i was just doing some stuff and then suddenly the new year just sprung out from behind the corner! I know I have not had too much time to update my blog about my travels and everything.. but, I will try to be better this new year! This is my new year’s promise, hehe!

So, other than that – thank you for coming and have fun new 2014!

Superbusy at the moment, as u would think, hehe! So, just a couple of fotografs, quickly! Can you guess what is going on?

yes, it is Tartu Marathon time again, jei! We, Giraffes are not very much into biking, but.. there are exceptions! maybe more fotografs coming soon, hehe! Until then, have fun and cu l8r!

But this is not all, i’m afraid. Often, there is also quite a bit of wind which blows you into the water. Lots of it, as u can see. So yes, i got a little bit wet, i’m afraid. And sick too, if u ask me. I was covered with orange spots for the whole week!!

The good news is that it was all a few weeks ago and now much of the water – actually the largest river in Tartu, Emajõgi – has now stepped down a little, so you can sit on the benches. And, the good news is also that it did not take any houses with it, luckily. (except this one very large tree-trunk where a large family of rats lived – they were relocated to the suburbs outside the city, thanks to the flooding, apparently)

Also, my friend Lotte tells me that it is perfectly normal for rivers to flood in the spring. I am still little not sure about that, because it seems more like a mystery, don’t you think? But here’s my plan – I will check it out next spring and let you know! So, until then I have a question – have u seen any floods lately? Have fun and cu l8r!

guess what! just two weeks ago it was snow all over the place – as u can see! Usually, even in Estland, by this time it is all gone. So, quite fun in fact!

However, it was a really-really secret event there, in Vihula Manor, so I can’t tell u much about it, i’m afraid. And I can tell u it was NOT related to the fact that Tik is a Moon-Rabbit. Or to the fact it was all covered in snow so we could not take more fotografs. Or maybe it is.. hehe, u can never be quite sure about things if a giraffe and a Moon-Rabbit get involved, can u?

Have u been to Vihula? Or to the Moon? let me know in comments! have fun and cu l8r!

guess what! i’m back, hehe! u are probably asking where i have been? i can tell u – i was stuck in snow!! yes, in South-Estonia. This year we have really had very nice snow here, in March and even April!!! This fotograf is made a couple of weeks ago and it is not April Fools – if u ask me! It is real snow, u know!

I guess u already know the good news! I had birthday last week! And thank u for the birthday wishes! I did not have time to post it sooner, but here it is: I got a present too – truffles!

I have to say, i have never had truffles before. In fact, who would have thought that in the world of ice-cream and acacia leaves there are also truffles? But there are, and i got this little nice package! it’s nice, don’t u think?
Well, i have to tell u a secret – this present was not only for me, but also for my friend, Sipsik. She had birthday too, u know! There were 5 different ones:

My friend Sipsik liked the one with chilli the best. And the one with rum. As for me, i liked the white one the most – it’s with the coconut. I like coconuts a lot. They are easily in top 20 of nuts that i like, so that’s a good thing. And it also sounds fun: a coconut! Sound is an important thing about coconuts, or nuts in general, it seems to me.. Like for example my friend Lotte told me that u can do horses walking with big coconuts. Hmm. Maybe u can do giraffes walking with coconuts too? Have to find out some day.. Maybe today?

So, how about you? Have u had any birthdays lately? or truffles? Apparently they make these truffles in a place called Pierre, in Estland. Have u tried? let me know which u like best! Have fun and cu l8r!

ooh, did anyone mention that i have been busy lately? well, guess what! the good news is that besides being busy, i have also been travelling, jei! This time Egypt! Although, i must say it was mostly just hanging around in a Hotel, but that’s ok too. For a giraffe! and i took some fotografs!!
So, lets start from the beginning. Good news number 1: the pool.

we, giraffes are very much into pools. we don’t like swimming a lot, as you might know, but still, pools are gr8, if u ask me! Especially the ones which have a giant Frog sitting inside. High five, frog!
Second good news about the hotel was this – guess what – they had statue of a giraffe in the driveway!!

