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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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    • 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 Amazing Siamese Tabby Twins!
  • Kitty Fight

The Amazing Siamese Tabby Twins!

  • 19 December 201019 December 2010

2 heads, 2 tails, 2 legs…. One Body! Behold Spider & Lugosi! The Amazing Siamese Tabby Twins!

Lugosi Artwork
  • Lugosi

Lugosi Artwork

  • 6 December 201010 December 2010

Just a little bit of playing around in Paintshop Pro…

Three Terrors in One Spot
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Three Terrors in One Spot

  • 1 December 201010 December 2010

Beautiful, rare shots of all 3 terrors together. . Enhance! . . . . Lugosi´s had enough by then, so it´s just Ruby and Spider now…

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…

Lugosi in Prawn Star Pose
  • Lugosi

Lugosi in Prawn Star Pose

  • 23 November 2010

Hey guys, look at my Brazilian! 😀 (he had to have a bladder ultrasound last week, hence the bare belly).

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

Terrible 3some

  • 14 November 201014 November 2010
Caught in the Act!
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Caught in the Act!

  • 13 November 201013 November 2010

It´s a bit of a fuzzy picture, but it´s rather priceless…. Lugosi & Ruby caught in the Act!

Two Cats on a Table…
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Two Cats on a Table…

  • 31 October 201031 October 2010

…are worth a million in your heart! 🙂.

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
No works gets done here
  • Lugosi

No works gets done here

  • 21 October 201021 October 2010

No wonder I don´t get any work done…

Errrmmmm!
  • Lugosi

Errrmmmm!

  • 10 October 201010 October 2010

Could I possibly have my sofa back? Pretty please?!

Caption needed!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Caption needed!

  • 8 October 20108 October 2010

Hilarious pic of Lugosi with Ruby in the bathtub… let me have your captions! 😉.1st Caption (thanks Anneke!):

Tabby Twins
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Tabby Twins

  • 6 October 20106 October 2010

Spider (right) & Lugosi

Lugosi & Ruby in HD
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Lugosi & Ruby in HD

  • 2 October 20102 October 2010

First test video with new Nikon Coolpix P100 camera – not bad for a photo camera that also has HD video built in – although… the stereo microphone is far…

Kitty Fightclub: Ruby v. Lugosi
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Kitty Fightclub: Ruby v. Lugosi

  • 1 October 20101 October 2010

Watch the mad jump at 0:50….

Kitty Fight Club
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby

Kitty Fight Club

  • 20 September 201020 September 2010

Ruby v. Lugosi..

Tabbies in Black & White
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Tabbies in Black & White

  • 17 September 201017 September 2010

…..

Kitty Triskele
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitty Triskele

  • 14 September 2010

Shots of all 3 kitties together used to be quite rare, but I find these days they are becoming more the order of the day! 🙂…

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

Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post

  • 12 September 201012 September 2010

Silly Face Lugosi, with Ruby.Spider & Ruby lazing on a hot day..Ruby goes undercover

Just 2 pics…
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Just 2 pics…

  • 2 September 20102 September 2010

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

Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post

  • 29 August 201029 August 2010

A selection of recent photos of the terrible threesome……Spider & Lugosi (right) flaked out on the sofa.Pretty Ruby posing.Spider on the bed.The terrible threesome.The terrible threesome.Ruby silhouette on the balcony.Such…

No wonder I don´t get any work done…
  • Lugosi

No wonder I don´t get any work done…

  • 25 August 201025 August 2010

Lugosi spread out on my desk.  ..

Lugosi the Rotating Kitty Loaf
  • Miscellaneous

Lugosi the Rotating Kitty Loaf

  • 19 August 20105 September 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…..

Late Birthday Prezzies
  • Lugosi
  • Spider

Late Birthday Prezzies

  • 3 August 20103 August 2010

Lugosi & Spider´s “arch groomer” arrived in the post today (their birthday was on 31 July), plus a few more kitty toys to keep them, and Ruby, amused… 🙂

No! We do NOT want birthday snorgles!
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

No! We do NOT want birthday snorgles!

