Guest post: My Heart, from Erin @ Pughs' News

Hello there, lovelies! Happy New Year! I'm Erin from Pughs' News, and I'm thrilled to bits to be able to keep you company here on Micaela's blog while she travels to Texas with her darling husband. I'm excited about the assignment, to show you my heart.

Here are Micaela's instructions: "With as much creativity as you can muster, show your heart in: a picture, a poem, a song, a quote, an item of clothing, and a place."

I love a project like this! So, here goes {please ignore the fact that some of these aren't in the order they're listed above... Blogger's being glitchy and I'm still getting used to using it on my shiny new laptop!}:

A picture

These were taken on the days that my boys were born, Sawyer in 2007 (top) and Dylan (below) in 2005. The moment I laid my eyes on them, I felt like my heart would burst. Being a mum is without a doubt the hardest job I have ever done. But it's by far the most rewarding. I look at my boys now, growing so fast, and it's hard to believe they were ever this small.

A quote

I am a real quotes girl. A quote can be so inspiring, can't it? I collect them, write them down in journals, stick them on my fridge. I have a few favourites that I often refer back to {you've probably heard me mention "Keep Calm and Carry On" if you've ever visited me at Pughs' News!} The quote above is one I'm going to hold near to my heart this year. I think we take so many lovely little moments for granted, and miss out on so much as a result. I want to make sure I don't do that anymore.

{An excerpt from} a poem

Fern Hill

Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs

About the lilting house and happy as the grass was green,

The night above the dingle starry,

Time let me hail and climb

Golden in the heydays of his eyes,

And honoured among wagons I was prince of the apple towns

And once below a time I lordly had the trees and leaves

Trail with daisies and barley

Down the rivers of the windfall light.

And as I was green and carefree, famous among the barns

About the happy yard and singing as the farm was home,

In the sun that is young once only,

Time let me play and be...

All the sun long it was running, it was lovely, the hay

Fields high as the house, the tunes from the chimneys, it

was air

And playing, lovely and watery

And fire green as grass.

And nightly under the simple stars...

~ Dylan Thomas


Fern Hill was an instant favourite, from the first time I ever read it. I love it so much. It reads like music, don't you think?

A place

Oh, how I love my lovely London! Every time I turn a corner and see Big Ben, I get a little thrill. Doesn't matter how many times it happens. I hope to be back in the next few years. Maybe on our way to Paris?

A song

I adore Great Big Sea {fantastic Canadian band from my dad's home province of Newfoundland}. Listening to them makes my heart feel happy. And when I go to a GBS concert, I just can't help but dance. The. Entire. Time. I love the words to this song: "I've got a smile on my face and I've got four walls around me, Got the sun in the sky, all the waters surround me..." Pure joy. Listen and love.

Item of clothing

I have never felt so beautiful as I did on my wedding day. I loved my dress, my veil, my twinkly tiara {!}, my shoes... Oh,and my handsome groom looked pretty great, too.

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There you have it, some pieces of my heart. Thank you to our dear Micaela for allowing me to look after her lovely blog for a bit while she's away. I heard yesterday that Mr and Mrs Maxham have arrived safely in El Paso and are now getting settled in their new hometown. What a wonderful adventure to start off a brand new year. Here's to the happy couple, and to 2011!

Erin xo