Swallows and Amazons: February 2012

Sunday, 26 February 2012

Sunday Smiles ♥

Sunday can be a grim cocktail of a hangover from Saturday evening and the impending gloom of Monday morning, however it doesn't have to be this way! While I am unable to offer a better hangover cure than Berocca and a bacon sandwich, I do hope to bring a small smile to your Sunday, making the thought of Monday morning seem a little more bearable.

The bed feels warmer sleeping here alone

Kelly Clarkson

I've got one hand on the steering wheel, one waving out the window

If I'm a spinster for the rest of my life

My arms will keep me warm on cold and lonely nights

Kimya Dawson

There are many things that I would like to say to you, but I don’t know how… Because maybe, you’re gonna be the one that saves me

Oasis

Doomed from the start we met with a goodbye kiss

Kasabian

The world is rough so if a man's gonna make it he's got to be tough
Johnny Cash

Get busy living or get busy dying
Stephen King

The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea
Vladimir Nabokov

And we live in a beautiful world, Yeah we do... We live in a beautiful world.
Coldplay

Thank you for reading my blog, I hope you have had a great week!

I think M.I.A. is wonderful, she reminds me what music should be about. It should be about making a difference, pushing for change, it should be about things that matter. This isn't always the case with music that makes it into the charts- I'm looking at you Cheeky Girls!

Her latest track 'bad girls' is supporting women's rights campaigners in Saudi Arabia fighting women's right to drive. In the UK we take this for granted but in Saudi Arabia women and men are fighting for this and I fully support M.I.A. for bringing this issue into the charts

Plus it is a flipping awesome video!

xox

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Sunday, 19 February 2012

Sunday Smiles ♥

What if in this life, full of care,

We had no time to stand and stare

Leisure by W.H Davies

My heart it like a singing bird

Whose nest is in a watered shoot

My heart is like an apple tree

Whose boughs are bent' with thickset fruit

Christina Rossetti

I'll be looking at the moon but i'll be seeing you

Billie Holiday

O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space—were it not that I have bad dreams

Hamlet by Shakespeare

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing

Edmund Burke

May the odds be ever in your favour

Suzanne Collins

Most people have to talk so they won't hear

May Sarton

Thank you for reading my blog, I hope you've had a good week! I came across this article from the Washington Post called pearls before breakfast, it's fascinating it asks whether in our modern world of constant rush we have time for beauty.

If one of the world's best musicians played on one of the world's finest violins, worth millions of pounds, in the metro people would surely stop?

Having time for beauty:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html

xox

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Sunday, 12 February 2012

Sunday Smiles ♥

Give me shelter, or show me heart, Come on love, come on love, Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart,

And I’ll be yours to keep,

Ben Howard

Well I'm gonna dance like nobody's watchin, I'm gonna sing like no-one's listenin, I'm gonna kiss you like we're all alone, Cause this world is ours

The King Blues

We make it far too easy to believe, that true romance can't be achieved, these days

Arctic Monkeys

All I want is the taste that your lips allow

Ed Sheeran

Thank you for reading my blog! Apologies for the very late short post today, I spent the weekend in Edinburgh for my friends birthday and I have just got back. It was a great weekend but I am beyond knackered and I am hanging like a pirate the morning after but I promise next week I'll be back to usual form!

I hope your weekend rocked too, have a superb week!

This b-e-a-ut of a song made the journey back to Glasgow today feel a bit more manageable I hope it makes (what's left) of your Sunday a little bit more serene...

xox

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Sunday, 5 February 2012

Sunday Smiles ♥

Woop woop yesterday was my birthday! This post is dedicated to all you awesome Aquarians!

Follow your heart, be true to yourself, never live the life of another, you have to create your own road.

Jessie J

Concrete jungle where dreams are made of... these streets will make you feel brand new, bright lights will inspire you

Jay-Z

Your past times, consisted of the strange. The twisted and deranged and I loved that little game you had called, Crying Lightning.

Arctic Monkeys

The world looks better through your eyes

Ed Sheeran

It's the thing in life i regret the most leaving you standing there

Tribes

It’s easier to hurt than to say goodbye

The Pierces

He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

Emily Bronte

Almost suspended, we are laid asleep
In body, and become a living soul:
While with an eye made quiet by the power
Of harmony, and the deep power of joy,
We see into the life of things.

William Wordsworth

Thank you for reading my blog! As a birthday treat this is one of my favourite songs ever! It is Jolene covered by the White Stripes and it is all kinds of awesome! Have a wonderful week.