  • 31 July 201031 July 2010

Lugosi & Spider: “Help!  The human is going to snorgle us!”Ok, ok, boys.  No more snorgles from mummy. But HAPPY 11th BIRTHDAY to both of ya! .Lugosi getting snorgled by…

Peeka…..booooo!
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Peeka…..booooo!

  • 23 July 201023 July 2010

More Kitty Flight Club with Ruby and Lugosi……

Kitty Fightclub: Ruby v. the Boys
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitty Fightclub: Ruby v. the Boys

  • 20 July 201020 July 2010

……

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!…

Zero G Kitties
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Zero G Kitties

  • 10 June 201010 June 2010

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The Boys
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The Boys

  • 4 June 2010

Hello Ladeeeez….

Alphabet Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby

Alphabet Cats

  • 29 May 201029 May 2010

Tabby fur never ceases to amaze me.  Just found the letter “S” on Ruby.  Lugosi has the letter “N” in his fur (or “Z”, depending from which angle you look…

Stunning Ruby & Spider (and Lugosi too!)
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Stunning Ruby & Spider (and Lugosi too!)

  • 29 May 201029 May 2010

..Lugosi wasn´t really in the mood for photos, hence the grim face!.Definitely not in the mood for photos!!!

Exercise Ruby Style
  • Cute
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Exercise Ruby Style

  • 16 May 201016 May 2010

.POUNCE!.And a few minutes before this, she cramped Lugosi´s style, who got angry after just minding his own business and lying peacefully on the bed! 😉

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

Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post

  • 2 May 20102 May 2010

Some current photos of my three little terrors….Lugosi lounging in pr0n star pose….Spider doing his Cat Aerobics .Ruby blending in with the furniture.Kitty Neighbourhood Watch….Spider doing what cats do best…

Sore Eyes Solution
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Sore Eyes Solution

  • 30 April 201030 April 2010

It´s almost fun having sore eyes, when you get to wear these! 😉.Lugosi wasn´t too impressed with them though!

New Pawtraits of Lugosi & Spider
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

New Pawtraits of Lugosi & Spider

  • 24 April 201024 April 2010

Just some nice, new photos of the boys for ya……….

  • 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… 😉

Random Friday Kitty Post
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Random Friday Kitty Post

  • 2 April 20102 April 2010

Pics of the terrible 3some… starting with Lugosi..Talk to the Paw!.Spider & Lugosi back to back, like a mirror!.Sphinx Ruby.Ruby blending in with her surroundings.Lugosi doing his best Pr0nstar pose…..Ruby…

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

The Lurve Pic of the Week

  • 27 March 201027 March 2010

Lugosi & Ruby.  Awwww…. 🙂

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

Hypno-Kitties

  • 18 March 2010

6 laser eyes staring down from the balcony…

  • 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! 🙂

My gorgeous, handsome boy
  • Lugosi

My gorgeous, handsome boy

  • 4 March 20104 March 2010

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Random Thursday Kitty Pic Post
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Other Cats
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Random Thursday Kitty Pic Post

  • 25 February 201025 February 2010

A few pics that made it onto my Twitpic account, but not here: Polly (neighbour´s cat) “helping” me with some computer work….Kitties at the Natura Palace Hotel in Playa Blanca…

EEK!
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

EEK!

  • 20 February 2010

Spider says “Eek”! (Or maybe “geek”)  😉

Still Life
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Still Life

  • 17 February 201017 February 2010

Synchronised sleeping…

Always worth waking up to…
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Always worth waking up to…

  • 17 February 201017 February 2010

Taking with mobile phone camera, hence a bit fuzzy quality..

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!). 😉

Fun with new bag!
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Fun with new bag!

  • 13 February 2010

Ruby diving into the bag….Spider looks on in confusion… .Now Lugosi looks confused too….Lugosi: What *is* this game???.Ah! It´s called “Cat in a Bag”!!! 🙂

Talk to the Paw
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Talk to the Paw

  • 7 February 2010

.Bloody camera, woke me up…. and STRAAAAAICHE!

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