This is like best news ever from a hotel in Egypt! And they even don’t have many giraffes in Egypt. Only zoos maybe..? But they have camels, i can tell u that much, hehe!
Good news #3: really loooooooong bridges, like a looooooooong giraffe’s neck. But u cannot walk on a neck, i’m afraid. Or sit on it, for that matter.

Good news number FOUR: The Sunshine! So here’s me, sunbathing, jei:

Always gr8 to travel to a place with lots of sun. Especially in the wintertime – not as much sun here in Estland in the winter, i’m afraid. Also a bit colder, it seems! Like minus 22 last night, hehe!

Also, quite fun: hotel at night! See if u can spot the giraffe (it’s me) in this fotograf:

ok, it was not that difficult. Still quite nice, don’t u think?

So lots of sunshine and other fun things in Egypt! I took lots of more fotografs but my friend Sipsik asked not to put all of them in my blog. It may be because they are mostly about me and this giraffe statue, hehe :)

Unfortunately had no chance to go geocaching this time, but maybe next time? But I have to say also that only 7 caches in this area, Sharm el sheikh! Have u been there? Let me know in comments! Until then, have fun and cu l8r!

Oh and also, meet my new friend, Mr. Duck – sunbathing, hehe!

guess what?! i have been travelling! well, not too much, but a little. and now i am quite tired in fact. but guess who i met!? this fun animal, hehe! Elefant, don’t u think? or maybe a rabbit? or .. well, let me know your thoughts on this! until then, let me go and sort my fotografs from the trip – coming soon! have fun and cu l8r!

Guess what! our new red table arrived from – yes! – IKEA! and we got to build it. Well, my friend Lotte says we did not exactly build it, because, it was almost done. So u can say we put it together. or assembled it. Either way, now we have it! Do u want to know more about it? Here comes!

so, here’s me and my friend Tik inspecting the package. The gr8 news is that in addition to the red table, there are also chairs! 2 of them, in fact.

so that is exactly what was in the topmost package. here’s me and my friends Lotte and Tik contemplating. Because, u know, at first it seems like there are too many parts! Luckily for us, my friend Lotte is quite good at these assemblies. We had the first chair together in almost no time at all!

Here’s Lotte, Tik and me with the chair. So, now we left the other chair for my friend Sipsik and moved on to the table ourselves. Here on the next fotograf, u already see two chairs completed and most of the table as well:

The gr8 thing about these IKEA tables (besides that they look nice) is that they are so easy to assemble. In fact, it took even less time for my friend Sipsik to put this other chair together. It is actually a little bit mystery to me that chairs can be so easy to assemble..
Well, the good news is that the red table and the chairs are all together now, as u can see below. So it was time to rest a little bit. But let me also tell u a secret – this table and chairs are not for us – they are for my friends Pipi and Lotta! But i have agreed with my friend Sipsik that we can use them as well. I know the Teddies want to use these chairs to climb up to the cookie jar, but i’m not so sure this was part of the agreement..? So, i have to find out. Until then, let me know if u have assembled any tables or chairs recently? Have fun and cu l8r!

guess what? i have been busy! giraffes are very active especially at the start of the new year and i have not had time to make any fotografs. so, instead, let me tell u one gr8 news – it’s a new blog! it’s not mine, it’s my friends’ – Sipsik’s. And it is about cooking. Cooking is almost like cookies, but with lots of more stuff. I don’t like cooking as much, but i like baking cookies, as probably know. Cooking involves baking too, so it’s actually gr8 fun.

So, u can check out the blog here: sipsikkokkab.blogspot.com but i have to tell u it is in Estonian. But that’s ok. If u don’t know Estonian, u can look at pictures – they are gr8 too! or u can use a translator, like me, hehe! My friend Lotte is also gr8 at translation, maybe she can help. In fact i will go and ask what kind of languages she can translate (it’s a lot!). Until then, let me know if u have started any blogs recently? Have fun and cu l8r!