The Travel Giraffe

[fermi de Sousa]

Stellan,
how wonderful to have you and Gerry sending us pictures again!
And very nice of Gerry to find those seeds for Peter to sow!
cheers
fermi

[stellan]

Gerry have moving south and are now in Dzhezkazgan and resting after about two weeks on a bike. Here are some photos from the last days.

[stellan]

Here are some more photos...

[stellan]

And more photos...

[Susan Band]

wow, I don't know what is more amazing the field with the Pulsatilla or the field with the multicoloured Tulips. You certainly hit peak flowering for both.
Susan

[ranunculus]

Sorry, but the Booker is going to be ever so slightly controversial again.   Am I the only forumist who would prefer to see one or two of these truly magnificent images without our little orange friend and tourist guide?
The majority of us will never get to these remote and beautiful places and, while it is humorous and an excellent indicator of scale to see our favourite traveller in certain situations, he can prove a distraction when close-ups of glorious and unusual plants are being observed?
My apologies Stellan, your wonderful contributions are welcomed and heartily enjoyed, but I'm just an old grouch really.

[stellan]

Sorry, but the Booker is going to be ever so slightly controversial again.   Am I the only forumist who would prefer to see one or two of these truly magnificent images without our little orange friend and tourist guide?
The majority of us will never get to these remote and beautiful places and, while it is humorous and an excellent indicator of scale to see our favourite traveller in certain situations, he can prove a distraction when close-ups of glorious and unusual plants are being observed?
My apologies Stellan, your wonderful contributions are welcomed and heartily enjoyed, but I'm just an old grouch really.

I can show the pictures without Gerry if you want it but not today... It's late in Kazakhstan but I'll send you a link tomorrow with new pictures. If you want to see most of the old pictures you can find them here. You have to click at "Blombilder" to get to the pictures of plants. I'll upload more pictures tomorrow. You can find lots of pictures from Egypt to Kazakhstan at this side.

/Stellan

[Maggi Young]

Stellan, good to see you and Gerry are still travelling well. Thank you for the reminder link to your website and photos. http://www.sandstorm.se/silkroad/blandat_silkroad/bilder_silkroad.htm 
 I must say that we like to see Gerry... the scale he provides in the photos is invaluable...... for instance, how would we know  the size of the rheum without him?  We find him an essential ingredient to help us "read " the photos and would prefer he sticks with you; he's a lot more fun than a ruler to show scale and easier to recall, also!
 Yours,  Maggi and Ian

[Joakim B]

Great work and I like Gery and have selected vision so I only see him when I wants so t me he is a nice friend.
I love the tulip field with the mixed colours looks like a low density Dutch field and not at all a "real field". Amazing.
Love the irises as well, only missing orchids to have me in 7 heaven.
All the best
Joakim

[ChrisB]

Stellan,  I like Gerry, please keep him in your pictures.  What an amazing, remote place it looks.  And that road, wow, it must be hard cycling along those ruts.  Do take care!

[Lvandelft]

Fantastic pictures Stellan. Would love to have such a bulb field next door, like you photographed there, instead of the ones I am living within.
The roads are much better here, though.
Thank you so much for showing!

[Lesley Cox]

Yes Cliff, you ARE an old grouch. We love to see Gerry who is such a connoisseur of fine plants. (but OK, point taken )

The irises are especially thrilling for me and the marvellous Rheum and the dinky little tulip, the first one. That is quite some road Stellan, looks as if there have been a few large-tyred vehicles along it recently.

I would also like to catch up again with the other giraffes who were pictured in Peter Korn's garden some time ago. I think it may have been before Gerry took to travelling. Can you help Maggi?

[stellan]

Yes Cliff, you ARE an old grouch. We love to see Gerry who is such a connoisseur of fine plants. (but OK, point taken )

The irises are especially thrilling for me and the marvellous Rheum and the dinky little tulip, the first one. That is quite some road Stellan, looks as if there have been a few large-tyred vehicles along it recently.

I would also like to catch up again with the other giraffes who were pictured in Peter Korn's garden some time ago. I think it may have been before Gerry took to travelling. Can you help Maggi?

Ethiopian giraffes visit Peter Korn's garden  http://www.utsidan.se/albums/view.htm?ID=3004

[fermi de Sousa]

Stellan,
good to see you and Gerry are still enjoying the travel and the flowers. Perhaps you can get Gerry to take a pic of YOU with the next batch of flowers
cheers
fermi

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Super images again Stellan !

Love the Iris !!! Glorious !

Have fun on these excellent roads...