Paulownia tomentosa/Paulownia. Paulowniaceae. Lamiales. Magnoliopsida. Tracheophyta Common name/Princess tree Native to/central and western China Symbolism/Good luck of life *Paulownia is known in Japanese as Kiri,specifically reffering to P. tomentosa; it is also known as the “Princess tree”. Photo 4/30 9:44am 2023
[@id:2931894] Thank you. You know…last year I visited this house and took pics(I posted). I had been waiting for a couple of weeks. Today, they showed off to me. Excited Gorgeous I talked to the house owner, “This tree(wood)is very precious one to make furniture. We call ‘Kiri’. He said, “wow so.. I am lucky to have this one !” Absolutely Yes! I said It’s very rare to see here~ maybe in USA. Lucky day story 😊 long talk 😅 Have a great day.
@ユミ I know…The difference between Lilac and ‘Kiri’ is the size of the tree. As you know, ‘Kiri’ no-ki. A big tree. Gorgeous & looking great. We have a nice ‘tansu’ with this tree. 😊 It’s the season right now. I hope you have a good G/W. with smile
@さっちゃん Thank you. I did know l my posted # 600. 😊 I saw your photos. Nice ones! We will show our photos and can talk together. Enjoyable Have a good G/W. with smile
@ちゃちゃ Thank you for a nice article message! I have not known the number #600. Everyday is coming. Post one day … next day. Walk (tekuteku)~. I hope you have a good G/W. Nice day together! with smile 😊
@はなこ Thank you. Actually I did not know my #600 till now. Posting everyday for 600 huddled days. I am happy for this. Being healthy ~ steady life… I hope you have a good G/W. Stay home~ going out~ nice plans! Have a good day. with smile 😊
@ハイビスカスさくら Thank you for a nice artificial message! I have still on my road to go for it. Main thing is…keep being healthy. 🤞 Sorry I put you 👍did not work…3 times. Probably GS comment situation. I know it happens(2 times) sometimes. …we will see it, they will fix it soon. How is your Golden Week? Enjoyable The best holiday in Japan,I think. Have a great day! with smile 😊
@がっちゃん Thank you. You know … actually I did not know about posted #. I was surprised with the number. Only one post everyday. I have been learning lots of things~ this world is infinity ♾️. That’s why we are in…maybe forever,for me! I skipped your some messages to reply today. I will catch up as soon as possible. I like your comments! 👍 Soon, after this , I will take care of my roses in the garden. They are…(taihen desu)😘 they are waiting for me. It takes for one hour ~. Clean, trim… Nice to talk to you today. Have a good afternoon & evening. See U tomorrow. with smile 😊
@遊悠自宅 Thank you for a message. Yes. I posted 600 days straight. This hobby makes what I am today. I thank to this. Before, I have never stopped to take pictures of the flowers(~2021). I am a sort of active woman. ‘flowers’…I opened the new door in my life. 💕 Shall we have a nice time together on GS. I will see you ! with smile 😊
@ちどり That’s right. Me,too. I drove through all the time(past 5 years). Last year, I had eyes to look for the trees & flowers…I saw this tree/flowers. How gorgeous this tree is! How is your day? Golden week~. Enjoyable Have a nice day! with smile 😊
Thank you for a message. Right~ it’s the gigantic tree. Gorgeous I talked to the house owner,”you have a great tree!”. He said “oh yea? what a name of this tree? “…I talked story about ‘kiri’ we call in Japan. He was very impressed to hear of my stories. 😊 Lovely’Kiri’💕 I have 2 furnitures which are made of this wood. Forever wood. They say. 😅long talk~. Happy Golden Week! with smile
@白シャチ Thank you. English…no problem. Just talk to me in Japanese! It’s the best 👍. We are together on GS. Let’s have a nice time! Have a great time. with smile 😊
@mocc&papa Thank you for nice designed message. Lovely We will have a nice time together on GS. We can show our photos and talk each other. You are on Golden Week~ I hope you have good days. with smile😊
@京てまり Thank you. Me,too! I saw this tree & flowers last year. According to my memo I saw this one last year(4/15.2022). I was waiting for a long time~ finally they show blooming today. Nature I pass by this tree all the time when I drive from my house. Flowers can show for very short days. I was lucky to see them. 🤞 How are you on Golden Week? Enjoyable Have a great day! with smile 😊
@Yumiko(California U.S.A) This is my second comment. I'm not good at English so I could'nt comment. I got some help from Google Translate today.😅🤭 Paulownia is beautiful pale purple flower💜
Yumiko's photos are very clear and beautiful👍
Congratulations on achieving 600 pic submissions. 🎊🎉💐👏👏👏 I look forward to seeing your wonderful pics😉
Since I turned 60 ,I have been swimming for my helth. And Kagoshima has hot springs♨️,so I sometimes go out and relax.
