Aloha

Artist: Ginny Schmidt
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Aloha

I guess it’s true—you really can’t kill a frangipani. Five years ago, I cut a branch off a plant in the back yard of the place in Seminole, FL, that my mom and I were moving from. Mother said all you have to do is stick it in the ground, it doesn’t even matter which way is up. Well I stuck it in the ground in the front yard at my new house in St Pete, and there it has sat, all this time. Not growing, but not dying either. To my delight I finally found flowers on it the other day, one full bloom and a buncha buds. Woo hoo.

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Mark German

Very nice, Ginny. I love frangipanis.
Jim Phillips

Very beautiful Ginny. I enjoyed your writeup on the Fangipani.
Ginny Schmidt replied

Thank you, Jim. If you liked that, you will also appreciate knowing that the frangipani plants in my mum’s backyard were from cutting that my cousin Billy had brought her from his house which, coincidentally, is only three blocks up the street from where I live now. Billy died almost ten years ago and my mom in 2004, so these flowers are a connection to two lost loved ones, and I rejoice to see them.
Magee

Hi Ginny. Aren’t they just gorgeous, and the colour of this one is absolutely beautiful.
Todd Rollins

Great color and lighting. Some of my favorite tropical flowers.
peggywright

Beautiful flower, very soft and delicate coloring!
coffeetea

excellent! Ginny
Antanas

great capture
Gerda Grice

Lovely shot, Ginny! The colours are beautifully rendered and the image is so sharp and clear it seems three-dimensional! -Gerda
Ginny Schmidt replied

Thank you, Gerda, very much. I appreciate your observations.
Andrew Hunter

this is beautiful Ginny lovely colours too
Ginny Schmidt replied

Thanks very much, Andrew. The frangipani is in bloom again, and I took a picture of it yesterday with my cell phone. The pretty yellow flowers are now acting as wallpaper on my phone’s screen.
Belinda Fletcher

STUNNING! Frangipanis are gorgeous flowers.
Ginny Schmidt replied

Thank you; I just redid this a couple days ago to increase the black area and add the border. Makes it a bit more dramatic.
Peaches1950

Gorgeous Image ….. Intense!
Rosalie Scanlon

Wonderful capture Ginny.
Virginia N. Fred

Wow Ginny this is beautiful very nice work…gina
Ginny Schmidt replied

Thanks Virginia … I had it up for a while, but added more bg so I could put it in the black with a hint of color group, and that made it pop.
Barbara A. Boal

This is gorgeous!
Virginia N. Fred

Congratulations
Ginny Schmidt replied

My goodness … thank you!
AuntDot

Oh my, this is stunning!
Ginny Schmidt replied

Wow, thank you so much, Aunt Dot. It was pretty to begin with, but adding the extra black area and the hairline of yellow around the border really made it pop. Cheers.
LudaNayvelt

outstanding work!
cdudak

This is so beautiful, the lighting and black bg perfect…...Kay
Ginny Schmidt replied

So glad you like it. Thank you.
Kymie

That is so beautiful…:-)
Ginny Schmidt replied

Thank you so much.