Pelagonium x domesticum/Pelagonium. Geraniaceae. Geraniales. Magnoliopsida. Tracheophyta Commonly called/Regal Geranium. Martha Washington geraniums Native to/South Africa. Australia. Symbolism/Friendship. Domestication *Genus of about 230 species *They typically grow to 3’in tall woody stems. *Genus name comes from the Greek word ‘pelargos’ meaning “a stork”. Photographed 1/19 9:52am 2025 Posted 1/20(Monday) 11:46am 2925
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@フーマ Thank you for a message. It’s…difficult to see a cute lady because of winter. Still~ I walk to see a cute one. And Post. Let’s have a good day together! with smile 😊
Yumiko(California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Good mornevening !🌅🌃 The petals of this Geranium flower are reddish-purple and the white edges are beautiful.💜🌿😄👌 I like "Regal Geranium" so much that I also often post the photos of the flower on GS. This flower is also called Martha Washington geranium. I heard the name "Martha" and I remembered the movie "The Room Next Door" ! 🎥🚪👩🦳 The original work is "What Are You Going Through".🤔 The story is about Martha who wish to have euthanasia and her best friend Ingrid.👩🦳👩 I want to go watch this movie. If Yumiko SAN have an elderly mother, Y should definitely watch this movie.🤗🌞✌️ See Y again in a dream.😴🌃🎠✨
@太陽の塔 Thank you for your message. ☺️I don’t watch movies at this time. …1995~ My favorite movie actress was “ Sharon Stone”. She is the same as my age. We will have a nice day! with smile 😊
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for your message ! 😊👌 Sharon Stone is a smart person, with an IQ of 154.🧐 Although she is 66 years old, she is still beautiful.👩🥰 Yumiko SAN were cute when you were yonger than today, and you're still beautiful now. I looked at a photo of you when you were young, I was suprised at how long your legs were !👖👧😄✌️ I thought your style was very simple. It's not compliment. Have a nice day with flowers ! 🌺🌼🌸 See you again in a dream.😴💤🌃🎠✨
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) Thank you for your message My favorite thing to do is look at flowers and grow flowers. I also listen to music. I'm going to a concert today. I used to have pets, cats and dogs.🐰💗
@ﾃﾞｭﾗﾝｻ Thank you for a message. Me,too. Flowers & flowers I listen to the music all day except my sleeping time…when I swim, have a shower… all the time. Music 🎶 brings me something! 👍 We go for ~ on GS. with smile 😊
@ﾃﾞｭﾗﾝｻ Thank you for a message. You know my daily ~. Yes. I swim for one hour(~6:50~7:50am~), and walk for 30~45 minutes after swimming. I would like to see a cute lady. 👍 Let’s have a nice day together! with smile 😊
So you walk and then you swim. Because women like cute people I don't think it's just the appearance. I think people like kind and caring people. It's also good for maintaining health🐰💗
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for your happy message ! 😄👌 Today is the last day of January. 😊 I look forward to your continued support in February.🙇🤗 In Japan this year’s "Start of Spring(立春)" is February 3rd. It's one day early for the first time in 124 years.🌸🌞 Let's have a good day together with flowers !✌️
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for your prompt reply !😄👌 May I ask you just one question ? 🙇 Regarding the comment I posted to you on January 28th, I have received neither "いいね(like)" nor any messages.😢 Did you have any problems about it ? 🤔 Please tell me your answer. 😊🌞✌️
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for your quick response ! 😊👌 Sorry for my bad explanation. 😢 The issue is not a reply to the photo of flowers I posted on GS. 😌 I have commented on your photo of German iris that you posted on January 28th, but no response about my comment "寒咲きアヤメ".💙🌿 🤔 Sorry for the inconvenience, please check it out.🙇🌞✌️
