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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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Tag: Ruby

Upside Down Ruby
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Upside Down Ruby

  • 31 January 201131 January 2011

.ENHANCE!

Rude Ruby!
  • Ruby

Rude Ruby!

  • 27 January 201127 January 2011

Ruby pretending to be a tomcat…. 😉 (or maybe it´s just me thinking this looks very rude?).

Watch those clawsies!
  • Catnip
  • Ruby

Watch those clawsies!

  • 19 January 201119 January 2011

Ruby going wild with a catnip toy…..Enhance Clawsies!

Ruby´s cute smiley face…
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Ruby´s cute smiley face…

  • 14 January 2011

…with Lugosi.

3 Terrors in one spot again!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

3 Terrors in one spot again!

  • 13 January 201113 January 2011

Slightly surreal shot – Ruby looks like a cardboard cutout!

Kitty Fight Club: Ruby v. Lugosi
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Kitty Fight Club: Ruby v. Lugosi

  • 12 January 201112 January 2011

.Ruby: I shall nom off your ear!!!.Nyom, nyom, nyom!!!.Ruby: And I shall nom off your face!!!.Lugosi silly face closeup!.Lugosi: Well, we´ll see about that!

Great Spot to Warm my Bum!
  • Ruby

Great Spot to Warm my Bum!

  • 12 January 201112 January 2011

The waterboiler is the best spot to warm my bum…. 🙂

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

Good Grass, yum!

  • 7 January 20117 January 2011

Finally, after a week´s wait since putting the seeds in the soil, the kitties´ wait is over!  Fresh Grass! Yay!

Purple Ruby
  • Ruby

Purple Ruby

  • 5 January 2011

Ruby posing in her new purple cat bed…. ….

What a Mess!
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby

What a Mess!

  • 3 January 20113 January 2011

Only one of my kitties can do this.  She thinks she´s a dog!  (but better than Lugosi who sometimes pees over the side!).

More Catnip Shenanigans
  • Catnip
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider

More Catnip Shenanigans

  • 31 December 20101 January 2011

Spider looks on in horror as his brother and Ruby get drugged up to the eyeballs! (there´s some of my own home-grown catnip on the floor for them) . Ruby…

Domination Games Cat Style
  • Kitty Fight
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Domination Games Cat Style

  • 30 December 201030 December 2010

Spider tries to show Ruby who´s the boss around here…

Breakfast Time!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Breakfast Time!

  • 28 December 20102 January 2011

I prepare the table for breakfast for Mum, her partner and my grandad, and look who gets all the best chairs!

Ruby Pics
  • Ruby

Ruby Pics

  • 26 December 20102 January 2011

She was posing on the balcony this morning.  Pretty kitty! . . . .

Wet pussy! :O
  • Barbarella
  • Ruby

Wet pussy! :O

  • 21 December 20102 January 2011

Ruby got a bit damp last night running out on the balcony in the pouring rain. Isn´t she cute all wrapped up in a towel? 🙂

I swear….
  • Cat Macros
  • Ruby
  • Spider

I swear….

  • 18 December 201018 December 2010
Ruby washes her toys Part II
  • Ruby

Ruby washes her toys Part II

  • 10 December 201017 December 2010

Yesterday you saw the video, but I forgot to post these cute photos… 🙂 . .

Ruby washes her toys…
  • Cute
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby washes her toys…

  • 9 December 201010 December 2010
Mad Cat!
  • Ruby

Mad Cat!

  • 7 December 201010 December 2010

Ruby at play.  Watch your hands!

Noooooooooo!
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Noooooooooo!

  • 4 December 201010 December 2010

Not that BabyBabyBabyJustinBieberCrap again!!!! Waaaaaaaaaaah!

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…

Flying Cat
  • Ruby

Flying Cat

  • 30 November 2010

Weeeeeeeeeeeee!

Ruby: From Cute to Fearsome!
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Ruby: From Cute to Fearsome!

  • 25 November 201025 November 2010

.Ruby´s impression of a Scottish Fold….Ph33r me! .

  • Ruby

Pawprints

  • 18 November 201018 November 2010

Look Mummy!  I made these pawprints from rain on the carpet, especially for you!

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!

Seamlessly blending in with the furniture
  • Ruby

Seamlessly blending in with the furniture

  • 10 November 201010 November 2010

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Ruby & the Rat
  • Ruby

Ruby & the Rat

  • 3 November 20103 November 2010

Got this rat plushie at IKEA today, laced it with catnip… and voilà! 😀.Kronsche! .Of course, she loves that tail…

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
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…

Ruby at Play
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Ruby at Play

  • 19 October 2010

So cute/funny!.

Glow in the dark…
  • Ruby

Glow in the dark…

  • 15 October 201015 October 2010
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…

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!):

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….

Ruby posing
  • Ruby

Ruby posing

  • 23 September 201023 September 2010

What a show-off!

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

Ruby´s Pinkies
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Ruby´s Pinkies

  • 5 September 20105 September 2010
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…

Pics of Ruby Yawning
  • Ruby

Pics of Ruby Yawning

  • 12 August 201012 August 2010

She does this a lot. 😉..Coolest place in the house (outside temperature is currently 44.5C!!!).

Synchronised Morning Wash
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Synchronised Morning Wash

  • 10 August 201010 August 2010

Spider & Ruby.

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…..

Thirsty Ruby
  • Ruby

Thirsty Ruby

  • 31 July 201031 July 2010

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Cute Ruby
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Cute Ruby

  • 24 July 2010
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……

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