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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
  • Photo Gallery
    • 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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Mug Shot
  • Cute
  • Lugosi

Mug Shot

  • 6 February 20106 February 2010

Lugosi doesn´t appear too impressed to find his face on a mug…

A very grey morning
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

A very grey morning

  • 3 February 20103 February 2010

The terrible threesome this morning

Big slobbery kisssss…
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Big slobbery kisssss…

  • 2 February 20102 February 2010

.And more love….I love this shot!

Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Random Sunday Kitty Pic Post

  • 24 January 201024 January 2010

SMACKDOWN!!!  Ruby v. Lugosi.But then…. the LOVE! 🙂..Spider´s new favourite sleeping spot.Ruby playing.Ruby posing..Laser Pointer Games!.

Guys, I would really like to use the sink?
  • Cute
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Guys, I would really like to use the sink?

  • 21 January 201021 January 2010
Ruby and Lugosi
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Ruby and Lugosi

  • 20 January 201020 January 2010

Having a break between play-fightingz…

Random Monday Kitty Pic Post
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Random Monday Kitty Pic Post

  • 18 January 201018 January 2010

My 3 fluff babies condensed in one post. 🙂 Starting with Spider.Ruby.Ruby & Lugosi.Ruby lying on my synth.Siesta time with Lugosi

Always welcome
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Always welcome

  • 13 January 201013 January 2010

I love it when I come home at night to see a little face in the window waiting for me… 🙂

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

Epic Kitty Fight – Lugosi v. Ruby

  • 7 January 20107 January 2010
Today´s random kitty pics post
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Today´s random kitty pics post

  • 6 January 20106 January 2010

ENJOY!!!! 🙂 Kittyfight Club: Ruby v. Spider.Lugosi on the balcony.Spider & Lugosi on the balcony.Ruby at play.Ruby with Spider in the background

Foot attack!
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Silly Pics
  • Spider

Foot attack!

  • 5 January 20105 January 2010

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Lugosi enjoying the sunshine
  • Lugosi

Lugosi enjoying the sunshine

  • 4 January 20104 January 2010

Ahhhh!  This is the life.  All cats should live on tropical islands like I do… 🙂

Awww the LOVE!
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Awww the LOVE!

  • 2 January 2010

Ruby & Lugosi.  They love each other. 🙂

Morning fightingz
  • Cute
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Morning fightingz

  • 2 January 2010

Ruby: “There´s nothing like a good fight with my big bro (Lugosi) first thing in the morning!”

No wonder the Old Egyptians worshipped cats
  • Cute
  • Lugosi

No wonder the Old Egyptians worshipped cats

  • 1 January 2010

That´s cause they look great wearing their jewellery!  (click here to see Ruby wearing the same amulet)

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

My 3 Kattens

  • 29 December 200929 December 2009

Short clip filmed in nightvision – Ruby looks creepy, like an *albino* cat!

Hello from the top shelf!
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

Hello from the top shelf!

  • 28 December 200928 December 2009
3 Kitties on the Balcony in the moonlight…
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

3 Kitties on the Balcony in the moonlight…

  • 26 December 2009

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Random Boxing Day Kitty Pic Post
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Random Boxing Day Kitty Pic Post

  • 26 December 200926 December 2009

Hope you´re all having a great Crimbo.  Here´s some random cute pics for you to enjoy of my Terrible Threesome. 🙂.Lugosi & Ruby.Basket Case Spider (I love the way his…

  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Videos

Happy Christmas again from us…

  • 24 December 200924 December 2009
Lugosi´s Nose!
  • Lugosi

Lugosi´s Nose!

  • 21 December 200921 December 2009

Close up pics of …. Lugosi´s nose! 🙂…

Fearsome Threesome
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Fearsome Threesome

  • 17 December 200917 December 2009

Some random photos I took this evening of ma bebbees..Love the way Ruby hides behind Spider in this shot… .Earlier on at sunset

Supercat Lugosi
  • Lugosi

Supercat Lugosi

  • 17 December 200917 December 2009

Mission Impossible! 😉

Lugosi says WTF?!
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Lugosi says WTF?!

  • 15 December 200915 December 2009

Or something.  Whatever he *is* thinking or saying, his expression here is just priceless… 😉

Little and Large….
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Little and Large….

  • 13 December 200913 December 2009

Lugosi and Ruby

First thing I see when I wake up
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

First thing I see when I wake up

  • 13 December 200913 December 2009
The Boys
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The Boys

  • 12 December 200913 December 2009

This morning, after the rain….

