The third week of every May is the annual Bike To Work Week, with Wednesday being the official Bike To Work Day. Here in Sillicon Valley, local ride advocacy groups and large companies sponsor energizer stations handing out free water bottles, t-shirts, energy bars, etc. at major intersections where bike commuters usually have to stop and wait at a light. It's really cool cuz those running the stations are so enthusiastic and thrilled to see a cyclist pull up to their stop. They treat you like royalty and thank you for riding to work. Where I work, I do see a small handful of people who do make the effort to ride in, then you see them in cars the rest of the year. Oh well. At least they made that one effort.

As for flowers on a bike, my buddies and I were out mountain biking one day and we stopped to take a break. We had our bikes just scattered on the ground when a squirrel scampered up and left a nut of some sort on my saddle. I keep it in my Camelbak as my mojo.