • Canariaspace Web Design in Lanzarote
  • Catnip Camera – Feline (+ Other) Photography
  • My Tokyo 2010 Blog
  • Picture Lanzarote Photography
  • The Mad Cat Lady´s Personal Blog
  • YouTube: Haus von Fluffenstein

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