Love is in the air

Dear Readers,

Hope you are doing well!

Today´s story is my contribution to the Sylvanian Forum challenge#2: "Love is all around".

Peter got up early this morning. He wanted to avoid queues at the supermarket and at the flower shop.He wasn´t a romantic until he met Peace but now, look at him! He´s just bought a lovely bunch of red roses and all the ingredients to make breakfast for his girlfriend. Even though he shows her how much he loves her everyday, today he wants to do something special as it´s Valentine´s Day.

He´s going to prepare Peace´s favourite breakfast: pancakes with berries and cream. He made them before using a pancake mix from the supermarket but this time he´s trying his best to make homemade pancakes following Grandma´s Babblebrook recipe. She made them on Christmas morning and, strangely as it may seem, they were delicious.

Peace is a sleepyhead but as soon as Peter entered the bedromm she woke up. Having her boyfriend wake her up with a bouquet of roses and breakfast in bed was priceless. 

"Oh, Peter your are worth your weight in gold", she said stretching her arms out to give him a hug.

Peace was delighted with Peter´s nice gesture. She couldn´t believe her eyes when she saw that he had even made a latte heart on her coffee!

After enjoying breakfast, Peace also had prepared something special for Peter. "Do you feel like trying something new? I have a surprise for you?" Peace said with a big smile on her face. She knows that Peter likes adventures and trying new things so she wanted to surprise him with something different and original for Valentine´s Day.

Peace told Peter that they had to wrap up or else they were going to be a little bit cold. The scarves that Grandma gave them for Christmas would come in handy. " Are you going to take me skiing, ice skating, maybe? Peter asked intrigued but Peace didn´t give him a hint.

They walked for a while until they came to a meadow where Mr. Highbranch was waiting for them with a camara and a pair of binoculars.

Next to him there was a kind of airship, actually it looked like a flying trycicle with a kind of fancy rugby ball above. "Ready for a sky  ride adventure?" Peace asked .It had been a long time since Peter had been this excited. This was something new and different!

Mr. Highbranch gave them a basic understanding of how to keep the flying machine in the air and the best landing technique. Then he handed them the binoculars and the camera. 

"Enjoy the views from the heights!Have fun"

So they climbed up and their adventure began . Among the clouds Peace asked Peter: "Do you like my Valentine´s Day gift?" He just smiled and kissed her,

leaving behind them a trail of clouds in the shape of a heart. More than any other day we can say that today "love is in the air".

After such an exciting adventure the best plan they could come up with was to order a pizza and a bottle of good Sylvanian wine and spend the rest of Valentine's Day snuggled up on the sofa in the comfort of their own home.

Hope you had enjoyed this short story about my favourite sylvanian couple.I bought the "Sky Ride Adventure" set a few years ago and shortly after I regretted it. As I don't know how to use photoshop I had no idea how to take a decent picture and make look like the airship was flying in the sky.

With the help of my daughter, a sky backdrop and a piece of dental floss we managed to make it look like it was flying in the sky. My daughter edited the photo so that a little piece of floss was not visible.I used the Canva app to make the hearts,the shaped clouds and the rest of the details in the last photo.These are my first attempts at photo editing.

The scarves that Grandma gave Peter and Peace for Christmas were actually made by my daughter as a gift for them.

They´re a bit oversized but the bigger they are the warmer they they will be on cold winter days.

That´s all for today. I would like to post a new story soon but life gets in the way. Work and family issues take up so much of my time. I should make an effort to keep time reserved for my Sylvanians and myself. Spending time with them  makes my life happier.

Hugs and Love!