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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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A rare sight…
  • Cute
  • 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.

Today´s random kitty pics post
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Today´s random kitty pics post

  • 6 January 20106 January 2010

ENJOY!!!! 🙂 Kittyfight Club: Ruby v. Spider.Lugosi on the balcony.Spider & Lugosi on the balcony.Ruby at play.Ruby with Spider in the background

Foot attack!
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Foot attack!

  • 5 January 20105 January 2010

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Vampire Cat Levitating Toy Skills
  • Cat Macros
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Vampire Cat Levitating Toy Skills

  • 5 January 20105 January 2010

Spider should really get a job at the circus with these talents…

You turn your back for 1 second…
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

You turn your back for 1 second…

  • 3 January 20103 January 2010

…and they mess up your living room!

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

My 3 Kattens

  • 29 December 200929 December 2009

Short clip filmed in nightvision – Ruby looks creepy, like an *albino* cat!

Random Spider and Ruby pics
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Random Spider and Ruby pics

  • 29 December 200929 December 2009

Lugosi wasn´t in a posing mood, so no pic of him here this time… .

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

Spider v. Ruby

  • 28 December 200928 December 2009

Who will end up getting the chair?! .

3 Kitties on the Balcony in the moonlight…
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

3 Kitties on the Balcony in the moonlight…

  • 26 December 2009

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Random Boxing Day Kitty Pic Post
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Random Boxing Day Kitty Pic Post

  • 26 December 200926 December 2009

Hope you´re all having a great Crimbo.  Here´s some random cute pics for you to enjoy of my Terrible Threesome. 🙂.Lugosi & Ruby.Basket Case Spider (I love the way his…

Random Silly Pic
  • Cute
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Random Silly Pic

  • 20 December 200920 December 2009

Spider and his “friends” 😉

Fearsome Threesome
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Fearsome Threesome

  • 17 December 200917 December 2009

Some random photos I took this evening of ma bebbees..Love the way Ruby hides behind Spider in this shot… .Earlier on at sunset

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

Kitty Fight: Spider v. Ruby

  • 15 December 200915 December 2009

Spider is trying to establish who is higher in the pecking order.  But Ruby doesn´t really give a toss about the pecking order….

The Boys
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The Boys

  • 12 December 200913 December 2009

This morning, after the rain….

You just wait…
  • Cat Macros
  • Cute
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

You just wait…

  • 10 December 200910 December 2009
Paw on mummy´s leg…
  • Cute
  • 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. 🙂

The 3 loves of my life
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

The 3 loves of my life

  • 3 December 20093 December 2009

Spider, Lugosi & Ruby.  A shot in a million. 🙂

Ruby & Spider
  • Cute
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Ruby & Spider

  • 2 December 20092 December 2009

All peaceful between those two at the mo…. thanks goodness!

Just a couple of pics from this morning
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Just a couple of pics from this morning

  • 30 November 200930 November 2009

Ruby with Lugosi.Lugosi, Ruby and Spider in background

  • Cute
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Videos

Ruby SchizoKitten

  • 28 November 200928 November 2009
Spider´s Latest Sleeping Spot
  • Cute
  • Spider

Spider´s Latest Sleeping Spot

  • 25 November 200925 November 2009

On top of my dirty clothes!!!

Ruby & Spider waiting for chicken!
  • Cute
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Ruby & Spider waiting for chicken!

  • 25 November 200925 November 2009

As a thanks for posing so beautifully, I did give them a few little scraps in the end…. 🙂..

Spider in Red
  • Spider

Spider in Red

  • 23 November 200923 November 2009

Check out his Bedroom Eyes… 🙂.

Random Sunday Cat Photo Post
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Random Sunday Cat Photo Post

  • 15 November 200915 November 2009

ENJOY! 😀.Ruby.Spider.Ruby.Lugosi.Ruby & Lugosi

Fluffy Tummy
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Fluffy Tummy

  • 8 November 20098 November 2009

Spider gives the expression “muff diving” a whole new meaning… 😉

Emo Spider
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Emo Spider

  • 6 November 20096 November 2009

Spider is seriously starting to become a total teenager…. first he goes on a hunger strike, and now he´s being silly hiding from everybody under the bed covers. Next he´ll…

Unhappy Spider Kitty
  • Spider

Unhappy Spider Kitty

  • 4 November 20094 November 2009

Poor Baby.  Spider is still very quiet and depressed, and isn´t eating very much.  He walks around with his head hanging all the time.  It´s because of the new kitten…

Girl v. Boy Kitty Fight
  • Kitty Fight
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Girl v. Boy Kitty Fight

  • 13 October 200913 October 2009

Ruby has been busy studying martial arts on the internetz, but she found that she´s actually quite the natural!  Here she is with Spider in a spectacular wrestling match… 😉..……

Kitty Neighbourhood Watch
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitty Neighbourhood Watch

  • 11 October 200911 October 2009

Spider & Ruby surveying their ´hood….

