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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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    • Myself & Family
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    • SciFi, Horror & Fantasy Conventions/Events
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    • 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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Category: Lugosi

Too hot out there…
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Too hot out there…

  • 3 July 20132 July 2013

Tabby bros Spider (left) and Lugosi chilling at the top of the stairs on a hot summer´s day.

Still here!
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi

Still here!

  • 2 July 2013

I have been a bit quiet with my kitty pic/video posts because of lots and lots of work… but we´re still here, alive and kicking.   Or in Lugosi´s case,…

So awful…. absolutely awful
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider

So awful…. absolutely awful

  • 26 June 201326 June 2013

It´s one of those afternoons, where all you got is sunshine, beer and cats.  Isn´t it absolutely awful?! 😉

Shadowing my Kittehs
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Shadowing my Kittehs

  • 9 June 20137 June 2013
No Rest for the Wicked
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi

No Rest for the Wicked

  • 2 June 201329 May 2013

I´m trying to have a lie-in here, Lugosi! Lugosi, however, thinks a “lie-ON” is a more effective way to get mummy out of bed. 

Ruby and Lugosi
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Ruby and Lugosi

  • 30 May 201329 May 2013

Birds (or cats?) of a feather…  

3 Kattens – A Bird´s Eye View
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

3 Kattens – A Bird´s Eye View

  • 23 May 201319 May 2013

Looking down on the rascals from my 1st floor balcony

Lugosi keeps my feet warm
  • Lugosi

Lugosi keeps my feet warm

  • 18 May 201314 May 2013

Best footwarmer ever!

Shadow Kitty
  • Lugosi

Shadow Kitty

  • 12 May 201311 May 2013

Some atmospheric shots of Lugosi…

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lazy Lugosi on his back

  • 9 May 20135 May 2013

…. cleaning his face!

Xtreme Nose-Up
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors

Xtreme Nose-Up

  • 7 May 20133 May 2013

Getting up close and purrsonal with Lugosi  

3 Kattens and Me
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider

3 Kattens and Me

  • 2 May 2013

With Lugosi… …with Spider … and with my girl Ruby.

Kitties Galore
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Kitties Galore

  • 24 April 2013

Spider, Lugosi and Ruby meet up with their mates Crispy and Tilly….

Tabby Twins
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Tabby Twins

  • 23 April 201321 April 2013

Lugosi (front) and his twin bro Spider at the bottom of the stairs…

Good Green Stuff
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Good Green Stuff

  • 11 April 20134 April 2013

Cool.  Mummy grew us some new grass! Yum! 

Dainty Pawsies
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Dainty Pawsies

  • 7 April 20134 April 2013

Lugosi showing off his tiger feet. 

Something smells good here…
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Something smells good here…

  • 4 April 2013

Ruby and Lugosi outside in the alley.

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

Happy Easter from the Easter Cats

  • 31 March 2013
Lugosi wears Spider
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Lugosi wears Spider

  • 30 March 2013

Check out Lugosi´s new look – *wearing* his brother´s tail!

In Bed with my Kattens
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby

In Bed with my Kattens

  • 27 March 201325 March 2013

Spider does not snuggle up in bed with me very often because Lugosi and Ruby´s presence always makes him nervous.  Hence these piccies only feature Lugosi and Ruby.  And myself!

Lugosi last night
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi

Lugosi last night

  • 23 March 201323 March 2013

… fell asleep on my foot, bless him. 🙂

The Cats´ Bedroom
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

The Cats´ Bedroom

  • 14 March 201313 March 2013

Oh well, I *used* to live here too, you know.  Until it was taken over by the kattens. 

  • Lugosi

Lugosi gets mummy out of bed. Again!

  • 10 March 2013

When Lugosi wants his breakfast, he shows no mercy!

