"The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart." Robert Green Ingersoll
Last week, it seemed that we could barely contain all the happy, good news coming in to the Rancho, but Mother Nature has never been a lady who likes to take the back seat, so we were given a rather cruel reminder yesterday who is really in charge, and it is not the one writing this blog. With all olive trees in full blossom, warnings as to a storm began to trickle in at the beginning of the week. We took notice, since April has not smiled down kindly upon us in the past. All weather casts said there would be rain, but in the Bay area, they said wouldn't get this far south. The predicted winds were checked, all below advisory level. Shouldn't worry, right? Needless to say, the weather people were again wrong again as winds over 50 mph ripped through the olive trees in full blossom and then rain pummeled our hill, just in case there were any blossoms left. We could only stand and watch. It was April of 2014 all over again. There isn't anything...