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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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Callisto derping in his sleep….
  • Callisto
  • Cute

Callisto derping in his sleep….

  • 3 August 201931 July 2019

So darn cute! 🙂

The Morning After The Night Before…
  • Catnip
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

The Morning After The Night Before…

  • 30 March 201724 March 2017

Lugosi: “Awww crap. I am getting too old for this. I really gotta lay off the ´nip!” *sigh*

Let Me Help You, Brother…
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi

Let Me Help You, Brother…

  • 20 July 201614 July 2016

Ruby: “You missed a spot just there, bro…. ok, I got it for you.”

Lugosi & Ruby = Love Cats!
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi

Lugosi & Ruby = Love Cats!

  • 25 March 2016

It always just melts my heart when they’re like this! 🙂 i

Lugosi licking his chops
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors

Lugosi licking his chops

  • 16 February 201613 February 2016

Nom nom nom, that was a good breakfast!    

Yep. It´th one of thothe dayth…
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Yep. It´th one of thothe dayth…

  • 11 June 2015

… where a cat thimply forgeth to putsth hith tongue back in…

  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi gives mummy a spit shine

  • 7 June 20157 June 2015
Gotta keep cool
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Spider & Lugosi

Gotta keep cool

  • 22 April 201519 April 2015

Slurp. More slurpinks.

April Fool´s?
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

April Fool´s?

  • 1 April 201531 March 2015

“Don´t you dare pull anything on me!” says Ruby…

Barbs!
  • Spider

Barbs!

  • 10 January 20158 January 2015

Yes, that´s what my name (Barbarella) is shortened to, but in this case I´m referring to Spider´s amazing tongue barbs… Barbs ENHANCE!

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby loves to drink rain water

  • 5 April 2014

Close-up of Ruby lapping up rain water on the storage chest on our balcony…

Spider – the morning after….
  • Spider

Spider – the morning after….

  • 20 November 2013

Must have been such a hard night for boy Spider. I am doing this on purpose. Honest. I iz cute! Ok, that´s enough now with that camera!

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby cleans her own bed!

  • 24 January 2013

What a good girl! 🙂

Catnip Escapades
  • Catnip
  • Kitty Fight
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Catnip Escapades

  • 19 January 201319 January 2013

I grew this catnip in a pot a few years ago and still have the very potent dried leaves in a jar.  Put it on the balcony floor and the…

Barbs!
  • Lugosi

Barbs!

  • 9 January 20139 January 2013

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

Brotherly Love
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Brotherly Love

  • 18 December 201217 December 2012

Lugosi washing his bro Spider this morning…  awwwwww!

Gissa keess…..
  • Kitty Fight
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Gissa keess…..

  • 17 December 201215 December 2012

Spider: “Told you, my tongue is longer than yours!” Ruby: “Yeah?! Well, watch this, my paw smacking you is faster than yours!”

Slurp!!!
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Slurp!!!

  • 9 October 20127 October 2012
Ruby forgets to put her tongue back in…
  • Ruby
  • Silly Pics

Ruby forgets to put her tongue back in…

  • 8 September 20128 September 2012

It´s a cat thing.  Ooops!

Mutual Slurpinks
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Mutual Slurpinks

  • 5 September 20121 September 2012

Spider slurping Lugosi (photo taken with cross-filter effect on my Samsung WB150F camera) Lugosi slurping Spider

Utterly Flaked Out…
  • Spider

Utterly Flaked Out…

  • 29 July 2012

Spider.  The morning after a night of catnip excesses… ENHANCE!

Random Kitty Pix
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Random Kitty Pix

  • 18 June 201218 June 2012

Been too busy to update, but we can´t let our kitty pic fans go totally tee-total, can we?! So here you go with a few Spider, Ruby and Lugosi photos…

Gotta be clean when you´re a cat
  • Lugosi

Gotta be clean when you´re a cat

  • 8 April 20127 April 2012

Lugosi at his morning grooming session… Look! I can touch my nose with my tongue! 🙂 Ah! Clean now, I think….

Lugosi forgets to put his tongue back into this mouth
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi forgets to put his tongue back into this mouth

  • 13 July 201113 July 2011

Silly boy!

Ruby at Play
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Ruby at Play

  • 19 October 2010

So cute/funny!.

Clean Kitty Ruby
  • Cute
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Clean Kitty Ruby

  • 6 December 20096 December 2009

Ruby having her morning clean… these photos (and more!) can also be found on Catnip Camera. …

One cute, one silly…
  • Cute
  • Janelle
  • Silly Pics

One cute, one silly…

  • 22 September 200922 September 2009

Couple of Janelle pics – first cute…..…then silly – just before she made a mad dash past me and the camera….

Janelle´s got a talent…
  • Janelle
  • Silly Pics

Janelle´s got a talent…

  • 10 August 200910 August 2009

She can do *this* with her tongue:

Cheeky Kitten
  • Cute
  • Kittens

Cheeky Kitten

  • 1 July 20091 July 2009

Neh neh neh neh neh! *sticks tongue out at camera* 🙂

I iz vampire kitteh!
  • Cute
  • Janelle

I iz vampire kitteh!

  • 26 May 200926 May 2009

Janelle again… well she is in one of her posey moods today, hence so many piccies of her.  Enjoy! 😀..

Silly Photo
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Silly Photo

  • 19 May 200919 May 2009

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