@太陽の塔 Thank you for the info about your photos. Yes. I will try to watch yours 👍 You are …probably one of the number ing poster on GS. Respect We are together on GS. Have a great day! with smile 😊
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ I'm sorry to bother you again.🙇 I just want you to check my comment on the photo of German iris that you posted on January 28th.😊 If you don't mind the 1/28's my comment, please press "いいね♥️(Like♥️)" on the 1/28's my comment.🤔 Best regards !🌞✌️
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for your message.😊 Certainly.👌 I think you missed my 1/28 comment. So I have re-posted the comment to be sure.🤔 No reply required.🌞✌️
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for your promt reply !😄👌 In Japan🇯🇵, today is "Smile Day(egao-no-hi)", because 2/5 is ni(2) ko(5). That is to say 「niko niko する日」.🤭🌞✌️ Have a nice day with flowers !📣📣📣☃️
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for your happy message ! 😄👌 In Japan, today is "Bath Day (furo-no-hi)", because 2/6 is fu(2) & ro(6).♨️🧖🧖♀️🤭 Yumiko SAN like Yunokawa Onsen in Hakodate, don't you? ♨️🌨️ The hot spring is one of the three major hot springs in Hokkaido. ♨️🤗 When spring has come, let’s go to a hot spring! 🌸♨️🌞✌️
Good morning. I often buy flowers from florists, but I also buy bulbs and sometimes plant flower seeds. It's going to be windy today and it's going to be cold outside, but let's smile and have fun🐰💗
@太陽の塔 Thank you for a message. You do remember well. Yes. My graveyard 🪦 is in Hakodate. When I go back to 🇯🇵, I stay at Tokyo, Chiba(my mothers graveyard) and Hakodate. I will take for 3~4 weeks. Yes. ‘Yunokawa onsen’ Hakodate. In the future, we(you &wife) can meet there!? Fantastic 😊 How is your day? Let’s have a good day together! with smile
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for your prompt reply ! 😄👌 We are always together on GS.🌞👫✌️ I like hot springs, especially "sotoyu" outdoor baths, also known as "rotenburo".♨️ Do Yumiko SAN know "toji (湯治)" ? 🤔 🏠🍽️ 🍵 People stay for extended periods at hot spring inn to recover their stregth or cute their ailments.😊💪✊ If Yumiko SAN experience "toji (hot spring therapy)", you may be able to cure your "Osteoporosis".🤗👍 I remembered Yumiko SAN's pink flower "Osteospermum".🩷🌿 Come to think of it, 🧐😊😄 I commented on your photo of "Osteospermum" on February 5th.🤭🤭🤭 Have a nice weekend !🌞✌️
@太陽の塔 Thank you for a message. I went to see my Doctor this morning. He wants to check about bone ~ situation. According to my blood test, My number became normal. “Stage Nomal”. 😌 Dr.said ‘You are ok. Take Vitamin D, and take care’. Case closed 🤞 Thank you
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ I'm glad your number of blood test became normal.😄👌 My body fat percentage has also increased, so I was told to reduce my carbohydrate diet and take vitamin D.🦑☀️🙆♀️ Vitamin D is important for Yumiko SAN and me. 🤭🌞✌️
@太陽の塔 😊Thank you for a message! Fat percentage/(shibouritsu)… I will tell you. I have 5’4 feet tall. 95 pounds. That number is good to me. You need to take care of your body. Keep being healthy. Good day together! with smile 😊
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for telling your body measurements ！😊👍 I have 173cm tall, & 72kg weight. That number is very very little overweight.🤭🐷🙅♀️💦 I take care of my body.🤸😄 It is difficult to control nutrition to reduce body fat percentage myself.🌞👌 Have a nice weekend with smile & sports. 🤗🏌️♂️🏊♀️🚶♀️💦
@太陽の塔 Thank you for a message. lovely You have a good body(me too)! Active. It’s very important for us,yeah. I saw your favorite place “LUKUA” Osaka. …I stayed at Hilton Osaka in…2013…I am thinking. I had a good time by myself. At the hotel, the 36th floor, made me relax for my cocktails. Lovely Osaka. I have a lots of stories about Osaka.