Always look at my photos and like them！Thank you.🙇♀️
@京てまり 😊 It’s a very big tree. Gorgeous, dynamic tree with great lavender flowers. Lovely I can see this tree only one here. I talk to the house owner, he doesn’t know anything about this tree. 🤭 Ok! He is Mr.American, I am a Japanese. I was just very quiet and took for 20 minutes ~ to take pics(about 15~)and left. Long talk…How is your big holidays? I hope you oh have a enjoyable day ! with smile 😊
@りょうま726 Thank you. Actually I did not know that. Everyday is coming! I saw your photos. Nice ones. I am looking forward to seeing your photos from now. Let’s have a good day together. with smile 😊
@まんじゅしゃげ Thank you. Honestly speaking, I did not know the #. I am happy to reach this. Being healthy ~…you know~ I was sometimes sick. How I walk to see the today’s flower?… 🤞 I went to my garden and took pics. What I call spade 🖤day. And I have been on GS. I saw your photos. Nice ones. We are together on GS. with GS
@mocc&papa Thank you. Everyday is coming! 👍 Shall we go for today & tomorrow. Never look back, go for it! with smile 😊 We will have a nice time together!
@めだかの学校長 Thank you. #600…I did not know that~ 😊thank you and GS friends! Everyday is coming. My method is ‘Positive’. Rainy day, windy day, cold&hot days…sometimes stormy day! It doesn’t matter, just walk and see the one flower a day. And I reached to 600 days straight. I see your photos. Nice ones. Including your life photos/students ~ I used to be a teacher(English/High school students)when I was in Japan. …long talk~. We can talk any kind. Flowers, food…education. Have a fresh nice day! with smile 😊
@京てまり Thank you. I wish I could have this tree today(no hope). I have 2 furnitures which are made of this tree(kiri). My mother bought them for me in 1981. I still have them here. One is (you-dansu), the other one is (wa-dansu). These are my fortune(takaramono). whoops long talk~😅 I see your photos. Lovely Let’s have a nice time together on GS! Have a good day. with smile 😊
@＊☆★まみ★☆＊ Thank you for showing a great artistic comment! Impressed Everyday is coming. We keep being healthy and go for tomorrow! Have a great day! with smile 😊
@miku-rei Thank you for a message. I just walk and take pics of flowers…it pasted 600 days. I have not known that. Time passes so fast! Everyday is coming. The flowers give me some impact everyday. I study~. We keep being healthy and we can have a nice time together. Have a great day! with smile😊
@お馬のけーこ Thank you for a message. …Yes, I remember, A girl was born, parents planted this baby tree in the garden. When the daughter leaves home(marriage), they cut this big tree and make furnitures and give her as marriage presents. 💕 Nice story I see this one only in my town. Precious How do you spend your holiday? I hope you enjoy your days. Have a great day! with smile 😊
@がっちゃん (hai! soushimasu)🫡 Keep being healthy is important for us. Ok, my program for the future…I need to live in USA 3/4 year to keep my status and my insurance.etc. I will be in USA the rest of my life. Still Hakodate. I will go for ~because my graveyard is is there. As I talked you before about Guam living plan has gone. 🙅🏻♀️ omitting No rebuilt my houses. No reforms. Just keep as they are. And I will give them to my son in the future. (He will do somehow). 🤞 I reached to this point…finally. I hope I will have no stomachache. “Decision”!!! That’s it. 😅long talk. I hope you will understand my feelings. Sorry I talk my stories. Thank you for reading. See U tomorrow. I try being smile everyday. you, too!😊
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) さん I'm making a chronology with my friends.They were colleague.We become forgetful,but so excited. Photos look old and yellow🙀I enjoy this homework during GW.
Good evening. Congratulations on your 600th photo. The paulownia flowers in the photo are beautiful. I saw it for the first time. Thank you for the rare photo. I hope you have a good time tonight.
