Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Xanthic #AtoZChallenge

It's time for what I think is the hardest day in the A to Z Challenge - "X" day.  But just think - only two more letters to go! 

This year, I'm choosing the word "Xanthic", meaning "having to do with yellow, or colored yellow, especially a flower".

So yellow it is.

This color, in our community, has a tragic story surrounding it.  A 16 old girl, Harper Stantz, and her best friend were walking home from a local park on March 13, 2019 when they were struck by a drugged driver.  The friend survived with serious injuries. Harper did not survive.


Yellow was Harper's favorite color.  There is now a bench at the park in Harper's memory, and yellow is incorporated into events held in her honor. 

Nature is full of yellow, or, should I say, xanthic.


A yellow sunset. 


Yellow trees in fall.

Here's a sign on property owned by Cornell University in Ithaca.  Call the bottom one a sign of the times.


 A warning sign of an invasive water plant called hydrilla.  You can find these in various places along Cayuga Lake.

Because yellow flowers are so common in the spring, here are some blooming at my house right now.

Yellow species tulip.

Yellow fringed tulip.

Yellow daffodils.  So xanthic?

Finally, barrenwort.

Joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for #WordlessWednesday.

"X" day for the Blogging from A to Z challenge.  My theme:  New York State.

19 comments:

  1. ...it's hard to beat yellow!

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  2. Alana,

    Great choice of words for 'X'. What a sad story about Harper! It's not safe to walk on along city sidewalks anymore. I've done it but don't like it walked on the streets in our neighborhood and am constantly on the watch for what cars are doing. It's easy to take a step the wrong way or fall into traffic. People don't fully understand how these sorts of accidents can happen and then you have someone like the car driver on drugs. People doing drugs or drinking have no idea how impaired their judgements becomes under the influence. What a horrible experience for everyone. Harper's family/friends and the driver and his family/friends. No one wins. But, on a cheerier note, yellow is just that a super cheery and happy color.

    X-ray Looney Tunes A-Z Art Sketch

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  3. Great job for the letter X, but what a sad story. Yellow flowers are my favorite flowers.

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  4. A sad story, beautiful photos.... isn't that the story of life?
    Carol C

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  5. So sad about Harper, but I like all the yellow

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  6. Lovely nature photos related to color yellow ~

    Living moment by moment,

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative harbor)

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  7. When I saw the bright yellow of that bench, I immediately could image Harper's bright and beautiful. What a tragedy for your community. I've never seen a tulip like the "yellow species" one - it is lovely!

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  8. Such a sad story about Harper. Yellow is a very pretty color and when I see yellow I always think it's a happy color.

    Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ♥

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  9. Yellow (oops, I mean xanthic) flowers are just the cheeriest!

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  10. Your yellows are all gorgeous. The bench is such a nice memorial. I looked up the incident, wanting to see what happened to the driver. I see he pleaded guilty, which only gave him 5-15 years. Hopefully he meant what he said, that he wanted to take responsibility and get clean. A wake up call maybe.

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  11. Heartbreaking to hear about Harper and her friend. When I began to read I thought the story was about people either gone missing or taken hostage.

    Thank you for a cheerful rest of the post. Yellow spring flowers are so friendly and uplifting.

    I didn't know the word xanthic. The things you will learn during A - Z!!

    https://thethreegerbers.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-z-2021-you-have-to-kiss-many-xenopus.html

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  12. Wonderful use of a letter and a color. Never heard of xanthic before. So sad about poor little Harper.

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  13. I do not know the word you used. For a handmade challenge for letter 'x', I used the image of a cross stitch! 😊
    Thank you for sharing these beautiful images and ideas.
    Happy WW!

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  14. Yellow is just one of my favorite colors and is perfect for Spring!

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  15. yellow is the best! sad story about that young girl.

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  16. Beautiful photos for yellow, but so sad about Harper.

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  17. I have considered xanthic as an X word in various years. Haven't used it, though. Sad story about Harper.

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  18. So sad about Harper. Love the fabulous yellow flowers

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