How is your day? We are together. Have a nice day! with smile 😊
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for your kind message ! 😄👌 I also like the Hilton Hotel Osaka.🏨👍 I attended a party at the Hilton Hotel Osaka on July 5th last year. I posted the photos of the hotel with the photos of Guzmania flowers on GS.🏙️💛♥️🌿 In the spring of 2019, a new Sky Banquet Room opened on the top floor of the hotel.🌌🍾🥳 Have a nice day with smile !😊🤗🌞✌️
@太陽の塔 Thank you for a message. I think we are close each other. In the future ~ we(you & your wife) can see…in Tokyo. I am a member of Roppongi Hills Club. We can see you there, if you want to. When I stay in Tokyo, I will stay in Conrad Tokyo. It will come ~
Let’s have a nice day together! with our smiles 😊😊
Thank you for your messages. Yesterday I went to Nabana no Sato in Mie Prefecture and the flower market next to it. Yes, spring is almost here. The plum blossoms are plump and will bloom soon. Let's spend today with a smile. 🐰💗
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for your kind message ! 😄🤗 We are always together on GS.👫✌️ The Conrad Tokyo hotel can be seen from the flower garden in the Kyu-Shiba-Rikyu-Garden(旧芝離宮恩賜庭園).💛🌿🏙️😊 Both Conrad Tokyo and Hilton Osaka are fine hotels.🏢✌️ The restaurant of Roppongi Hills Club has good food and a nice view of Tokyo.🗼🌉🌁 Let's have a nice day with flowers.🌸🌸🌸🌞
Good morning. ☺️✨ I'm not on a trip, I'm going out. I went to Nabana no Sato in Mie prefecture from Aichi prefecture to see the flowers. Yes, I had a great time.🐰💗
@太陽の塔 Thank you for a message. That’s right. …you know…I miss 🇯🇵! The last time I visited Japan, it was 2017. I had a ground daughter at that time. I was staying at my hotel(as you know), and Club(as you know). Covid-19 hit our lives. Since that time I have not been Japan. I love to visit to hot springs in Hakodate. Osaka, too. Too many places to go💕happy. How is your day? Keep being healthy. nice day together. 😊
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ That's a really great story of Yumiko SAN ! 😄👌 You have a granddaughter, don't you ? She must be cute just like you.👧👩 Covid-19 has been tough, also here in Japan.😱😫 We had been planning a trip to Spain🇪🇸 with family as a graduation trip for our two sons, but we couldn't go to Spain because of Covid-19.😢 This 2025 year, I want to go to Italy🇮🇹 with my wife.✈️🤗 Buon giorno ! 🌞✌️
@太陽の塔 Thank you for a message. How nice ! You will go for a travel. Enjoyable I envy you ~ I am just having waiting for my mother’s situation. You know that?! I will be in Japan(Tokyo. Chiba. Hakodate) at that time I will be able to see you & your wife. I will invite you at Roppongi-Hills club, in Tokyo(I am a member). *at the club, we can see all Tokyo around & Mt. Fuji. Anyway time is coming. I will let you know. We are having a good day. Have a good day! with smile 😊
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for your kind invitation message !🤗 I'm very very glad to be invited to the Roppongi Hills club, in Tokyo, but ... I don't think that can be achieved.😔😢 I would like to talk to Yumiko SAN directly, but now I think my wife won't like it.🙅♀️ My wife is 10 years younger than me but mentally she is older than me.👩💪 Now, Yumiko SAN and I are always together on GS.📱😄 However, we don't know what the situation will be like in the future.🤔 Let's all live well together !🌞✌️ So long.😴💤🌃🎠✨
@太陽の塔 Ok! I have got you. It’s ok, we will still have a good time on GS. 👍 Take care of your wife. lovely * good thing/ your wife is 10 years younger than you. …you will be safe in your life. 😊 have a nice day!