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

Spooky Kitties

  • 10 December 200910 December 2009
  • Cute
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Kitty Fight Club: Ruby v. Lugosi

  • 5 December 20095 December 2009

6 month old Ruby wrestling with 10 year old brother Lugosi…

The 3 loves of my life
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

The 3 loves of my life

  • 3 December 20093 December 2009

Spider, Lugosi & Ruby.  A shot in a million. 🙂

Just a couple of pics from this morning
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Just a couple of pics from this morning

  • 30 November 200930 November 2009

Ruby with Lugosi.Lugosi, Ruby and Spider in background

  • Cute
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Spider
  • Videos

Ruby SchizoKitten

  • 28 November 200928 November 2009
Kitty Fight Club: Ruby v. Lugosi
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Kitty Fight Club: Ruby v. Lugosi

  • 25 November 200925 November 2009

….

First thing I see when I wake up
  • Lugosi

First thing I see when I wake up

  • 22 November 200922 November 2009

Lugosi lying next to me on the bedside table.  Makes me smile and feel good every morning. 🙂

Straycheeee!
  • Cute
  • Lugosi

Straycheeee!

  • 18 November 200918 November 2009

Lugosi: “Yes, I´m extremely comfy here, thank you very much”

Random Sunday Cat Photo Post
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

Random Sunday Cat Photo Post

  • 15 November 200915 November 2009

ENJOY! 😀.Ruby.Spider.Ruby.Lugosi.Ruby & Lugosi

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

Cats and a Laser Pointer

  • 3 November 20093 November 2009

Ruby and Lugosi chasing the little red dot… endless fun. 🙂

Kitten Attack!
  • Kitty Fight
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Kitten Attack!

  • 25 October 200925 October 2009

Ruby v. Lugosi again…

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

Kitty Fight: Ruby v. Lugosi

  • 22 October 200922 October 2009

Ruby v. Lugosi: the kitten sure has some mean fighting moves! Watch her as she takes on Lugosi, the chunky big hunk of tabbyness, in this spectacular wrestling match….

Look at that SMILE on Ruby´s face!
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Look at that SMILE on Ruby´s face!

  • 8 October 20098 October 2009

I think Lugosi´s in love…. 🙂

An Unholy Trinity…
  • Cute
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

An Unholy Trinity…

  • 6 October 2009

Spider (left), Ruby-Kitten and Lugosi 🙂

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

Lugosi cleaning Ruby…. listen to her purr!

  • 3 October 20093 October 2009

This is the best thing that could happen – Lugosi actually accepting the new cat in our household.  Watch them here and go awwwww. 🙂

Spider & Lugosi….. and then Ruby!
  • Cute
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Spider & Lugosi….. and then Ruby!

  • 2 October 20092 October 2009

I was taking photos of Spider (left) and Lugosi………when Ruby cheekily jumped into the photo, posing prettily! 🙂(the scar on her belly is from being spayed on Tuesday)

Ruby JUMPS – Cute Warning!
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby

Ruby JUMPS – Cute Warning!

  • 30 September 200930 September 2009

As Lugosi looks at his new little sister, not quite knowing what to make of her just yet…. and how she hasn´t bust any stitches is beyond me (she only…

My 3 Kattens
  • Cute
  • Spider & Lugosi with Janelle

My 3 Kattens

  • 24 September 200924 September 2009

A wide shot of all my 3 bebbehs in the bedroom….

Must be dead comfy….
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Must be dead comfy….

  • 20 September 200920 September 2009

Lugosi with his beautiful tiger feet stretched out in front, snoozing…. .

  • Cute
  • Spider & Lugosi
  • Videos

Kitty Playtime!

  • 17 September 200917 September 2009

Playing with Spider & Lugosi, throwing one of their favourite toys (a rustly, foil paper ball) and watching them jump after it madly!

Lugosi Plotting World Domination
  • Lugosi

Lugosi Plotting World Domination

  • 16 September 200916 September 2009

First….. I shall practise to put my little finger claw to the side of my mouth like Dr Evil…..Secondly…. I shall hypnotise you into answering to my every whim…. look…

Lugosi is much better now
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Lugosi is much better now

  • 15 September 200915 September 2009

As you can see, he´s his usual, bully-self again.  Here he is (on top!) wrestling with his brother Spider.

Night Cats
  • Spider & Lugosi

Night Cats

  • 13 September 200913 September 2009

Spider (left) and Lugosi surveying their ´hood late at night….

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