Happy autumn!

Last spring, I did a blog giveaway of virtual flowers. Dozens of bloggers took me up on the offer and posted flowers on their blogs. It was fun to see the meme spread around the world. With the coming of the autumn equinox within the week, I've updated the meme to an autumn theme. Copy the code snippets below and post to your blog to get in on the "Autumn is ..." meme. Let's see how far we can spread this! By the way, for those of you south of the equator, the Spring flower meme is still available!

Copy and paste this code into your blog post (do not alter or edit):

<a href="http://pointsoflight.blogspot.com/2007/09/happy-autumn.html" title="Fall Meme"><img src="http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t213/jlj1958/blogpost-1.jpg" alt="Fall Blog Post Photo" /></a>

Want something smaller for your sidebar? Copy and paste this HTML code into your blog template (Do not alter or edit the code):

<a href="http://pointsoflight.blogspot.com/2007/09/happy-autumn.html" title="Fall Meme"><img src="http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t213/jlj1958/blogsidebar.jpg" alt="Fall Sidebar Photo" /></a>

Instruct your blog readers to click your “Autumn is …” picture to get their own HTML code and keep the virtual greeting going. Let’s see how far we can spread this "spirit of autumn" meme!

Fall photograph © 2007 James Jordan. HTML code may be freely copied and distributed.

A flower for you!

I’m giving away virtual flowers this week in honor of the vernal equinox on Wednesday. You can have a “Think Spring” flower to post on your blog this week … just copy the HTML code below and paste it into a blog post to display the large size picture above (Do not alter or edit the code):

<a href="http://pointsoflight.blogspot.com/2007/03/have-flower.html" title="Spring Meme"><img src="http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t213/jlj1958/blogpost.jpg" alt="Mum Blog Post Photo" /></a>

Want something smaller for your sidebar? Copy and paste this HTML code into your blog template (Do not alter or edit the code):

<a href="http://pointsoflight.blogspot.com/2007/03/have-flower.html" title="Spring Meme"><img src="http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t213/jlj1958/sidebar.jpg" alt="Mum Sidebar Photo" /></a>

Instruct your blog readers to click your “Think Spring” picture to get their own HTML code and keep the virtual flower-giving going. Let’s see how far we can spread this "spirit of spring" meme!

By the way, I’ve got wallpapers to give, too:

Download a 1024x768 wallpaper
Download an 800x600 wallpaper

Happy vernal equinox!

Mum photograph © 2007 James Jordan. HTML code and wallpaper downloads may be freely copied and distributed.

Blooming and booming

These are bunchberries, a relative of the dogwood. I photographed them at Grand Portage State Park located on Minnesota’s Lake Superior shore. According to some sites I Googled, they get their name from the cluster of berries each flower produces. The only problem is the flowers don't always produce the aforementioned berries. It seems the pollen sacs in each blossom explode when touched, which tends to discourage bees from returning to finish the pollination task. Fortunately for the plant, it also reproduces by sending out runners.

I had no problem distributing free flowers this week. And the results were pretty explosive in their own way. Thanks to all of you who took me up on the offer and posted a bloom on your blog. The flowers have turned up all over the U.S. and have traveled as far as the UK, Mexico and Singapore.

Thanks a bunch.

Click on picture to enlarge. Photograph © 2007 James Jordan.