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN very much for your understanding ! 😄👌 My wife calls me "On-chan", and Yumiko SAN also call me "Oni〜chan", moreover Maiko SAN in Kyoto calls me "Onii-san".🤭😂 Today, I posted the photo of Nanohana(rapeseed blossom) with CONRAD HOTEL on GS.😊📸💛🏙️ Please comment directly on this post in English.📱👍 Please please me as a surprise.🤗🤭 Good day sunshine !🌞✌️
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for your kind message.😄👌 Here in Japan, plum blossoms have finally begun to bloom🌸 but a cold wave has arrived in Japan, and it's very cold.🥶 Spring is almost there.🤗 Let's have a nice day !🌞✌️
@太陽の塔 Thank you for a message. …I was growing up at my place which is the place of origin of Cheery blossom. It is Komagome, Toshima-ward, Tokyo. We will have a nice day together! 😊
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for your telling about the place of origin of Cherry blossom.🌸😄👌 The name of the Cherry blossom is Somei-yoskino. 🤔😊 Somei-yoshino originates from a Somei village gardener who improved the Cherry blossom during the Edo period.✂️🌸🧐 As you say, Somei village is near present-day Komagome, Toshima Word.🚃🛣️👌 In the middle of the 19th century, a new variety of flowering cherry called Somei-yoshino was created. It was distinguished the austere beauty of its large whitish flowers.😊 Their petals seem to start dropping almost as soon as they've opened. It's called "Isagiyoshi(潔し)".🌸🌸🌸 Have a nice day !🌞✌️ Today(2/19) is "A day to remember forced expropriation". 😭🙅♀️🇺🇸🇯🇵
@太陽の塔 Thank you for a message. lovely You know…”Somei Yoshino”, this place,is famous for cherry blossom in Tokyo. My houses are in Komahome, Toshima ward. It’s the place. We have “Somei-ginza”. It takes for several minutes from my houses. I remember…it is still good memory. When I go back, everyone still knows me. Time passes! I feel~ I want to go 🇯🇵. We will see~. We may see at Tokyo. I hope you have a great day. with our smiles 😊😊
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for your Somei-ginza story.😄👌 The cherry blossom is regarded as an iconic flower of Japan.🌸🇯🇵 And, in fact, for many Japanese, it's synonymous with the word `flower'.🌸✌️ When the cherry blossom season arrived, people would gather, taking food and drink with them, and have boisterous parties.🕺🥃🙌 For some people, this was a way to vent their daily frustrations.🥳🍕🌮🍾🍷 Yumiko SAN, in U.S.A🇺🇸,do you have any events similar to Japan's hanami parties ?🤔
@太陽の塔 Thank you for a message. Since I live at this place(before I lived in Hawaii), I have no will to attend to the American clubs. I have done. 👋 Time passed. You have your cocktail. You like…beer, whisky, wine, champagne…? I will let you know ~ about my cocktail later. It’s getting warmer here. Keep being healthy, and go today and tomorrow! with smile 😊
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for your cocktail message !🍸😋👌 I want to know about your cocktail now.🤔🤗 I like beer, whiskey, wine, Japanese sake, shochu, brandy, umeshu(plum wine), shaoxing wine(紹興酒)etc.🍺🥃🍷🍶😄✌️ But for my health, I drink distilled liquor instead of brewed liquor.🙆♀️ Distilled liquor include whiskey and shochu.🥃 Brewed liquor include Japanese sake, wine, and beer.🍶🍷🍺🙅♀️ But, because I like beer, I drink beer with zero sugar and purin-free.🍺🙆🤭 And I also have one alcohol-free day a week.🙆♂️ So I want eight days a week !🎸🤭 Tonight we will go to Umeda near the Hilton Hotel for the crab course.🦀🦀🦀🍴😋🌞🍶✌️ So long.😴💤🌌🎠✨🌟
@太陽の塔 Thank you for a message. lovely Cocktail…I used to have … any kind of liquor 🥃. Enjoyable time Today, I have California Champagne 🍾 and 🍷 Wine. That’s it. When I go back to Japan. (1) to see my friends at ‘Robata yaki”/ Draft beer and Shyochu. (I like ‘Sato -Kuro) (2) I will go to my Club(Roppongi Hills Club)everyday. I swim downstairs and go 51st floor to have a cocktail 🍸.
