Saturday, April 30, 2011

Z is for...

Z day…the last day of the A to Z Challenge. I can't believe it's finally here!


Some Z words for your amusement:

zastrugi - A long wavelike ridge of snow, formed by the wind and found on the polar plains

It sounds like a hot dish with lots of noodles and veggies to me.

zeatin - A cytokinin originally isolated from young corn kernels and found later in various other plants

Uhm…I hope it's more benign than it sounds.

zeekoe - A hippopotamus

An alternate name for those who can't spell hippopotamus? Wouldn't hippo be easier?

It's been a wonderful month, thanks to all of you. I've made many new friends and hope to keep seeing you around!

Laura

16 comments:

  1. Congratulations Laura for seeing this through. I for one am looking forward to writing #fridayflash again, not to mention so many other projects.

    Denise<3


    A - Z, Y and Z

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  2. I want a zeekoe for Christmas. Hey, that could be a song....

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  3. I think I'm going to make a batch of zastrugi for dinner tonight ;-)

    The challenge has been such fun! You have done a really great job with it, brought a smile to my face every time I stopped by.

    Hope to still see you around too :-)

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  4. Laura, it's been so nice connecting with you on this challenge. Looking forward to more connection now.
    Karen

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  5. Congrats on completing the challenge! Sending a troupe of dancing zeekoes over to celebrate with you now.

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  6. YAY!!! You Made It! For this I am going to share with you a piece of 2mara Trivia (TMI)

    When I was three, a zeekoe pooped on me at the Houston zoo. He did a silly little dance, and with a tail flap, splattered the front of my Mickey Mouse t-shirt.

    I have been traumatized since.
    ~Jjakashjd*d

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  7. Laura, we did it! Congratulations! I have an award for you!!

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  8. Laura, I loved your weird words and your humor. You are a delightful person. I'm happy we met and hope we continue to stay connected.
    Manzanita@Wannabuyaduck

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  9. Woot, congrats on surviving the challenge! it's not an easy one...

    Very nice words, but I think I'll stick with hippo, as you said. :D

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  10. Nice to meet you on the last day of the challenge! Congrats on making it thru!

    Cheers! :)

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  11. Hee Hee Hee, Now I can call someone a zeekoe and they will have no idea what I said. By the time they look it up I will be looong gone.

    Zeatin does sound kinda scary.

    Loved your words this month. It has been so much fun.

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  12. I grew up in Michigan so I've seen zastrugis or something siliar to them. They are really cool. I knew a girl that was so thin and the snow froze on the top that a gust of wind blew her and she rolled acros the top and couldn't stop. Funniest and darndest thing I ever saw.

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  13. zastrugi - Bless you! :D

    Well done on getting through the challenge, Laura. Never thought you wouldn't - and what wonderful words you found for us as you went along.

    Congratulations.

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  14. Thank you all for your awesome comments! Congrats to all the fellow survivors of this challenge! It's been a joy to meet so many new people and your wonderful blogs.
    Cheers to all of us!

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  15. Hehe. Hippo is easier!

    Congratulations on making it to the end of the challenge; I shall miss your word definitions.

    Ellie Garratt

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