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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 sweetest thing… Love Cats!
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The sweetest thing… Love Cats!

  • 18 October 20189 October 2018

These two just love each other so much. Whenever I see them like this, my heart melts!  This photo is a screenshot from a video, see below.       …

Valentine’s Kitties – The Loves of my Life
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi
  • Spider

Valentine’s Kitties – The Loves of my Life

  • 14 February 2018

My kitties are not only loved to bits one day a year, but today is Valentine’s Day, so I thought I’d officially shout it out to the world how much…

El Poder del Abrazo – The Power of the Hug!
  • Barbarella
  • Spider

El Poder del Abrazo – The Power of the Hug!

  • 11 July 201729 June 2017

Our vets has this poster on the wall inviting people to take selfies hugging their dog and then posting the pictures on the elpoderdelabrazo.es website and your Instagram.  Well, me…

The Best Excuse Not To Get Out Of Bed
  • Barbarella
  • Ruby

The Best Excuse Not To Get Out Of Bed

  • 21 October 201616 October 2016

You know that heavy feeling when you wake up and you’re pinned down by a cat? The best excuse not to get out of bed! 😉

Happy Valentine’s to the Loves of my Life
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Happy Valentine’s to the Loves of my Life

  • 14 February 201613 February 2016

Love you guys, not just today, but every day, every hour, every minute, every second. 🙂

To the loves of my life…
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  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

To the loves of my life…

  • 14 February 201514 February 2015

Happy Valentine´s Day, my furbabies. Love you lots! Signed, Mummy

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  • Lugosi
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I married my cats – in the British press again!

  • 7 January 20157 January 2015

We are getting more and more famous! 🙂 Click here to read this wonderful article in the Daily Mail Online yesterday… 

Love Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Love Cats

  • 30 May 2014

Ruby loves Lugosi so much… and I think he secretly loves her too, even though he would never admit it!

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

Cat Domination Games: Lugosi & Ruby

  • 11 April 20149 April 2014

First so fierce, then so cute. Enjoy. 🙂

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  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
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Kitty Domination School

  • 13 January 2014

Lugosi or Spider have this “domination thing” with Ruby about 3 or 4 times a week. In multi-cat households, this happens to establish a pecking order, and/or if a cat…

Happy Anniversary, Boys!
  • Barbarella
  • Catster
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Happy Anniversary, Boys!

  • 11 January 20143 February 2014

10 years married to my beautiful tabby boys and the loves of my life – they don´t call me The Mad Cat Lady for nothing. 😉 (sorry, didn´t get the…

Keesssss me, you fool!
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  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Keesssss me, you fool!

  • 9 November 2013

Ruby demands Lugosi´s affection…

Birds (or Cats) of a Feather
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Birds (or Cats) of a Feather

  • 8 November 20137 November 2013

Lugosi with Ruby – Big Bro and Little Sis…

My Girl Ruby and I
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My Girl Ruby and I

  • 30 October 201228 October 2012

I ♥ my little orange girl! 

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

Gives you a warm feeling inside…. awwww!

  • 31 May 2012

Lugosi (right) with Ruby. 🙂

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

Love Cats

  • 21 May 201220 May 2012

Awwww! 🙂

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! 😉

Still very much in love
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  • Lugosi
  • Ruby

Still very much in love

  • 2 July 20115 July 2011

Ruby and Lugosi.  The continuing Love Affair.  Everybody now…. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww! 🙂…..ENHANCE!

Lugosi loves his mummy…
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi loves his mummy…

  • 12 June 2011

I had been away for a few days, and Lugosi was sooo happy to see me – the feeling was mutual. 🙂

Ruby cleans Spider
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  • Ruby
  • Spider

Ruby cleans Spider

  • 1 February 20115 February 2011

Very rare moment when she is *not* trying to tease or annoy him. 🙂

First the Love, then the Epic Kitty Fight!
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

First the Love, then the Epic Kitty Fight!

  • 25 October 2010
Continuing Love Affair
  • Miscellaneous

Continuing Love Affair

  • 5 August 20105 August 2010

When they´re not wrestling rough with each other, Lugosi & Ruby are the sweetest, gentlest couple in the whole universe…..

Janelle & I
  • Barbarella
  • Janelle

Janelle & I

  • 29 April 2010

Saw my Nellybean this afternoon.  I still love her to bits…

The Lurve Pic of the Week
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  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

The Lurve Pic of the Week

  • 27 March 201027 March 2010

Lugosi & Ruby.  Awwww…. 🙂

Love Cats
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  • Other Cats

Love Cats

  • 14 March 201014 March 2010

Squeaky (grey & white) and Blacky… (taken with mobile phone camera, hence the fuzzy quality).Love Cats enhance

  • 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! 🙂

A rare sight…
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  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

A rare sight…

  • 10 January 201010 January 2010

Spider cleans Ruby…. those 2 are usually not on the bestest of terms, so this is a very cute, rare shot.

Awww the LOVE!
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  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Awww the LOVE!

  • 2 January 2010

Ruby & Lugosi.  They love each other. 🙂

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  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Happy Christmas again from us…

  • 24 December 200924 December 2009
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
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Lugosi cleaning Ruby…. listen to her purr!

  • 3 October 20093 October 2009

This is the best thing that could happen – Lugosi actually accepting the new cat in our household.  Watch them here and go awwwww. 🙂

I wanna hold your paw, mummy
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  • Lugosi
  • Paws

I wanna hold your paw, mummy

  • 26 August 200926 August 2009

Awwww…. is it “mummy, I love you” or “mummy, stop working now, I wants me some cuddles”? 🙂

Brotherly Love
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  • Spider & Lugosi

Brotherly Love

  • 5 August 20095 August 2009

Lugosi cleans his twin bro Spider, awwww…..

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