{"id":308,"date":"2010-03-30T13:10:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T11:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/?p=308"},"modified":"2010-03-30T19:14:17","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T17:14:17","slug":"where-ikea-wants-to-build-a-snowman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/where-ikea-wants-to-build-a-snowman\/","title":{"rendered":".. where Ikea wants to build a snowman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there! It&#8217;s me, Ikea!<\/p>\n<p>now, apparently spring is coming! because when i went out the other day the snow was all wet and sticky. and that only meant one thing &#8211; it&#8217;s time to build some snowmen! u may be surprized, how giraffes know how to make a snowman? well, guess what &#8211; they don&#8217;t! but remember, i am from Jonk\u00f6ping, the official capital of snowmen! so, i have observed many kids building big and small, so that&#8217;s how i know.<\/p>\n<p>so i started rolling some big snowball very enthusiastically. because, giraffes, like me, are very enthusiastic actually.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1060.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-302 aligncenter\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" title=\"CIMG1060\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1060-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1060-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1060-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>u can see the long trail that i have rolled this snowball here, so it started out very well for me. and then, the snowball got bigger..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1063.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-303\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"CIMG1063\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1063-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1063-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1063-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>.. and bigger ..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1067.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-304\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"CIMG1067\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1067-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1067-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1067-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>.. and bigger ..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1078.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-306\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"CIMG1078\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1078-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1078-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>.. and even bigger now ..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1072.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-305\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"CIMG1072\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1072-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1072-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1072-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>.. and in fact so very big that i had to use my head too. for thinking &#8211; how to roll this ball. so i figured i use my head for pushing. that&#8217;s how there&#8217;s snow on my head, hehe :) but then, this large dog Trumm came right in front of me rolling my snowball!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1084.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-307 aligncenter\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" title=\"CIMG1084\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1084-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1084-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1084-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>so, i could not go any further. so, i just decided to continue some other time, u know.. NOT! actually then i realized that the first ball had grown too big to finish the snowman on my own &#8211; i could not move it anywhere! because, u know, this time i had no friends travelling with me (in south-Estonia). i can tell you, that with Angel, Undu and others, building a huge snowman would be a piece of acacia leaf. so instead i made some snow angels, hehe :)<\/p>\n<p>what about u, have you built some snowmen lately? perhaps u can post some fotografs? next time i will try to make a snowgiraffe, if i have time! so, c u l8er!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1043.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-316\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"CIMG1043\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1043-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1043-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/CIMG1043-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton308\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ikeathegiraffe.com%2Fblog%2Fwhere-ikea-wants-to-build-a-snowman%2F&amp;via=ikeathegiraffe&amp;text=..%20where%20Ikea%20wants%20to%20build%20a%20snowman&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there! 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