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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"]
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    • SciFi, Horror & Fantasy Conventions/Events
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    • 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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Cherry Boy Lugosi
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Cherry Boy Lugosi

  • 29 May 201528 May 2015

Lugosi: “I shall kill you in your sleep for this…”

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. 

Mirrored Pawsies
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Mirrored Pawsies

  • 26 May 201526 May 2015

Lugosi rests his paws against my mobile, casting a cute kitty toe reflection… P.S.: yes, I know, my mobile screen is cracked! 🙁

The Boys: Day and Night
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The Boys: Day and Night

  • 21 May 201521 May 2015

Spider (front) and Lugosi during the day… Spider (right) and Lugosi at night… And the Boys with Ruby! 

Curled Up Pawsies
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Curled Up Pawsies

  • 18 May 2015

Lugosi likes sleeping like this…

Pretty Boys!
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Pretty Boys!

  • 14 May 201513 May 2015

Okay, it´s not our fault. Our mummy *made us* wear these silly things.  Flower Power Boy Spider Pretty Boy Lugosi

Ruby with her Bros
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Ruby with her Bros

  • 11 May 20153 May 2015

Chillin´ with Lugosi … and whispering sweet nothings into Spider´s ear!

Vampire Kitty without Fangs!
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Vampire Kitty without Fangs!

  • 9 May 20159 May 2015

Lugosi sadly had to have both his top fangs removed because they were badly rotten and the gums around them severely inflamed, and for a long time had probably been…

Paws In – Paws Out!
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Paws In – Paws Out!

  • 9 May 20153 May 2015

Lugosi shows that he looks sexy either way: whether his pawsies are tucked under or hanging out.

Sniff-Fest
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Sniff-Fest

  • 5 May 20153 May 2015

Must be some interesting smells out there… 

Selfies with the Boys
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Selfies with the Boys

  • 4 May 20153 May 2015

Lugosi wakes me up… Spider and I Chillaxing with the boys…

Lugosi´s Belly Cleavage
  • Lugosi

Lugosi´s Belly Cleavage

  • 29 April 2015

Lugosi is a big cat, not really fat as such, but he does have quite a belly on him. When he had an ultrasound recently as part of his geriatric…

Kitty Headlamps Light The Way!
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Kitty Headlamps Light The Way!

  • 23 April 201519 April 2015

You´re never left in the dark when you got cat eyes to light your way… 🙂

Gotta keep cool
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Spider & Lugosi

Gotta keep cool

  • 22 April 201519 April 2015

Slurp. More slurpinks.

Gentle Kitty Moments
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Gentle Kitty Moments

  • 20 April 201519 April 2015

A sweet moment between Spider and Ruby…

  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Barbarella & Kitties on The Doctors TV Show in the US

  • 17 April 201518 April 2015

Cute guy defending me! Love it, haha.  Stuck-up, typical all-American blonde lady: Get a sense of humour! The marriage to my cats is for *fun* and NOT official nor legal, hence…

  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

The Boys Love Those Stick Treats!

  • 16 April 201514 April 2015

Lugosi & Spider: “Oooh! Nom! Gissa more of those!”

I own you, hoomin!
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi

I own you, hoomin!

  • 14 April 201513 April 2015

Mine. This hoomin is MINE.

Cat Yoga with Lugosi
  • Lugosi

Cat Yoga with Lugosi

  • 13 April 20159 April 2015

Showing us how it´s done….

Bird´s Eye Kitty View
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Bird´s Eye Kitty View

  • 12 April 2015

A bird´s eye view of my 3 rascals….

Tis Cold!!!
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Tis Cold!!!

  • 10 April 20159 April 2015

Me and my kattens all huddled around the radiator!  Thankfully, it´s a lot warmer now – this photo was taken on 24th March… 🙂

The Many Faces of Lugosi
  • Lugosi

The Many Faces of Lugosi

  • 9 April 2015

His cute kitten face His stern, serious face His look of disapproval!

  • 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. 🙂

Happy Easter from the Easter Cats
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Happy Easter from the Easter Cats

  • 5 April 2015
Lugosi Living on the Edge
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Lugosi Living on the Edge

  • 28 March 2015

Lugosi feels that living (or even *sleeping*) on the edge gives life a little bit of spice…

Paws ´n Claws
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Paws ´n Claws

  • 19 March 201517 March 2015

Pawsome shots of my 3 rascals! Spider Lugosi´s prosh pawsie crossinks! (note: this is CuteOverload speak). Ruby

Happy St Cat-rick´s Day (2)
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Happy St Cat-rick´s Day (2)

  • 17 March 2015

The boys just granted me a photo sesh for St Cat-rick´s Day…

  • Barbarella
  • Catnip
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Smells Like Catnip – Starring Lugosi & Spider

  • 13 March 201512 March 2015

After harvesting fresh catnip leaves, the boys go mad over the smell on my hands!

