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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
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    • 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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Category: Lugosi

The Boys
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The Boys

  • 24 April 2012

Not that often that we see the Tabby Twins posing together like pros, but when they do, they can pose with the best of them! 

Waiting for breakfast…
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics

Waiting for breakfast…

  • 19 April 2012

Lugosi perched on bedside table, patiently waiting for his breakfast… Posted from WordPress for Android

  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Videos

The most pathetic meow…

  • 14 April 2012

Lugosi puts on a really pathetic sounding meow every morning when he wants me to get out of bed and give him his breakfast….

Paw Power!
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics

Paw Power!

  • 10 April 2012
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….

It´s a beautiful day…
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

It´s a beautiful day…

  • 7 April 2012

And the kitties are out in the sun….

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Super-Twitchy Nose!

  • 4 April 2012

I´ve never seen a cat nose as twitchy as this.  So funny!

Lugosi Closeup
  • Lugosi

Lugosi Closeup

  • 3 April 20124 April 2012

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This is the LIFE!
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

This is the LIFE!

  • 30 March 2012

The 3 terrors zonked out on the bed….

Spooky Pic
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Spooky Pic

  • 26 March 2012

A rather spooky pic of my 3 rascals watching me taking photos of the moon and Venus just now, taken with camera settings that were meant for the sky and…

Handsome Boys
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Handsome Boys

  • 25 March 2012

My Tabby Twins Spider … and Lugosi

Random Friday Kitty Pix Post
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Random Friday Kitty Pix Post

  • 23 March 2012

Spider (left) and his bro, Lugosi The kattens and I on a balmy evening on the balcony Ruby Spider munching

  • Lugosi
  • Outdoors
  • Videos

Lugosi goes for Walkies

  • 22 March 201220 September 2012

He walks really well on his harness and leash.  Spider does it okay, but Ruby is hopeless!

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

Kitty Play Time!

  • 20 March 2012

It´s fantastic that Lugosi and Spider are still so playful at almost 13 years of age, especially Spider. 🙂

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

Ruby beats the crap out of Lugosi. Again.

  • 12 March 2012
Paw Power. I haz it.
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Paw Power. I haz it.

  • 22 February 2012

Lugosi´s feetees.

Sofa Hogging!
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Sofa Hogging!

  • 19 February 2012

I think I need a sofa especially for *me* to sit on!

Lugosi´s Super Swirls
  • Lugosi

Lugosi´s Super Swirls

  • 17 February 201217 February 2012

On some days and in certain light Lugosi´s fur looks more swirly than usual… I call him my “Marble Cake Cat” (see pic below of marble cake in case you…

Caught in the Act!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Caught in the Act!

  • 14 February 201214 February 2012

The epic love affair is still going strong after 2 1/2 years …. Ruby is Lugosi´s Valentine. 🙂 UPDATE – had to be done! 😉

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

Watch Lugosi THWAP Spider on the head!

  • 10 February 2012
Brothers Pre-Fight
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Brothers Pre-Fight

  • 6 February 2012

This is what Spider does when he´s had enough of Lugosi washing him, seconds before it turns into a fight!

Lugosi Action Shots
  • Lugosi

Lugosi Action Shots

  • 28 January 2012

Lugosi´s mad 5 minutes…. 🙂

Handsome Lugosi
  • Lugosi

Handsome Lugosi

  • 24 January 201224 January 2012
Action Shot : Lugosi – I haz it!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Action Shot : Lugosi – I haz it!

  • 22 January 2012

Lugosi and Ruby having a play – Lugosi gets the toy!

