{"id":65,"date":"2009-12-16T09:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T07:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/?p=65"},"modified":"2010-12-06T20:02:10","modified_gmt":"2010-12-06T18:02:10","slug":"where-ikea-finds-out-where-snow-is-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/where-ikea-finds-out-where-snow-is-made\/","title":{"rendered":"..where Ikea finds out where snow is made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there! It&#8217;s me, Ikea!<\/p>\n<p>whew, last week i had lots of fun making christmas cookies and i will post some fotografs as soon as i have them sorted. but you can check <a href=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/tpzod\">one with moose over here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>but yesterday, i had a great adventure! you know, for a lot of giraffes (originally from Africa), it has been a mystery for a while to figure out where does snow come from. so, finally i had a chance to find out and i have to tell you real fast (christmas cookies can wait :)<\/p>\n<p>so, apparently it is quite simple: snow is made with special machines and wind blows it away to many places so everybody can ski. here&#8217;s pictures of one such place with those machines:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0681.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-832\" title=\"DSC_0681\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0681-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0681-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0681-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>in fact, here you can see there is only one snowmachine right now. but there were some men at work and so they brought another one so i could take a proper fotograf:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0685.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-836\" title=\"DSC_0685\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0685-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0685-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0685-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>:) somehow this snow also makes the sun grow big and then almost like dissappear. in this next fotograf you can guess where the snowmachines are. hint hint: they are not both on one side ;-)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0671.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-835\" title=\"DSC_0671\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0671-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0671-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0671-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>from these pictures you might think they are taken in the middle of the night or something. guess what, they are not (because there is sun outside) :) but on this next one you can see it is actually morning outside:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0710.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-837\" title=\"DSC_0710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0710-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0710-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0710-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>plus, you can see here how the snow then goes up and wind takes it away to other places too, like Kadriorg for example. want to know where it is? it&#8217;s not far from me on the .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0670.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-834\" title=\"DSC_0670\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0670-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0670-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0670-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>so, that&#8217;s it! by the way, did i mention that it was -12*C outside? i have to say, this is pretty cold, my nose was totally frozen after that. i had to make myself some acacia-leaf-tea in fact, so i&#8217;m fine now :) next time i will definitely take my friend Angel with me. you know, he&#8217;s an ice-bear! he should love it!<\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton65\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ikeathegiraffe.com%2Fblog%2Fwhere-ikea-finds-out-where-snow-is-made%2F&amp;via=ikeathegiraffe&amp;text=..where%20Ikea%20finds%20out%20where%20snow%20is%20made&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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