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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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    • 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

3 Kitties in a row….
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

3 Kitties in a row….

  • 5 November 2012
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi at the Vets

  • 28 October 201228 October 2012

I´m so proud of him – he´s such a good boy! 🙂

Long long shadows
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors

Long long shadows

  • 27 October 201224 October 2012

Isn´t it uncanny how Lugosi´s shadow looks like Batman? 

  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Other Cats
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Videos

Cat Herding

  • 23 October 201222 October 2012

It´s not as easy as you think! 😉

  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Spider & Lugosi chasing insects outside

  • 22 October 201220 October 2012
Chillaxing on the sofa…
  • Lugosi

Chillaxing on the sofa…

  • 21 October 201217 October 2012

Lugosi, out cold (and Spider behind him)…

Morning Outing with the Kattens
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Morning Outing with the Kattens

  • 19 October 201217 October 2012

Only Ruby and Lugosi in this pic with me – Spider was off in the alley exploring!

Loafing on the edge of space… erm the bed!
  • Kitty Loaf
  • Lugosi

Loafing on the edge of space… erm the bed!

  • 17 October 2012

Lugosi this morning, doing a kittyloaf. 

Chicken Treats from Auntie A
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Chicken Treats from Auntie A

  • 14 October 201213 October 2012

Gimme Gimme Gimme! 🙂   They love those pure, freeze-dried chicken treats (available from Feline Instincts), especially Spider, as you can see! 

Slurp!!!
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Slurp!!!

  • 9 October 20127 October 2012
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi watches Gangnam Style

  • 7 October 2012

Does he hate or love it?  You decide! 

Urban Tigers
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Urban Tigers

  • 3 October 201230 September 2012

Chillin´ like villains…

More “Outing for Indoor Kitties” Pics
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

More “Outing for Indoor Kitties” Pics

  • 1 October 201230 September 2012

Another outing they enjoyed – we´re doing this once or twice every day now. 🙂 Spider and Ruby Ruby shares a secret with Lugosi Mirror Cats (Ruby and Lugosi) Spider…

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

Kitty Silhouettes at Dawn

  • 26 September 201225 September 2012

Lugosi and Ruby on the balcony at dawn…

Love Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Love Cats

  • 25 September 2012

Ruby and Lugosi…. being close to each other. 

The Boys
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The Boys

  • 23 September 201223 September 2012

…enjoying their daily outing… (and Ruby is there somewhere too, of course)

The best way to wake up….
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The best way to wake up….

  • 21 September 201220 September 2012

… flanked by “ma boys”. 😀

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

Today was a hot hot hot day for kitties…..

  • 20 September 201225 September 2012

No way we´re going out in that heat, say Lugosi and Spider.  PLEASE NOTE: If you are a dog owner, consider how hot the pavement is for your doggie´s feat…

Lugosi Porn Star Pose
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Silly Pics

Lugosi Porn Star Pose

  • 19 September 201220 September 2012

Lugosi doing porn star poses in public places now too!

Surf´s Up!
  • Lugosi

Surf´s Up!

  • 15 September 201214 September 2012

Lugosi practises for next year´s  surf championships.  On an ironing board. 

IKEA Skubb Boxes R for Kitties!
  • 3 Cats
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

IKEA Skubb Boxes R for Kitties!

  • 12 September 201212 September 2012
Indoor Kitties go Outside!
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Indoor Kitties go Outside!

  • 10 September 201220 September 2012

This is going to be a daily thing from now on – they are really enjoying their semi-freedom!  >> Click for more photos of yesterday´s outing on Flickr <<

Purrfect Spacing between Cats
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Purrfect Spacing between Cats

  • 6 September 20124 September 2012

Looks like they measured the space between each other purrfectly. 

