Peter and Peace´s garden

 Dear Readers,

A few months ago, back in January, I gave you a tour of Peter and Peace´s cottage

At that time of the year, their  back garden looked rather bare, unwelcoming and banked with snow and leaves so I thought it was no worth taking any pictures of it.

However, in early spring colourful flowers bloomed and the lawn started to look lush and green again.

It´s summer now ,and even though Peter and Peace spend most of the time at the beach, they don´t neglect their garden and take their time to keep it in good shape.

Every morning, Peace waters the plants to make them grow happy and healthy.She also talks to them as she believes that talking to plants and being nice to them can help them grow faster.

"Good morning my dears, it´s time to  have a shower!"

Peter is particularly fond of a very unusual plant in Sylvania. Believe it or not it´s a carnivorous plant!

It was tiny when he planted in the garden but look how tall it is now!

Peace, who was never very keen on growing this kind of plants , doesn´t water it as often as the rest , just in case it keeps growing and gets too hungry! 

"Peter, don´t get that close! Mind your ears! You never know ...!

Peter says there´s nothing to worry about his plant. He must be right. Truth be told, it seems to be a bugs- friendly plant. Peter and Peace have never seen it catching any of its visitors and they look quite happy to sit on its leaves . It might not be so carnivorous after all.

Even though Peace loves colourful flowers , cacti are also some of her favourite plants ,that´s why she is delighted with  the design of her new garden table. 

The bright orange chairs are also new and so is the big pink cushion. 

It´s nice to lay down on the  fluffy grass and have something soft to rest your head on.

One of the things Peace likes about having a garden is that she can do her morning yoga routine outdoors.It´s lovely to breathe  clean and pure air!

Sometimes, not very often, though, Peter has accepted Peace´s suggestion of trying partner yoga. However, it didn´t work as well as she expected. The rumbling in Peter´s stomach made it hard for her to concentrate on her breathing.

"My goodness, Peter! There´s a lion in your stomach!"

Peace says the ideal time for yoga is early in the morning on an empty stomach  but Peter doesn´t agree at all. He much prefers having a good breakfast first. 

When the weather is nice,having breakfast outdoors is one of the little pleasures in life  that Peter and Peace enjoy.

"There´s nothing like a good breakfast in the comfort  of our garden"

As well as lovely flowers,  a dodgy looking plant and  some greenery, there is also a vegetable patch in Peter and Peace´s garden! In early spring, they got their hands in the dirt and planted a few seeds. Just carrots and tomatoes to start with. A few  months later, their first crop is ready to be harvested!

"Tomato soup and carrot cake for dinner today! Yummy!"

Look how proud they look of their first little harvest!

Not bad for a couple of first time planters. Don´t you think so?

Pleased with the result, they are considering enlarging their vegetable garden and growing more variety of veggies. A great way to save a few sylvas and trips to the farmers´ market.

Good idea guys! I think you have a green thumb! Go for it!

As they had planned,with their first little harvest they cooked  a tasty tomato soup and baked a delicious carrot cake. It was so nice that even the butterflies wanted to taste it!

"Peace, the butterfly landed on your head now. It seems to like your flower!"

"You  also have one resting on top of your ear, Peter!"

They had such a good laugh with the  butterflies fluttering about them!

They also got a bit romantic talking about how both of them had butterflies in the stomach the first time their eyes met.

"I knew straight away you were the one, Peace"

"I felt exactly the same about you" 

I let them alone for a while but shortly after, they asked me if I could take a picture of them sitting on the lawn. They wanted to send it to their good friends Apple and Juice from Purrchester.

Hi, Apple!

Hi, Juice!

Summer greetings from our garden !

They were in a great mood but that feeling didn´t last long, at least for Peter.

When they went back to the table, they couldn´t believe their eyes!

"You greedy plant!  How you dare! Don´t eat the last piece of our cake!" Peter stood up on a chair and yelled it at the top of his lungs.

Peace found the whole scene so funny that she couldn´t help but giggling, not in front of Peter of course! He was mad at his favourite plant´s behaviour and she didn´t want to make things worse laughing in front  of him.

However, Peace was relieved to know the plant wasn´t as carnivorous as it looked. 

"Don´t bother, Peter! Just leave it alone! You won´t get the cake back!"

"Don´t  you worry, next time, we´ll bake one for us and another one for your plant. It has a sweet tooth , for sure!  

This time the two of them bursted out laughing.

That´s all for today. Hope you have enjoyed spending some time with Peter and Peace in their garden. 

I don´t have a garden and I wish I did .I live in a block of flats so there´s no chance for proper gardening. At least I have a balcony where I can have potted flowers and plants . I love gardens so hopefully I will have my own at some stage. My children will love it too!  Meanwhile, I´m happy with setting up gardens for my sylvanians to enjoy spending time outdoors.

To be honest with you, I never thought of making a garden for  Peter and Peace  until my good friend  Berna ,who has an amazing village " Alcalá de Sylvanian", sent me a wonderful package that included among other things, the greenery , climbing plants and the flowers that you have seen in these pictures. She also sent me the  chairs, the cushion and the lovely cacti coaster that I turned into a table adding  a bottle-top.

Peter , Peace and I are very grateful! Berna,thank you for being so kind and generous and for inspiring me to create this garden and write this post.

By the way, the canivourous looking plant was also in the package! LOL!

See you soon, my friends! Take care!

Hugs!

35th Sylvanian Families Ambassador: A dream come true!

Dear Readers,

Last month of June, Sylvanian Families Spain organized a contest to celebrate the brand´s 35th anniversary in Facebook and Instagram.

It was a great honour to be chosen as one of the five winners. 

The prize involved becoming official ambassador for the brand in Spain and receiving some wonderful SF sets that I would like to show you. 

Prizes were different for each winner. Those were the sets I expected to receive but , to my surprise, there was even more! My kids and I were so excited when we opened the package!

We also got a personalized card each, written  and signed by Freya herself. My five- year-old son was really surprised that Freya was able to write and he felt proud that she knew his name!

For the contest, I posted photos from some of my old stories but I also added a couple of new ones.

This last picture is quite special to me because the Marshmallow family ,including the triplets, was a precious gift I was given by five of my first graders last year.

How kind of them and their parents! Don´t you think so?

This hobby is a source of joy in my life,not only because Sylvanians are adorable but also because they have given me the opportunity to make good friends and meet lovely people from all over the world.

Many thanks, once again to Sylvanian Families Spain for making me so happy with this amazing prize.

Thank you to all my readers for being there. Sharing this hobby with you makes it even more special to me! 

Take care!

Hugs!