More TV Shoot Pics of Me and the Boys
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

More TV Shoot Pics of Me and the Boys

  • 12 March 2015

I was just emailed some gorgeous photos one of the TV guys took on Tuesday of me with Lugosi & Spider – photography credit goes to Paul Fletcher of ReadyReady…

TV Shoot with the Cats Today
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

TV Shoot with the Cats Today

  • 10 March 2015

After the airline losing the TV team´s camera equipment on Sunday, they finally managed to get a replacement camera sent over this morning, and we did all the filming that…

The Girl Can Fight!
  • 3 Cats
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

The Girl Can Fight!

  • 2 March 20152 March 2015

Ruby shows off her martial arts skills, while Lugosi and Spider look on, as if it´s a movie… the other ginger cat in the window is called Fiorello, and the tabby…

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Therapeutic Kitty Face Washing

  • 2 March 201531 March 2015

Sit back. Relax. Enjoy. 🙂

Behold the Amazing One-Eared Cat!
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Behold the Amazing One-Eared Cat!

  • 1 March 201528 February 2015

Uhm, sorry bro, but I have to put it to you… you appear to have lost an ear!

Lugosi and the Ladybird
  • Lugosi

Lugosi and the Ladybird

  • 28 February 2015

Sounds almost like “Beauty and the Beast”. 😉 Because they produce a foul tasting yellow liquid when in danger, is probably the reason why my cats don´t eat them!

Trouble Times Three. Or is it Four?
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Trouble Times Three. Or is it Four?

  • 21 February 2015

Buster from next door joins the kitty club to make it Trouble Times Four! 

Lugosi haz a case of Silly Ear!
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Lugosi haz a case of Silly Ear!

  • 18 February 201517 February 2015

But don´t worry, it´s not contagious. 🙂

To the loves of my life…
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

To the loves of my life…

  • 14 February 201514 February 2015

Happy Valentine´s Day, my furbabies. Love you lots! Signed, Mummy

The Art of Synchronised Sleeping
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby

The Art of Synchronised Sleeping

  • 11 February 20159 February 2015

Otherwise known as “Kitty Prawn Expression”, demonstrated by Lugosi and Ruby.

Selfie with Lugosi
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi

Selfie with Lugosi

  • 9 February 20157 February 2015

My boy and I…

Kitties under the Pale Moonlight
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitties under the Pale Moonlight

  • 8 February 20157 February 2015

Out in the alley by the full moon…. SpiderCat RubyLoaf Lugosi´s Silhouette

Gimme!!!
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Gimme!!!

  • 2 February 2015

They do love those stick treats… 🙂

Ruby has been cloned!
  • Lugosi
  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Ruby has been cloned!

  • 1 February 201531 January 2015

Spider (left), Lugosi (yawning), Ruby at the top of the stairs and…. Buster! Buster, our neighbours´ ginger tom is only 8 months old, but he´s already huge as you can…

The Kray Tabby Twins
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The Kray Tabby Twins

  • 29 January 2015

My boys are so much cuter though! 😉

Boxhab? More like Bag-Hab for Ruby!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby

Boxhab? More like Bag-Hab for Ruby!

  • 16 January 201513 January 2015

For the uninitiated, “Boxhab” is for cats that have an addiction/unhealthy obsession with boxes. Ruby obviously doesn´t have that problem, but I think I might need to send her to…

Heart-Shaped Lugosi
  • Lugosi

Heart-Shaped Lugosi

  • 15 January 201513 January 2015
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Radio Interview with CJAD Montreal

  • 14 January 2015

More fame for me and my kattens! Here´s a recording of the short interview I just did with Barry Morgan on this Canadian radio station… 🙂 Share Music – Embed…

Finally, he truth and nothing but the truth about marrying my cats….
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Finally, he truth and nothing but the truth about marrying my cats….

  • 13 January 201512 January 2015

The Huffington Post interviewed me the other day after seeing the article about having married my cats in the British press, and in that interview I got the chance in…

Best Food for Cats: Raw!
  • Lugosi

Best Food for Cats: Raw!

  • 11 January 20158 January 2015

Cats are true carnivores – i.e. all they need to be healthy is meat and not much else, so I am feeding my 3 rascals mostly raw beef, chicken and…

Happy 11th Anniversary to my Boys!
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Happy 11th Anniversary to my Boys!

  • 9 January 20159 January 2015

To my sweet boys, Lugosi & Spider: I still love you as much, if not more, as on the first day we met back in March 2000. And your purrs…

  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Videos

Lugosi plays with hairclip

  • 8 January 20156 January 2015

My 15-year-old boy still has his playful moments in his old age…

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