Category: ikea in action

.. where Ikea sees rain and meets puppies

Hello there! It’s me, Ikea!

as u may have noticed, i was travelling to south-Estonia lately. and one thing about south-Estonia is that you may get rained on. well, most of the time u get snow actually, but this time i got some rain! lots of fun! so i decided to see who’s out and what’s up in general.
so, first of all, i tried to catch some rain in my fotografs. it was not so easy, but anyway i got a fotograf of the rain – over here:

as u can observe, it was a very decent rain in fact. so, i did not want to go splashing about in the mud, like my friend undu likes to do. also, i don’t currently have the special clothes my friend otter has, so i figured i find a little shelter. that’s when i met the puppies!

there were about 5 of them puppies and they gladly asked me to join their new home for the time of rain. so i did. unfortunately i don’t have a group fotograf, because it was all wet outside – and the cameras are not quite as waterproof as giraffes, i’m afraid. or better still, wolves. u know, like my friend undu – besides rain, he also seems to be mud-proof! well, i have to take a few fotografs of him and post them some other time. because this time he had gone somewhere and was not seen all the time it was raining and i was visiting the puppies.

so, here’s a few fotografs of their place, here’s the living room..

.. and well… that’s pretty much it! well, they do have another room for dining, but that was a little occupied at the time, hehe! so here’s another one of the living room for you then:

somehow he wanted to eat my horns.. so, we talk a little about the weather and just wanted to start playing hide-and-seek when the rain stopped. in fact it did not stop totally, but more or less, so i could sneak back into the house without much trouble. i guess it is also good fun not to have special rain clothes sometimes, because u might just as well end up with some fun puppies! so, it was great fun. what about u, have u had some good fun with rain recently? let me know in comments! have fun and cu l8r!

.. where Ikea is watching Rõuge Rattamaraton

Hello there! It’s me, Ikea!

Ooh, last week has been quite busy for me, a giraffe. I was travelling in many places, looking for Olaf, but no luck yet. If you do, please let me know, OK?
Other than that, the weekend was most fun. Especially on Saturday i was watching mountainbikers all day. u know, the track was right next to this place i was. so, naturally i went to check it out. AND i took some fotografs too!

well, first of all, i had to go and check out the signs. u know, if i was in the right place. so, here’s me going..

however, i must admit that i got carried away by the fresh scent of hay. and, got lost somehow, quite mysteriously.

u see, even if you are a giraffe, like me, there is some hay that is still taller than you. so, it actually took quite some time before i got back on that road again, but i did! and then i checked out this sign.

in fact, this sign says really two things. 1. the bikers come this way (hence the sign) and 2. there is 1 kilometer to the place where you can have food and drinks. i did not go that far myself, so i don’t know what they had this time, i’m afraid. i wonder if they had any acacia leaves, or at least ice-cream?

so, after that, i tried to figure out a good place to sit in order to have a good view. after trying this pole..

..and then the other one..

.. i realized that climbing is not for me. so i stayed on the ground. :) as it turned out, it actually was a GREAT spot. because i could see bikers both coming..

.. and going! ooh, and there were quite many, i have to say. i think i have not even seen as many giraffes in a herd as there were bikers! once they started coming, they just came and came and came. it seems to me biking is a lot of fun, that’s why so many bikers. perhaps i can also get a bike one day? i saw mr fox had one really cute one.. hmm.. have to think about that.
as u might think there were lots more fotografs taken. if you want to find your friends, check out these photos over here and tell me if you know anyone. or perhaps did you go biking yourself? let me know in comments! have fun and cu l8er!

Help me find Olaf the Giraffe!!!

Hello there! It’s me, Ikea!

first of all, i have to tell u a big secret – i am not the only giraffe! well, of course there are lots of giraffes, like in africa or in zoos, but that’s not what i mean. there are, in fact many giraffes, like me – exactly. apparently the don’t exactly travel or blog or take fotografs, but what i mean is that they look like me. more or less. u could say we look alike. a little smaller than regular giraffes too, i’m afraid. we have, in fact the same name too, “the Giraffe”. i guess you could say it is a surname perhaps.

so, now that you know that, let me tell you another thing. the Giraffes (the one’s like me) family is originally from Netherlands. they lived in fact with an artist called Leendert Jan Vis. he is pretty good at drawing, so many cute animals hang around in his place. for example the Bono bears and sheep Jaap. so naturally, there were some giraffes too.

however, here’s another mystery – not all Giraffes have the same name everywhere they go. for example only few of them are called Ikea. i’d have to say, only the Giraffes in Scandinavia are called Ikea in fact. in most other European countries, they are called – guess what? – Olaf! especially in Netherlands, Germany and UK. so, when i go to Germany, i can check into a hotel and say my name is Olaf the Giraffe and everything works out just fine.

hooh, this is probably the longest introduction i have written so far? well, i guess i have to write more this time because i only have one picture for u, hehe..

so, here’s the thing. me and my friend Sipsik (who is a great big fan of giraffes and Giraffes) have been thinking that we could in fact house more giraffes in Kadriorg. although we already have many friends living with me, there is always room for more giraffes, don’t you think? but here’s a little problem – i have no contacts to other Giraffes, like me, the Olafs. but also, when i have been travelling, i have not met the Olafs recently at all! so i tried searching on the Internet and found a few places they have been on sale, but not recently. so, a big problem, really.

that said, with all of you reading this blog, i hope we can find some Olafs, or maybe even Ikeas? so, let me post a little poster that i have made here:

and then, the last place that i know Olaf has been spotted was on . if you see Olaf – please contact me immediately. or even better, get hold of them right away. i’m sure my friend Sipsik will compensate for you (i think) if it takes some money to bail ’em out. i think we can easily fit 3, maybe even 5-6 Olaf the Giraffe’s here.

what else could i say. hmm.. Olaf is not from plastic, u know. he is soft and cute, like me. he can be smaller than me, but he has big eyes and orange spots. he has been seen in bookstores and gift shops in many countries like Sweden or Germany to France and UK. he has been featuring on a bunch of really nice postcards, so he should be fairly well-known. so, if u read this PLEASE share and HELP us to FIND OLAF the Giraffe! please leave a comment or u can also write me directly – ikea[at]ikeathegiraffe.com if u find him or have any clues.

other than that, have fun and cu l8r!