Kitties on bed
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Kitties on bed

  • 4 March 20133 March 2013

Beautiful shot of Lugosi and Ruby, chillin´ together…

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

Kitty Fight Club: Ruby v. Lugosi

  • 3 March 20132 March 2013

Ruby the Orange Bruiser v. Lugosi the Large

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi being rudely awoken…

  • 23 February 201318 February 2013
Lugosi´s We Are Not Amused Expression
  • Lugosi

Lugosi´s We Are Not Amused Expression

  • 22 February 201318 February 2013

Uh-oh.  Just don´t touch his paws unless you wanna lose *your* paw. 

The Boys: Closeup
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The Boys: Closeup

  • 13 February 201313 February 2013

Spider Lugosi  

Paw Shots
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Paw Shots

  • 11 February 201311 February 2013

Some random paw shots… Ruby has the cutest tufts between her toes. ♥

Lugosi at the Vets
  • Lugosi

Lugosi at the Vets

  • 8 February 20138 February 2013

Lugosi no like the vets! 🙁 But the vet likes Lugosi! 🙂  

Lugosi – Wild Thing!
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors

Lugosi – Wild Thing!

  • 7 February 20137 February 2013

Out in the neighbour´s garden downstairs… 

Can´t. Move. Darn Cats.
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Can´t. Move. Darn Cats.

  • 26 January 201326 January 2013

Guys, I really really need to go for a pee!

Lugosi practises for the next zombie walk.
  • Lugosi

Lugosi practises for the next zombie walk.

  • 21 January 2013

Spazzy Paws! 

Lugosi´s Squeeze!
  • Lugosi

Lugosi´s Squeeze!

  • 15 January 2013

Lugosi last night, squeezing himself into Spider´s box.  Spider fits in just perfectly, but his bigger bro does NOT! 

Barbs!
  • Lugosi

Barbs!

  • 9 January 20139 January 2013

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

Triple Kitty Bunk a Success with the Kitties
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Triple Kitty Bunk a Success with the Kitties

  • 7 January 20137 January 2013

The triple kitty bunk bed I built (see this post for instructions and photos) is actually being used! Lugosi is still not impressed – he´s the one on the bed…

Merry Christmas from The Mad Cat Lady & Kitties
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Merry Christmas from The Mad Cat Lady & Kitties

  • 22 December 2012
Brotherly Love
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Brotherly Love

  • 18 December 201217 December 2012

Lugosi washing his bro Spider this morning…  awwwwww!

Saturday Night In with the Boys
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Saturday Night In with the Boys

  • 15 December 2012

And beer…. 

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

Kitty Fight Club: Lugosi v. Ruby on Chair

  • 15 December 201214 December 2012
Tabby x3
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Tabby x3

  • 6 December 20124 December 2012
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi whacks Ruby round the head

  • 5 December 20124 December 2012
It´s the last thing you´ll see…
  • Lugosi

It´s the last thing you´ll see…

  • 4 December 20122 December 2012

…. before you lose a hand!  A very *very* annoyed Lugosi after teasing him by touching his pawsies… if looks could kill indeed!

Kitting Outing Pics
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Kitting Outing Pics

  • 2 December 2012

Sadly, we had to suspend our kitty outings recently because Lugosi has been diagnosed and treated for rather bad lung congestion due to asthma, and he now has a rotten…

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi cleaning his pawsies

  • 30 November 201225 November 2012
Lugosi has been shamed!
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Lugosi has been shamed!

  • 25 November 2012

Hehehe. Not that he looks guilty or anything. 😉

Great New Pics of The Boys
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Great New Pics of The Boys

  • 23 November 201218 November 2012

Spider and Lugosi rolling around in the alley outside… Closeup – Spider (front) and his bro Lugosi   And outside again… tabby twins.   Mirrored Tabbies…

In bed with my kitties
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby

In bed with my kitties

  • 18 November 201218 November 2012

Lugosi likes to lie on top of me!  Ruby likes to lie next to me. And Spider? He refused to have his picture taken together with a smelly hoomin! 😉 

  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Videos

Lugosi Cleaning his Pawsies – Closeup HD

  • 12 November 2012
Lugosi caught a mouse!
  • Lugosi

Lugosi caught a mouse!

  • 6 November 20125 November 2012

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