Mutual Slurpinks
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Mutual Slurpinks

  • 5 September 20121 September 2012

Spider slurping Lugosi (photo taken with cross-filter effect on my Samsung WB150F camera) Lugosi slurping Spider

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi´s Pathetic Meow

  • 24 August 201223 August 2012

Don´t believe for one second that Lugosi always sounds like this. Oh no. He´s usually like a fog horn!  This, however, is his “I am soooo hungry, OMG, I´m a…

The Boys
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The Boys

  • 11 August 2012

Recent pic of Spider (left) and his twin bro Lugosi…

Lugosi & Spider in London
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Lugosi & Spider in London

  • 5 August 2012

Very cute, old piccie from back in London, when Spider & Lugosi were about 1 year old (in around 2000), doing their kitty neighbourhood watch thing…. 

Feline-Human Family Photo
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Feline-Human Family Photo

  • 3 August 2012
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

13th Birthday Tuna

  • 31 July 201231 July 2012

No no!!! Stop singing, mummy! Nooooo! 😉

Happy 13th Birthday Boys
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Happy 13th Birthday Boys

  • 31 July 2012

13 years old and still going strong.  Sadly, Spider has to go to the vets (for a dental clean) today on his birthday though….  Both boys are happily accepting birthday…

Caturday: Breakfast in Bed
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Caturday: Breakfast in Bed

  • 28 July 2012
Lugosi likes to be close to me…
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi

Lugosi likes to be close to me…

  • 22 July 2012

He likes to lie next to me like this, pressed against my leg with one paw dangling off the bed or the sofa. 🙂

Random Saturday Kitty Post
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Random Saturday Kitty Post

  • 21 July 2012

Yes, there IS enough space on the bed for 3 cats and myself….  Lugosi on the high shelf Ruby in cute sleeping posishe Ruby Face & Paws ENHANCE!   Ruby…

This mouse is MINE!
  • Lugosi

This mouse is MINE!

  • 13 July 2012

Lugosi makes sure nobody steals his drug-filled (catnip) mouse!

Operation: Occupy Sofa
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Operation: Occupy Sofa

  • 11 July 2012

Remind me to get a new sofa so *I* can sit somewhere too. 

3-some on the bed…
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

3-some on the bed…

  • 10 July 2012

Lugosi at the front, Ruby (right) and Spider…

  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi´s Morning Ritual with Mummy

  • 9 July 20129 July 2012
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Slurp Purr Slurp Purr Slurp Purr Slurp Purr!!!

  • 6 July 2012
Who, me?!
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Who, me?!

  • 5 July 2012

Lugosi doing his best “baroo” expression…

Trouble getting outta bed in the morning?
  • Lugosi

Trouble getting outta bed in the morning?

  • 23 June 2012

You know what it´s like.  You got one paw out of the bed and the rest of your body just won´t follow…. The mind is willing, but the flesh is…

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

Kitty Wrestle

  • 23 June 201222 June 2012

Lugosi picks a fight with Ruby…. just a short video!

Random Kitty Pix
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Random Kitty Pix

  • 18 June 201218 June 2012

Been too busy to update, but we can´t let our kitty pic fans go totally tee-total, can we?! So here you go with a few Spider, Ruby and Lugosi photos…

Gives you a warm feeling inside…. awwww!
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Gives you a warm feeling inside…. awwww!

  • 31 May 2012

Lugosi (right) with Ruby. 🙂

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. 

Lugosi´s Morning Routine
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics

Lugosi´s Morning Routine

  • 22 May 201221 May 2012

Lugosi is one persistent little bugger when he wants to get me out of bed in the morning to have his breakfast served.  But he´s also very loving and spends…

Love Cats
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Love Cats

  • 21 May 201220 May 2012

Awwww! 🙂

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Must be comfy….

  • 19 May 2012

Lugosi spilling out from his IKEA unit cat bed onto the floor…. must be comfy!

Siesta time with Lugosi…
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics

Siesta time with Lugosi…

  • 12 May 201212 May 2012
Random Thursday Kitty Pic Post
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Random Thursday Kitty Pic Post

  • 10 May 201210 May 2012

Enjoy! 🙂 Ruby in comfy posishe Ruby ENHANCE pawsies and face!   Lugosi´s taileo   Ruby and Spider on the balcony (Spider doesn´t look happy cause Ruby always bullies him!)…

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

Ruby Gets Excited over Soap Bubbles!

  • 9 May 20128 May 2012

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