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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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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

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…

Spider-Loaf
  • Kitty Loaf
  • Spider

Spider-Loaf

  • 26 August 201026 August 2010

Kittyloaf Spider, on fashionable red. .

Late Birthday Prezzies
  • Lugosi
  • Spider

Late Birthday Prezzies

  • 3 August 20103 August 2010

Lugosi & Spider´s “arch groomer” arrived in the post today (their birthday was on 31 July), plus a few more kitty toys to keep them, and Ruby, amused… 🙂

No! We do NOT want birthday snorgles!
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

No! We do NOT want birthday snorgles!

  • 31 July 201031 July 2010

Lugosi & Spider: “Help!  The human is going to snorgle us!”Ok, ok, boys.  No more snorgles from mummy. But HAPPY 11th BIRTHDAY to both of ya! .Lugosi getting snorgled by…

The Terrible 3Some
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

The Terrible 3Some

  • 29 July 201029 July 2010

Another rare occasion where all 3 kitties were in one spot for more than a few seconds, and I managed to grab the camera in time!.

Kitties in the moonlight
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitties in the moonlight

  • 24 July 201024 July 2010

Slightly surreal looking pic of Ruby and Spider, with the full moon peaking out from behind the clouds…

Rare Shots!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Rare Shots!

  • 22 July 201022 July 2010

It´s not every day I get to take a photo of all 3 kittehs together in one spot like this one.  And when that happens it´s basically a matter of…

Kitty Fightclub: Ruby v. the Boys
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitty Fightclub: Ruby v. the Boys

  • 20 July 201020 July 2010

……

Ruby kisses Spider
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Ruby kisses Spider

  • 17 July 201017 July 2010

.Whatcha looking at?!

Random Thursday Kitty Pic Post
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Random Thursday Kitty Pic Post

  • 8 July 201017 August 2010

It used to be *my* bed…. . Ruby yawning . Lugosi & Ruby: Kitty Fight . . Spider looking a bit miffed about something… . The boys on a lazy…

Good Meowning
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Good Meowning

  • 1 July 20101 July 2010

Spider & Ruby enjoying the start of a beautiful day…

Ikea Cats
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Ikea Cats

  • 28 June 201028 June 2010

Got this great new shelf unit from Ikea the other day, and don´t the kitties look just purrfect posing in it? 🙂….

Tabby Twins under the Pale Moonlight
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Tabby Twins under the Pale Moonlight

  • 24 June 201024 June 2010

Caught the moon there just before it disappeared behind the clouds!…

My Handsome Boys
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

My Handsome Boys

  • 23 June 201023 June 2010

Lugosi = Kitty Pr0n! .More Kitty Pr0n!.Pretty Boy Spider.

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

Ruby breaks up Kitty Fight

  • 20 June 201020 June 2010

Lugosi & Spider are having a little tiff.  Enter Ruby…. 🙂

No! Not to the dreaded Vets!
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

No! Not to the dreaded Vets!

  • 14 June 201014 June 2010

Spider´s expression before going to the vets (which gladly, he didn´t need to do today after all!)

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider´s Morning Wash

  • 10 June 201010 June 2010

With nice views from our lofty balcony… 🙂

This morning….
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

This morning….

  • 8 June 2010

Ruby (who is really not allowed up there!) and her step-bro Spider

The Boys
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The Boys

  • 4 June 2010

Hello Ladeeeez….

Stunning Ruby & Spider (and Lugosi too!)
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Stunning Ruby & Spider (and Lugosi too!)

  • 29 May 201029 May 2010

..Lugosi wasn´t really in the mood for photos, hence the grim face!.Definitely not in the mood for photos!!!

Spider Ruby Lugosi
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Spider Ruby Lugosi

  • 24 May 201024 May 2010

3 pics of my 3 terrors. Spider´s new feather hat….Ruby´s amazing tongue trick!.And…. Lugosi.

Random Saturday Kitty Pic Post – ENJOY!
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Random Saturday Kitty Pic Post – ENJOY!

  • 22 May 2010

Lugosi Close-Up.Ruby to Lugosi: “Gissa Kiss!” 🙂.Ruby: “Who´s that cat???”.Ruby: “Oh, it´s only silly old me…”.Spider: “Does my bum look big like this?”.Lugosi´s Cute Pose.3 kitties lazing on a hot…

Spider got a Brazilian!
  • Spider

Spider got a Brazilian!

  • 8 May 20108 May 2010

Look at the poor mite´s shaved belly bits!  He had an ultrasound yesterday – turns out that he has a blockage in his colon and he is now on laxatives,…

Spider, Ruby, Polly… no Lugosi!
  • Cute
  • Other Cats
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Spider, Ruby, Polly… no Lugosi!