…I think too much talking…😊 To be continued ~ How is your day? I see your photos everyday. Enjoyable Keep going! 👍 powerful Have a good day! with smile 😊
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for letting me know about your taste in alcohol.🥃😋🤗👌 I think California red wine goes well with meat dishes.🍷🥩✌️ I also love Robata_yaki and Draft beer. 🐟🦪🥔🍺🤩 It is called Robata_yaki because the food is grilled near the hearth.🔥 Today we went for a full course of my favorite crab dish.🦀😋 Please see the photos of our crabs that I posted on GS. Let's have the Japanese delicious Crab called 間人(Taiza).🦀🤴🌞✌️
@太陽の塔 Thank you a message. I remember when I visited Osaka for the first time, “Goen-ya”. Robatayaki I had a nice time at Minami, Kita-Shinchi. I was a member of Esquire Club at that time(1984~). There is Esquire Club in Osaka. I have been there once. Cute 🐰 Bunny ladies treat us so nice. long time ago story Life is endless. We will have a nice day together!
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for a message.😄👌 I've been to the Esquire Club in Osaka(Umeda) several times. 🥃👯🚃🌃 When I try to smoke tabaco, bunny lady takes out a ligher from between her breasts and light it. 🔥😊🚬💨 For some reason, there are young bunny ladies until 10:00pm, but after 10:00pm this is no longer the case.😢👩🙅♀️ Because the students part-time jobs are available until 10:00pm at that time.🤔🌞✌️ I also decided to go home at 10:00pm.🍢🏮🌃🤭😉
@太陽の塔 👋great! I am happy to hear of the same story about Club. We had been in the same pond at that time?! I was a member of “Playboy’s Club-Roppongi/Roi building…I remember. I do not know~ what are they This story is before my living in USA. Anyway. Time passes so fast. You, keep going. lovely
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for your quick respoese ! 😄👌 Please tell me one thing.🙇 Yumiko SAN's writing has "We had been in the same pond ...". What dose this "same pond" mean ? 🐸？👯？🏊♀️？🤭🤣 Best regards.🙇🌞✌️
@太陽の塔 Thank you for a message. …‘swimming in the same pond’ means “We are together”. 🐠🐟 I like your question, lovely. Let’s go for to day ! with smile 😊
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for your prompt reply. 😄👌 I got it. We were swimming in the same pond together. 🐸🤭 古池や FuruIKE ya 蛙飛び込むKawazu tobikomu 水の音 Mizu no oto It describes a flag🐸 jumping into an old POND and the sound of the water. It's a famous haiku by Matsuo Basyo. Now in Japan, spring has come. Let's have a nice day with flowers ! 🌞✌️
@太陽の塔 Thank you for a message. I have known this ‘haiku’. lovely How is your day? Here it’s getting warmer. I wear spring Jacket to go to the club. Let’s go for a good day together. with our smiles 😊😊
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko SAN for your quick reply ! 😄👌 This year, the Cherry Blossom Viewing Passage will be held from April 5th to April 11th at Japan Mint Bureau in Osaka.🪙🌸🤗✌️ Online applications were accepted today, March 17th, and I was able to make a reservation of the Cherry Blossom Viewing Passage.🙌 I'm looking forward to seeing the double cherry blossom again this year ! 😊😆🌸 Yumiko-chan, please look forward to more photos of the double cherry blossoms.😴💤🌃🎠✨
Commonly called/Regal Geranium. Martha Washington geraniums
Native to/South Africa. Australia.
Symbolism/Friendship. Domestication
*Genus of about 230 species
*They typically grow to 3’in tall woody stems.
*Genus name comes from the Greek word ‘pelargos’ meaning “a stork”.
Photographed 1/19 9:52am 2025
Posted 1/20(Monday) 11:46am 2925