In the south yard of my garden, two species of peony have blossomed since last week. One of them is 'Kamada Nishiki', which has a thin purple flower and the other is 'Haku-Ou Jishi', which has a very lovely ivory flower. And, a green shoot of Arisaema serratum - 'Mamushi Gusa' in Japanese has sprouted from the earth in the east yard. This one has a very strange shape like a green viper. Peony tells you that it's been in Spring. And, that tiny snake like shoot tells you the coming of summer.

Price of espresso has been elevated unbearably so that I change Illy's with Lavazza's this time. I favored the former than the latter, because of its aroma and taste. However, you cannot buy it with the price up by 15% or more. Anyway, we live in a very difficult time.

In my east yard, another Camellia japonica - 'Ikkyu' in Japanese blossomed yesterday, and its crystal pure white petals shine in the bright morning. And, Enkianthus perulatus - 'Dodan Tusuji' in Japanese has blossomed with white lantern-shaped flowers this morning. Spring has come finally!

In my east yard, Arisaema urashima - ''Urashima Sou' has sprouted from the ground right now. This is an original plant in Japan, and is found in warm regions. Its shape is very curious and unique: it is like a fisherman with a rod. I really love this species. Moreover, Camellia japonica - 'Shira Yuki' has many white flowers in the south yard. Another camellia - 'Izumo Taisha' has very vivid scarlet flowers this year. Why not praise God for His grace over the flowers!

Happy Easter! Our Lord is risen! No Power of the darkness any more! Praise God! Praise the Son of God!

Last night, I had a talk with a full professor at a university in the States. He told me his recent awful experience in a review process of a paper that he submitted last year. I understood what he would like me to grasp, thus what had happened to him. I myself have experienced the same thing as a reviewer and also contributor to an IEEE conference, which had been acknowledged a flagship one in the same area of study. We live in a world that is completely different from before the pandemic began. We were too open to totalitarian countries and their followers and misused the concept of diversity. Diversity doesn't allow anybody to support injustice or rogues to squeeze righteous ones. We should have been more careful like a serpent to those evils.

An extra huge quake on magnitude 7.6 has shaken the north west region of Japan, Noto Area, which is close to Kanazawa City this evening. I've never read any record of quakes that happened on the first day of January in history. The situation is not clear enough that many partial reports appear on SNS. A judge who worked with me on a case stays there in Wajima City, which is located in the vicinity of the epicenter. I'm really worried at the situation that is still going on considerable times of quakes happening.