Sunday, 31 May 2009

I Heart Edinburger


Yes, it might be good, but it's difficult to appreciate when all you really want is...

Saturday, 30 May 2009

Leave of Absence

Today I move out of my first year university flat. It is sad and hopeful and scary and exciting.


This is a pied wagtail. There is a pied wagtail called Tim who plays in my courtyard. I hope Tim will be okay after I'm gone.
I'm going back home, to catch up with old friends and get ready for the summer. But I won't be there long until I have to leave again.



It is both a beginning and an end.


source unknown
Goodbye month of May, first year of university, Flat 5 Room 3...
I'm going to miss everything about you.

Friday, 29 May 2009

Runaway

I woke up with...
asleep on my floor.

Today, I have been enjoying chocolate cream buns and Whirling Dervish smoothies, mediterranean sunshine and packing like a maniac, and serenading this little love with...


A lovely last day.

Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Swing Swing

Sing-along songs for sunny days spent playing in the park

Arms - Seabear
Caravan Girl - Goldfrapp
Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac
5 Years Time - Noah and the Whale
Turn On Me - The Shins
Toxic Girl - Kings of Convenience
Take Me Anywhere - Tegan and Sara
Slayer - Giant Drag
Ashley - The Dodos
Ghosts - Laura Marling
Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel
She's Got You High - Mumm-ra
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
Chicago - Sufjan Stevens
Close My Eyes - Arthur Russell
Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer


floral dress, red top and cowboy boots - B.'s
belt as bracelet - Barnardo's Vintage
yellow skirt - handmedown





I love to own, however briefly, something that doesn't belong to me, something that isn't necessarily new but feels it. I love borrowing, putting someone else's things together in a way they wouldn't, in a way that makes them mine for a while.
A dress, a book, a moment, a song.





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Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Young and Fearless







I am back, safe and sound, from a whirlwind adventure in France. We flew to Nice, took a bus to Cannes, and staked out the last days of the film festival.
It was a dream...red carpets and white wine, Belle Roscoe and Wattstax on the Cinema de la Plage, a multitude of tuxedo'd men and bejwelled women, the cutest 1950s diner, sunbathing on the beach and splashing in the surf...
Yes I Cannes.

Saturday, 23 May 2009

Bon Voyage

found here
So I'm going. Back soon!

Thursday, 21 May 2009

Bon Chance


I am so lucky when I sit down and look at my life.
As of tomorrow, my exams will be finished and my first year at university will be over. To celebrate, on Saturday I'm going away on a secret adventure. Viva la spontaneity! I'll tell you all about it on Tuesday when I return...

P.S. 200th!