I am in love with this boy’s photos. His name is Colin Hill and I have a feeling I will be posting more of his work in the future.

One last thing: while I was looking through his shots, some of them had a very dream-like feel which immediately reminded me of the Wonder (where this blog’s name comes from, in fact) series by Anna Gaskall.

I’ve been quite busy lately, especially with work. Also, for a while there, my hosting was down. Now that it’s back, I’m just sloppily posting things that I lusted over during its downtime.

I have little to no information about this Swedish home furnishings company. Only these pictures from their newest catalog. But I’m content with just being inspired by these photos.

Via husmusen.

While in the mall the other day, I heard a song by these gals and instantly fell in love. Thank the song-id gods that Shazam picked it up and introduced me to this wonderful duo.

Wait Another Day — I will wait to love you, I will wait another day. For you I’d leave all this behind. I will wait for you tonight, I will waste another dream on you. Always run to you. — Holy crap, I can’t get over how addicted I am to this song. This song has a lovely, relaxed, but powerful sound to it. It’s seductive and sends chills down my spine. It’s the perfect balance between indie rock and synth. Very soft and dreamy sounding. Maybe I’m crazy, but their voices in the chorus sound a little like the sisters of Eisley. The end.

This year has been absolutely fantastic for new music. So far, we’ve had Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Metric, The Sounds, Imogen Heap, Mika, Muse, Spinnerette, Cobra Starship, Owl City, Meg & Dia, and Lily Allen. Now, we have Lights.

Any synthpop lovers out there? Did you just nod yes? Then you should know Lights. Think Donna Lewis vocals mixed with surreal new wave synths—all wrapped up with cute lyrics and infectious melodies. Her debut album, The Listening, gives us fifteen generous tracks. Here are a few of my favorite.

River — I want to go where you’re going, a follower following, changing but never changed, claiming but never claimed — One of my favorite tracks on The Listening, if not my favorite. The production for this song just sounds so much different, louder, and slightly more sophisticated than that of the rest. The pulsing, buzzing electronic music of the chorus is quite powerful sounding and fits the song nicely.

Lions! — lions make you brave, giants give you faith, death is a charade, you don’t have to feel safe to feel unafraid — Another one of my favorites. Not going to lie, the lyrics of Lions! reminds me a bit of World of Warcraft (which Lights is a player of) or Chronicles of Narnia (or any other fantasy story, to be honest). I know I’ve read of others having similar feelings. It’s definitely not a bad thing, though. This song is cute sounding and sort of encouraging/empowering in a nerdy/childish way.

Ice — what I mean is, all I need is, just a little emotion — This, along with Drive My Soul, February Air, and The Last Thing On Your Mind were tracks included on the album that also appeared on her first EP. While the other stayed the same, Ice saw a bit of a makeover. Certain synths sound a little less stringy and a bit more abrasive. Also, it sounds like there is a hint of vocoding/robotizing on the vocals in the chorus. In the end, most people probably wouldn’t notice a difference, but if you pay attention to those sort of things, you can appreciate the dancier approach this time around.

Saviour — stand me up and maybe I won’t be so small, free my hands and feet and maybe I won’t always fall — The lead single off The Listening. I was highly addicted to this track when it was made available for download before the album dropped. Now that I have a whole list of new songs to listen to, Saviour has slowly slid away. It’s still a great listen though. Actually, scratch that. After listening to it just now, it crawled back towards the top.

This is me as of lately. Just enjoying the autumn weather.

Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas, New Year. I’m ready.

Nice, soft designs by Belinda George Architects of New Zealand discovered through desire to inspire. Absolutely love the large sliding doors / windows that make home open to the outside world.

I’ve gotten so lazy lately when it comes to actually writing blog entries. I have other things on my mind. Rather, I’ve just been spewing out a bunch of photos and I think that’s how I’m going to continue for a while until I get back on track with blogging.

Here are some random homes I found on the Skona Hem (a Swedish magazine, if you couldn’t tell by the excess of white, woods, and colors) website that I fell in love with.

These make me extremely happy.

Feet First by Tom Robinson