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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! 🙂

Ruby bites her Grooming Brush
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Ruby bites her Grooming Brush

  • 13 March 201710 March 2017

Ruby loves being brushed, but she just can’t help eating the brush! LOL

Spider And His Arch Groomer
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Spider And His Arch Groomer

  • 16 January 2017

Funnily enough, Spider is the only one out of my 3 cats who uses this contraption, and with much gusto. 🙂

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

Lugosi & Ruby = Love Cats!

  • 25 March 2016

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

Janelle: Little Pink Ridinghood
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  • Janelle

Janelle: Little Pink Ridinghood

  • 6 September 20155 September 2015

We use this grooming mask to help Janelle with the stress of being brushed (she hates it!), and it does work to a certain extent. However, she still wriggles and…

  • 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!

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.

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  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
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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!

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

Cat Domination Games: Lugosi & Ruby

  • 11 April 20149 April 2014

First so fierce, then so cute. Enjoy. 🙂

  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Videos

Lugosi Cleaning his Pawsies – Closeup HD

  • 12 November 2012
Spider´s Morning Wash
  • Spider

Spider´s Morning Wash

  • 2 October 201230 September 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!

Jeez, is nothing sacred?!
  • Spider

Jeez, is nothing sacred?!

  • 20 August 201220 August 2012

Spider is not too impressed that mummy took this piccie of him and posted it on the website! 😉

Yoga with Lugosi….
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Silly Pics

Yoga with Lugosi….

  • 25 May 2012

And now we´re going to lift our right leg behind our head like this…. it´s so easy!  When you´re a cat, that is. 

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….

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider´s Eat n´ Wash

  • 17 January 2012

After finishing off his plate of raw beef (thanks to Felice at Feline Instincts for the nutritional help with the new raw food diet for my kitties), a good clean…

  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Videos

Kitty Brushing Session

  • 20 September 201121 September 2011

I really need to grow a 3rd arm!

Mad Ruby
  • Ruby

Mad Ruby

  • 10 July 2011

The kit is mad.  Totally bonkers.  You can´t brush her cause she just tries to *eat* the brush. ..

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  • Canariaspace Web Design in Lanzarote
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  • YouTube: Haus von Fluffenstein

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