I love couchsurfing. It's a genious concept where you can invite people into your home (with no charge) and have them stay on your couch while they are visited your city. I've used it for many years and it's a great way to invite the world into your home, as well as getting free and awesome accommodation when you are travelling.

This summer I've had lot's of people staying at my house and when two sisters from Ukraine were here something cool happened: Victoria saw that I was working with some giraffe pictures on my computer and said that there was "a guy on the internet trying to collect one million giraffes because his friend said he couldn't". She even made a cookie giraffe a few months earlier and sent it! It was kinda hard to convince her that I was that guy, but when she saw my name on the "what is this?"-page she believed me.

The world certainly is small! :)

Today's giraffe of the day comes from Sweden and it's drawn by Simon Bengtsson. Now that's a proper giraffe hug! I can't believe how huge this giraffe is!!

Today's giraffe of the day comes from Australia and it's drawn by Sarah & Stefan. I would love to wake up one day and have this awesome giraffe on my back! I love that it has wings and a star for a tail...

I've gotten a few giraffes from Norwegian celebrities and I figured I should share them since a lot of the readers here are Norwegian. Here we go:




And finally a bonus giraffe that's not Norwegian, but of an American celebrity, Stephen Colbert (I love his show):

Today's giraffe of the day comes from Germany and it's drawn by Tobias. This giraffe is sooo beautiful! I love that the dots have escaped the giraffe, but they are stilling hanging around him. I really love this one!

Today's giraffe of the day comes from the Netherlands and it's drawn by Danibal. It must be so handy to be able to eat like this while you work!

Some days I feel that this whole giraffe madness is just silly and pointless, and then there are days where I feel really good about what I've done here. Today is one of those days and it's all thanks to Meenakshi from Arizona, USA. This email means the world to me:

"Here in Phoenix, we have an art gallery called Arizona Arts Collective that exhibits art done by people with disabilities (physical and behavioral). It is run by a wonderful lady, Midge White, whose daughter Jennifer has down syndrome and is an excellent artist. Midge has dedicated her life to working for people with disabilities. There are several classes held in the gallery.

I am an engineer, but in my free time I paint and teach kids and adults how to use art as a form of expression. Some of my students have disabilities like autism, down syndrome and some have had brain injuries. Whether they have disabilities or not, they all love love love to paint.

My students can not stop making giraffes since I told them about this project. You have helped bring smiles, happiness and motivation for them. They are always so excited and looking forward to making giraffes. One of the girls in the class wanted to tell you that she uses art to help her get away from the challenges of her daily life. Painting giraffes was very therapeutic for her. I'm sending you some pictures from our class, where you can see our model giraffes on the table."


Thanks a million for sending this to me, Meenakshi! And thank you even more for doing what you are doing. You're a true hero!

Today's giraffe of the day comes from Norway and it's drawn by Andrea Marlen. What a cool pirate giraffe this is!

Today's giraffe of the day comes from Portugal and it's drawn by Magalhães. This is so simple that it's genius! I really, really love that it's a poster that's pinned to the wall.

Rosalyn from the Netherlands made a video of how she drew her giraffe. I think it's pretty cool. She drew it with her hands!!