Two Kitties in a Window
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Two Kitties in a Window

  • 21 January 201221 January 2012
Random Thursday Kitty Post
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Random Thursday Kitty Post

  • 19 January 2012

Just some random piccies I took the last few days of my 3 terrors…. Ruby snuggling up to her big bro Lugosi The Boys: Spider (left) & Lugosi Ruby watching…

The 3 Terrors this Morning…
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

The 3 Terrors this Morning…

  • 16 January 2012
Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post

  • 8 January 20128 January 2012

Just some random piccies I haven´t posted before…. Spider, Lugosi & Ruby peeking down from the balcony New Year´s Day Spider approves of the new fluffy, purple blanket Ruby´s Nose…

My Cats and Me
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

My Cats and Me

  • 7 January 2012

Trying to get a decent shot of myself with all 3 kitties is near impossible.  So I tried coaxing them with treats today, but I still didn´t get a great…

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

Tuna for Christmas!

  • 25 December 2011

Special treat for Lugosi & Spider in particular, since they are on special food for their chronic illnesses at all other times of the year!

Yin and Yang Fail
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Yin and Yang Fail

  • 19 December 201119 December 2011

Ruby fails to understand the concept of Yin Yang….

Cats + Rain = Not a chance!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Cats + Rain = Not a chance!

  • 19 December 2011

Rain this morning in Lanzarote!  Ruby doesn´t mind so much, but Spider and Lugosi are like “well fook dis, I´m not going out in dat!!!”

  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi & Spider: Laserpointer Fun

  • 18 December 2011
Hello Ladies!
  • Lugosi

Hello Ladies!

  • 9 December 2011

Lugosi´s bedroom eyes…

Kitty Fight Club – Ruby v. Lugosi
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Kitty Fight Club – Ruby v. Lugosi

  • 9 December 2011

Nothing better than a good smack down in the morning while mummy is still in bed too…

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

12 Year Old Lugosi still so playful

  • 5 December 2011
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Kitty Fight Club: Ruby v. Lugosi (Dec 2011)

  • 4 December 2011
Lugosi modelling
  • Lugosi

Lugosi modelling

  • 29 November 201129 November 2011

Just a reminder that I still have some copies of my beautiful 2012 Cat Calendars for sale – click here for full details and pics of each page.   Here´s Lugosi…

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

3some on the bed

  • 28 November 2011

Nice shot this afternoon of Spider (left), Lugosi & Ruby together….

Erm, guys….?
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Erm, guys….?

  • 15 November 2011

I don´t sit on *your* toilet, do I?!

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

Lugosi & Ruby

  • 9 November 2011

Ruby and Lugosi this morning, with neighbouring island Fuerteventura in the background…. Enhance! Yawn! Enhance!

All Hail King Lugosi
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics

All Hail King Lugosi

  • 6 November 20116 November 2011

Lugosi on his throne this morning, ruling his kingdom with an iron paw…

  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Kitty Fight Club: Spider v. Lugosi

  • 5 November 2011

Spider wins!

Lugosi & Spider Fridge Magnet!
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Lugosi & Spider Fridge Magnet!

  • 21 October 201121 October 2011

Found this cute little fridge magnet in an arty shop the other day and look!!! It´s Lugosi and Spider! I mean, totally!  So I just *had* to buy it of…

No wonder I don’t wanna get out of bed…
  • 3 Cats
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

No wonder I don’t wanna get out of bed…

  • 17 October 2011
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Videos

Kitty Brushing Session

  • 20 September 201121 September 2011

I really need to grow a 3rd arm!

So I come home and find this….
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

So I come home and find this….

  • 6 September 20116 September 2011

Lazy sods!  While I (servant!) clean and fill up their bowls, hoover their beds, change the kitty litter, etc. etc…. :O

Classic Tabby Stripes
  • Lugosi

Classic Tabby Stripes

  • 30 August 2011

Lugosi’s gorgeous 3 stripes pattern down his back…

At last…. Lugosi pics too!
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

At last…. Lugosi pics too!

  • 26 August 201126 August 2011

Since Lugosi wasn´t featured in yesterday´s post, I took some piccies of him sitting all pretty on one of the balcony chairs this morning, tail dangling (with Ruby in the…

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi: 12 yrs old, but still very playful

  • 18 August 201118 August 2011

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