Rail Fence Cipher or Zig Zag Cipher

This week’s cipher is a Rail Fence Cipher. It was used during the Civil War and is based on zigzag of a rail fence. You write this cipher in zigzag pattern. 

Draw a zig zag:  

Then write your message (bloom) from peak to dip:  B   O   M 

                                                                                       L   O

To decode: Write the first letter on the top row, then the first letter on the bottom row, second letter on top row, second letter on bottom row, etc.  The result is  B L O O M.

B  O  M  H  R  Y  U  R  P  A  T  D

   L  O  W  E  E  O  A  E  L  N  E

This week’s proverb is:

Bloom where you are planted.