My baby whispers in my ear….
  • Cute
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

My baby whispers in my ear….

  • 7 October 20097 October 2009

oooooh, sweet nothings…. 😉CAPTIONS WANTED!!!

An Unholy Trinity…
  • Cute
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

An Unholy Trinity…

  • 6 October 2009

Spider (left), Ruby-Kitten and Lugosi 🙂

Spider & Lugosi….. and then Ruby!
  • Cute
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Spider & Lugosi….. and then Ruby!

  • 2 October 20092 October 2009

I was taking photos of Spider (left) and Lugosi………when Ruby cheekily jumped into the photo, posing prettily! 🙂(the scar on her belly is from being spayed on Tuesday)

Ruby steals a kiss from Spider
  • Cute
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Ruby steals a kiss from Spider

  • 1 October 20091 October 2009

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Bye Bye Janelle!
  • Janelle
  • Spider

Bye Bye Janelle!

  • 26 September 200926 September 2009

Janelle is permanently moving to “Auntie” Anneke tomorrow – the “Nemesis” situation with Lugosi isn´t ever going to get any better, and I am glad that I have found my…

My 3 Kattens
  • Cute
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

My 3 Kattens

  • 24 September 200924 September 2009

A wide shot of all my 3 bebbehs in the bedroom….

Spider at Sunrise this morning…
  • Cute
  • Spider

Spider at Sunrise this morning…

  • 22 September 200922 September 2009

Pretty Kitty..

Tabby Cat in its Nest
  • Cute
  • Spider

Tabby Cat in its Nest

  • 18 September 200918 September 2009

Bless him! Spider “built” himself a “nest” with the bed cover again….

  • Cute
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Kitty Playtime!

  • 17 September 200917 September 2009

Playing with Spider & Lugosi, throwing one of their favourite toys (a rustly, foil paper ball) and watching them jump after it madly!

Lugosi is much better now
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Lugosi is much better now

  • 15 September 200915 September 2009

As you can see, he´s his usual, bully-self again.  Here he is (on top!) wrestling with his brother Spider.

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….

  • Cute
  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider steals himself some chicken!

  • 13 September 200913 September 2009

We had finished our fajitas, but there was some chicken left, so Spider decided he´d steal himself someDon´t worry, the hot plate was cold by then, it was safe for…

Night Cats
  • Spider & Lugosi

Night Cats

  • 13 September 200913 September 2009

Spider (left) and Lugosi surveying their ´hood late at night….

More Jumping SpiderCat Kraziness!
  • Cute
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

More Jumping SpiderCat Kraziness!

  • 11 September 200911 September 2009

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Spider the Goalie!
  • Cute
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Spider the Goalie!

  • 29 August 200929 August 2009

He shoots and sc…… but Spider Cat is there with his sticky paws to stop the opposition from putting in an equaliser….. *roaring crowd noises in background*

Twins Lugosi & Spider
  • Cute
  • Spider & Lugosi

Twins Lugosi & Spider

  • 27 August 200927 August 2009

Just a sweet piccie of the boys on the sofa this afternoon….

Spider´s Bedroom Eyes…
  • Spider

Spider´s Bedroom Eyes…

  • 26 August 200926 August 2009

Hellooooo Ladeeeeez…. 😉

Spider´s got Talent!
  • Cute
  • Spider

Spider´s got Talent!

  • 22 August 200922 August 2009

Check this out (and I swear I did not have a hand in this)  – Spider *made* this perfect little cat bed out of the bed cover this afternoon.  I…

Bloody Paparazzi!
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Bloody Paparazzi!

  • 19 August 200919 August 2009

Spider: “Sheesh! No privacy these days! Can´t even go for a pee without them paparazzi following me!!!  Oh the joys of being famous….”  *sighs*

If you´re going to San Francisco…
  • Spider & Lugosi

If you´re going to San Francisco…

  • 13 August 200913 August 2009

make sure to put some flowers in your fur….

Brotherly Love
  • Cute
  • Spider & Lugosi

Brotherly Love

  • 5 August 20095 August 2009

Lugosi cleans his twin bro Spider, awwww…..

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