Is Life Good?

I love this wallpaper from Is Life Good

Happy Birthday David Bowie

The great man is 65 years old today!  Lets celebrate by looking at funny pictures of him and watching clips from Labyrinth.

Musical Thursdays: First Aid Kit

Props to Just Music That I Like for leading me to the wonder that is First Aid Kit. This Swedish duo have been creating beautiful music for years, releasing their first album in 2009.

Their second album is due for release in January 2012 and they have made the title track available to enjoy on SoundCloud.

Have a listen The Lion's Roar - First Aid Kit

As if you need any further proof of their talent, they will be supporting Lykke Li at her UK dates this winter.

Official site: thisisfirstaidkit.com

Facebook: First Aid kit

End of the Road Festival, Dorset, 2nd-4th Sept 2011

Earlier this month I went to End of the Road festival in Dorset. With a capacity of 8,500 it was the smallest festival I've ever attended, but turned out to be one of the best!

Here are some of my best bits (warning - picture heavy):

Piano in the woods for anyone to perform on.

Reading in the woodland library

Peace cranes and fairy lights

Lykke Li appearing out of smoke.

Pretty sunset and a flag

More pretty skies

Cool sign for the Woods stage - the letters lit up when a piano was played :S

Austra being very cool and generally amazing.

Everyone should start their day with Supermuesli

Tiny man sitting on a tree.

Cute Danish band Treefight for Sunlight were an early highlight on Saturday with this extraordinary cover of Wuthering Heights.

You can enjoy my End of the Road Spotify playlist by clicking right here.

Enjoy!

Photos of a Cute Kitten

Meet Daisy, the cutest member of our family. As you can see she LOVES sleeping.

We adopted her from http://www.pussycatlodge.co.uk/ who are absolutely fab, please pay them a visit if you are in East London/Essex and looking to adopt a kitty.

Never enough bags - Totes and backpacks from threadless.com

Vampire Orthodontics

Thumbper

My Favourite Pattern

We're on the Same Level

Although my boyfriend may disagree, you can never have too many bags. I'm not really a huge fan of 'handbags' but I do love a good satchel, tote bag or backpack.

I was thrilled to notice that my favourite t-shirt retailer, Threadless.com, are now selling bags. yay! I feel a bit of a shopping is in order...

Musical Thursdays: Turn Me On - The Grates

The Grates are an Australian band that are actually quite good. This is their new single, and I like it. Please listen and enjoy.

Newsround - 19th June 2011

Love this knitted lion head (via swissmiss)

The Secret Life of Skeletons is creepy looking but very cool. http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/the-secret-life-of-skeletons

Every year, a dozen Japanese people are repatriated from France due to Paris Syndrome (via Gala Darling)

This is just crazy, a guy getting a beautifully detailed skeleton tattoo (via Street Anatomy)

Musical Thursdays: Rill Rill - Sleigh Bells

Ok so this song isn't super new but it is SO DAMN CATCHY. Listen to it and you will like.

MySpace / Facebook /Official site

It is my birthday tomorrow so I am extra excitable today :)

How to tie some handy knots - reef knot, clove hitch, sheet bend and bowline

My Guides are going camping in a few weeks time and for many of them it will be a brand new experience. I'm trying to get them up to speed with some useful knots and found these videos really helpful in reminding me how to do them properly. Why not give them a try? I use reef knots all the time because they are so handy!

The Reef knot




The Clove hitch



The Sheet bend



The Bowline knot