  • 6 May 20106 May 2010

Sorry, but Lugosi was having a Diva´s tantrum and isn´t going to pose for us today. 🙁.We do however have…. Ruby (on new rug)!.And Spider and Ruby!.And Polly from next…

Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post

  • 2 May 20102 May 2010

Some current photos of my three little terrors….Lugosi lounging in pr0n star pose….Spider doing his Cat Aerobics .Ruby blending in with the furniture.Kitty Neighbourhood Watch….Spider doing what cats do best…

35.6C Degrees currently…
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

35.6C Degrees currently…

  • 28 April 2010

… according to my weather station on the roof.  And the kitties are all flaked out in the heat too.  Ruby doesn´t seem to mind too much though, probably cause…

New Pawtraits of Lugosi & Spider
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

New Pawtraits of Lugosi & Spider

  • 24 April 201024 April 2010

Just some nice, new photos of the boys for ya……….

Random Friday Kitty Post
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Random Friday Kitty Post

  • 2 April 20102 April 2010

Pics of the terrible 3some… starting with Lugosi..Talk to the Paw!.Spider & Lugosi back to back, like a mirror!.Sphinx Ruby.Ruby blending in with her surroundings.Lugosi doing his best Pr0nstar pose…..Ruby…

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider´s Mad Jumps

  • 26 March 201026 March 2010

Spider showing off his jumping skills…

Hypno-Kitties
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Hypno-Kitties

  • 18 March 2010

6 laser eyes staring down from the balcony…

Kitty sized computer
  • Cute
  • Spider

Kitty sized computer

  • 16 March 2010

Spider: “Yay. This netbook is purrfect size for my grubby paws.”.Yay.  Kitty Pr0n! 😀

Spider flies again!
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Spider flies again!

  • 4 March 20104 March 2010

I didn´t expect him to jump *this* high, so I cut his head off.  Still…. such a funny pic. 😉

Random Thursday Kitty Pic Post
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Other Cats
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Random Thursday Kitty Pic Post

  • 25 February 201025 February 2010

A few pics that made it onto my Twitpic account, but not here: Polly (neighbour´s cat) “helping” me with some computer work….Kitties at the Natura Palace Hotel in Playa Blanca…

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

Kitty Fightclub: Spider v. Ruby

  • 20 February 2010

Documented in pictures… ……….And Spider´s had enough!!! Away to the Spidercat Mobile!

EEK!
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

EEK!

  • 20 February 2010

Spider says “Eek”! (Or maybe “geek”)  😉

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..

Flying Spider(cat)
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Flying Spider(cat)

  • 16 February 201016 February 2010

Blurry, but the better to see that this is an *action* shot!  Watch out! Spider in the Air!

Fun with new bag!
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Fun with new bag!

  • 13 February 2010

Ruby diving into the bag….Spider looks on in confusion… .Now Lugosi looks confused too….Lugosi: What *is* this game???.Ah! It´s called “Cat in a Bag”!!! 🙂

  • Cute
  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider loves rubbing his face on brush…

  • 12 February 201012 February 2010
Ruby teasing Spider
  • Cute
  • Kitty Fight
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Ruby teasing Spider

  • 12 February 2010

Spider gets sooo annoyed with her, you wouldn´t believe! 😉

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

Spider and I
  • Barbarella
  • Cute
  • Spider

Spider and I

  • 29 January 201029 January 2010

Spider coming up to me during one of his cuddly moments… 🙂.

  • Cute
  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider chasing lights on sofa

  • 27 January 201027 January 2010

Silly kitty. You wouldn´t think he´s 10 years old!

One-Eyed SpiderCatMonster
  • Cute
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

One-Eyed SpiderCatMonster

  • 25 January 201025 January 2010
Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post

  • 24 January 201024 January 2010

SMACKDOWN!!!  Ruby v. Lugosi.But then…. the LOVE! 🙂..Spider´s new favourite sleeping spot.Ruby playing.Ruby posing..Laser Pointer Games!.

Random Monday Kitty Pic Post
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Random Monday Kitty Pic Post

  • 18 January 201018 January 2010

My 3 fluff babies condensed in one post. 🙂 Starting with Spider.Ruby.Ruby & Lugosi.Ruby lying on my synth.Siesta time with Lugosi

The Weather Cat
  • Spider

The Weather Cat

  • 11 January 201011 January 2010

Spider predicts that tomorrow is going to be another beautiful day in Lanzarote… 🙂

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.

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