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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 Close-Up on the Balcony
  • Spider

Spider Close-Up on the Balcony

  • 13 September 201611 September 2016

Spider posing in the early morning sun…

5 Ways To Get Your Human Out Of Bed
  • Catster
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

5 Ways To Get Your Human Out Of Bed

  • 26 February 201426 February 2014

My latest article on Catster – 5 Ways to get your Human out of Bed – featuring the boss of me, LUGOSI! Enjoy! http://www.catster.com/lifestyle/funny-cat-humor-behavior-pictures-photos-get-human-out-of-bed

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby´s Morning at the Kitty Spa

  • 23 January 201423 January 2014

Ruby is having a pamper morning….

  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

How to torture your hoomin

  • 21 November 201320 November 2013

Lugosi: “Now watch me torture my hoomin with the power of my claws.”

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi demands his breakfast.

  • 16 October 2013

Yeah okay, getting out of bed in a bit…. just give me another minute of a lie-in…. awww okay, that´s a no then. *sigh*

  • Lugosi

Lugosi gets mummy out of bed. Again!

  • 10 March 2013

When Lugosi wants his breakfast, he shows no mercy!

Gooood Morning!!!!
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Gooood Morning!!!!

  • 26 February 201322 February 2013

With Ruby…. And Spider – Lugosi was still in bed at the time…. 😉  

Can´t. Move. Darn Cats.
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Can´t. Move. Darn Cats.

  • 26 January 201326 January 2013

Guys, I really really need to go for a pee!

Barbs!
  • Lugosi

Barbs!

  • 9 January 20139 January 2013

Look at that tongue!  Lugosi at his morning wash….

Spider´s Morning Wash
  • Spider

Spider´s Morning Wash

  • 2 October 201230 September 2012
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Sunday Morning Snuggles with Ruby

  • 30 September 201230 September 2012

Wait for around 0:50 seconds when she bites my ankle!!!

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”. 😀

Ruby at Dawn
  • Ruby

Ruby at Dawn

  • 4 September 2012

Atmospheric pic from this morning…  

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi´s Pathetic Meow

  • 24 August 201223 August 2012

Don´t believe for one second that Lugosi always sounds like this. Oh no. He´s usually like a fog horn!  This, however, is his “I am soooo hungry, OMG, I´m a…

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

Caturday: Breakfast in Bed

  • 28 July 2012
  • 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…

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…

  • 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….

It´s a beautiful day…
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

It´s a beautiful day…

  • 7 April 2012

And the kitties are out in the sun….

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.

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)…

Spider
  • Spider

Spider

  • 25 January 2012

A beautiful, moody pic of Spider…. Spider doing his morning wash today

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider´s Eat n´ Wash

  • 17 January 2012

After finishing off his plate of raw beef (thanks to Felice at Feline Instincts for the nutritional help with the new raw food diet for my kitties), a good clean…

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

The 3 Terrors this Morning…

  • 16 January 2012
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…

Spider Cat
  • Spider

Spider Cat

  • 4 December 20114 December 2011

A nice atmospheric shot of Spider this morning….

Spider´s Sunrise Morning Wash
  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider´s Sunrise Morning Wash

  • 17 November 201117 November 2011
  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Videos

Synchronised Morning Wash

  • 26 September 201126 September 2011

Ruby & Spider after their breakfast, washing their faces….

2 Morning Loaves
  • Kitty Loaf
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

2 Morning Loaves

  • 13 May 201113 May 2011

One mackerel tabby long loaf and one orange tabby loaf.  Freshly made for your morning enjoyment.

Morning Bliss
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Morning Bliss

  • 23 April 201123 April 2011

All 4 of us sharing the bed…. 🙂

Good morning…
  • Barbarella
  • Ruby

Good morning…

  • 21 October 201021 October 2010

Myself in my PJs(!) on the balcony this morning with Ruby-Doo, on this beautiful, warm October´s day…

Kitty Shenanighans on the Balcony this Morning…
  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Kitty Shenanighans on the Balcony this Morning…

  • 9 October 20109 October 2010

Ruby & Spider watching me at the bedroom window from the balcony… ..Taken with flash, hence the difference in image quality…

Synchronised Morning Wash
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Synchronised Morning Wash

  • 10 August 201010 August 2010

Spider & Ruby.

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider´s Morning Wash

  • 10 June 201010 June 2010

With nice views from our lofty balcony… 🙂

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..

A very grey morning
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

A very grey morning

  • 3 February 20103 February 2010

The terrible threesome this morning

Morning fightingz
  • Cute
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Morning fightingz

  • 2 January 2010

Ruby: “There´s nothing like a good fight with my big bro (Lugosi) first thing in the morning!”

First thing I see when I wake up
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

First thing I see when I wake up

  • 13 December 200913 December 2009
My brown-eyed girl….
  • Cute
  • Ruby

My brown-eyed girl….

  • 3 December 20093 December 2009

Ruby posing for the camera this morning.

First thing I see when I wake up
  • Lugosi

First thing I see when I wake up

  • 22 November 200922 November 2009

Lugosi lying next to me on the bedside table.  Makes me smile and feel good every morning. 🙂

Spider in the Morning Sun
  • Spider

Spider in the Morning Sun

  • 14 September 200914 September 2009

Two pics of Spider in the sun this morning….

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…..

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