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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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Love Cats Ruby & Lugosi
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  • Ruby & Lugosi

Love Cats Ruby & Lugosi

  • 12 June 201710 June 2017

Listen to those purrs! She loves her “big bro” so much! 🙂

Love Cats Caught in the Act
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi

Love Cats Caught in the Act

  • 7 December 201623 November 2016

SLURP!!!

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

Washing Baskets Are Fun!
  • Ruby

Washing Baskets Are Fun!

  • 29 November 201528 November 2015

According to Ruby, that is. 

  • Barbarella
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi
  • Videos

Love Cats Ruby & Lugosi

  • 24 July 201523 July 2015

Lugosi and Ruby…. can you just feeeel the lurve! 😀 P.S.: Turn up the sound to hear Ruby´s loud purrs.

  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi LOVES his mummy!

  • 17 June 201516 June 2015

Lugosi gives mummy slobbery, sandpaper kissies!

  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi gives mummy a spit shine

  • 7 June 20157 June 2015
3 Kitties Grooming Each Other
  • 3 Cats
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Videos

3 Kitties Grooming Each Other

  • 28 May 201526 May 2015

I love coming home to…. this. 

Gotta keep cool
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Spider & Lugosi

Gotta keep cool

  • 22 April 201519 April 2015

Slurp. More slurpinks.

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

Lugosi washes Ruby – Love Cats

  • 8 April 2015

They are not related, but they so love each other. 🙂

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Therapeutic Kitty Face Washing

  • 2 March 201531 March 2015

Sit back. Relax. Enjoy. 🙂

  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Ménage à Trois: 3 Cats Grooming Each Other

  • 5 January 2015

This is just too adorable…. Lugosi, Spider and Ruby all grooming each other!

Inside Kitty / Outside Kitty
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Inside Kitty / Outside Kitty

  • 16 December 20147 December 2014

Whether you´re inside or outside, synchronised cleaning can be done in many different ways… here are Lugosi and Ruby showing you how it´s done. 

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

Love Cats: Lugosi washes Ruby, awww!

  • 12 November 20148 November 2014
Love Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Love Cats

  • 30 May 2014

Ruby loves Lugosi so much… and I think he secretly loves her too, even though he would never admit it!

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

Kitty Domination School

  • 13 January 2014

Lugosi or Spider have this “domination thing” with Ruby about 3 or 4 times a week. In multi-cat households, this happens to establish a pecking order, and/or if a cat…

  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby cleans her own bed!

  • 24 January 2013

What a good girl! 🙂

Brotherly Love
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Brotherly Love

  • 18 December 201217 December 2012

Lugosi washing his bro Spider this morning…  awwwwww!

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

Slurp Purr Slurp Purr Slurp Purr Slurp Purr!!!

  • 6 July 2012
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby climbs on clothes dryer

  • 3 January 2012

Little Looney!

  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Videos

Synchronised Morning Wash

  • 26 September 201126 September 2011

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

Still very much in love
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  • Lugosi
  • Ruby

Still very much in love

  • 2 July 20115 July 2011

Ruby and Lugosi.  The continuing Love Affair.  Everybody now…. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww! 🙂…..ENHANCE!

Ruby cleans Spider
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  • Ruby
  • Spider

Ruby cleans Spider

  • 1 February 20115 February 2011

Very rare moment when she is *not* trying to tease or annoy him. 🙂

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
Synchronised Morning Wash
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Synchronised Morning Wash

  • 10 August 201010 August 2010

Spider & 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…. 🙂

Spider´s Latest Sleeping Spot
  • Cute
  • Spider

Spider´s Latest Sleeping Spot

  • 25 November 200925 November 2009

On top of my dirty clothes!!!

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

Lugosi cleaning Ruby…. listen to her purr!

  • 3 October 20093 October 2009

This is the best thing that could happen – Lugosi actually accepting the new cat in our household.  Watch them here and go awwwww. 🙂

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  • Canariaspace Web Design in Lanzarote
  • Catnip Camera – Feline (+ Other) Photography
  • My Tokyo 2010 Blog
  • Picture Lanzarote Photography
  • The Mad Cat Lady´s Personal Blog
  • YouTube: Haus von Fluffenstein

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