@りょうま726 Thank you for a message. I saw your photo. ‘Nihonkai’…I would like to visit your place in the future with my best friend(She loves trips!) Let’s have a nice day together. with smile😊
@めだかの学校長 Thank you for a message. You will enjoy your life now after you finished your work as a principal, right?! Great history, you have. Lovely I watch your photos with your students. We will have a nice time to show our photos each other and…we can talk~ 😊 Have a great day! with smile
@Shin01 Thank you for a message. We will show our photos each other and have a nice time together. I will wait for your photos. Let’s go ! 🤛 Go walk, and see flowers?! Have a great day! with smile 😊
@まさか Thank you. I have not known till GS friends told me.😊 Everyday is coming. Never give up! Several days…I was sick…it was hard to stay at my study(shosai) to study about today’s flower and post it. I did it in my bed. This is the life. Not always always ~ good good~ . I am now learning how to control my body.(with my age) I just opened the Senior’s door🚪. You guess Long talk~. Let’s have a nice time together on GS. We are together. with smile 😊
@めだかの学校長 What a nice message! Lovely We are enjoying with something ~ everyday. Let’s have a good day together! We can talk about flowers, trees… whatever! Have a great day. with smile 😊
@Shin01 I saw your photos(5/5 2023) nice ones. Right, you have a small time to see the flowers during your working. 👍 How nice! Time is Occasion We will have a nice time together on GS. Have a great day! with smile 😊
@がっちゃん Thank you for a message! Yes, exactly, I am thinking ~. I feel much better. Well…right now I am living a so so~ big house. (2 bedrooms. 2 bathrooms. Living room. A study. Kitchen/2-car garage) I am fine now~ well… soon~ I will(probably)move to the nice senior facility. Safety, no worries of my getting aged~ the rest of my life. ☺️(jibun no toshi o kanjimasu) Nice talking to you~. I will be back to you later. G/S finished! 👍 Good day everyday! Let’s go together. with smile 😊
@めだかの学校長 How nice! You still have been doing great activities with them. Respect Yes. Just take it easy~. If you have a time, let’s have a nice time on GS. Have a great day! with smile 😊
@Shin01 Yes, with my pressure! 😊 We are together on GS. We show our photos each other and talk together,too. Let’s have a nice time. Have a great day. with smile
@じゅん Thank you for a message. I am happy for having a nice time with GS friends. I just post only one ☝️ flower a day. Everyday is coming. Let’s have a good time together! with smile😊
@がっちゃん I know. My mother’s houses…one is 2 bedrooms, one living room, chanoma, 2 toilets, bathroom/kitchen Another house/used to be a apartment complex. 4 units/one room, kitchen,toilet,bathroom. I have lots of empty rooms now. However I have no will to stay there right now. 🤞 Time is coming ~ See you tomorrow. Now… I will go for my rose garden. They are always waiting for me. I will clean up, watering…trimming.🤗
@めだかの学校長 How nice! That’s right. ‘kan’=sense (daijoubu desu yo). We will have a nice time together on GS. And talk~ 😊 I will watch your ~photos ~ ! with smile
@じゅん Thank you for a message. Our hobby is taking photos and show to GS friends, And have a nice time together! I am happy to have been taking this opportunity. 🤭 can I tell… Before(~10 years ago), I was hitting one ‘porker game’. It was so hard to be top of the world champ score. I made it finally. It took for 3 years. Still I can see my records and scores. 😊I had a good time but never going back again to play. GS I will go for a long time. Do you know?…no stress, nature and can be with Japanese friends. Long…talk~ I will see your photos. I will be back!
@じゅん Well … I will check …It shows “the 1st of 13,907 players in the world on Nov.21st/2016” 😄 It took for 4 years ~to be a world champ of this game. However you know~ today…I do not know since that time. Of course lots of new people have their great scores. Sorry. I was talking such a game story. My point is, I am happy to go for with GS friends, instead of playing Poker Game~. Precious time Long talk ~. Have a good day! We can see our flowers and talk! with smile 😊
@めだかの学校長 What a nice story! With your family… I envy you. Your family respects you. (Taichou-san)desu ne🐶 I see your photos everyday. Enjoyable Let’s go for tomorrow together. We have a nice day! with smile 😊
@がっちゃん I am happy to hear from you. You now ok!👍 Keep going~. My mother’s apartment is made of wood. As you know it’s the old style, backing in 1970’s. In those days, this one was very popular, especially for the university students. Tokyo university, Tokyo foreign language college, Nippon university…lots. They were playing the guitar and singing. I could hear from my room. Anyway the house is just useless one today. Time has been changed. It’s ok to me. Still I respect my mother’s will. “Happy Mother’s Day”💕 She is 92 years old. She says “ I will be ok to go to the heaven anytime”. I will see her next year. Hopefully …whoops! What a long talk~ I will talk to you soon. See U
@がっちゃん Thank you for a message. Today…I am planning to move to the final facility for me. I will let you know~ after I move in there. It’s the … what we call 5* Senior State. I have already searched. 👍 They(estate office) is smart enough to take care of me~ …you know it depends on $💰😉 (daijyoubu desu) I will start going for from July. My garden with roses… By the way, if you want to see my roses in my garden, please let me know. I made one way. I can let you know. Long talk~… see you later! 😊
@がっちゃん Thank you for a message and watched my photos of roses in my garden. For only particular GS friends. I will show my life photos on this one! a little by little~ I will see you you and talk to you~ enjoying Let’s go for today! I hope you will be able to work next week. Just take care, yeah ~!😊
@がっちゃん Thank you. My roses in the garden have 3 spots. I showed one of them. They are different kinds of roses. Well~ look at the specialists who talk about the name of the roses~ 100 ~ Impressed My roses are simply call(by myself), (Koushin bara)and (Mini bara). I am fine with this! You take care of today~ see you will go for a new week. 🤞 Take care! You say your salary has been less,so what! Taking care of yourself is ☝️ Money is coming after that. No worries I will talk to you tomorrow. with smile 😊
@がっちゃん Nice ! Positive If we think something positively, we will win💪. A sort of spiritual thing~ I guess. I usually think positively. my personality 😊 Let’s go together!
Common name/Princess tree
Native to/central and western China
Symbolism/Good luck of life
*Paulownia is known in Japanese as Kiri,specifically reffering to P. tomentosa; it is also known as the “Princess tree”.
Photo 4/30 9:44am 2023