you may very well be right. rainbows out there look far more colorful than what we have out here. ours are a lot more silvery. but nobody beats our brookies!
feel your pain man. not this year though, except for one spell, it's been unseasonably pleasant. just do what you can do, no reason in getting too upset.
i've had several branches break at least half way off this year. tied them back up against the maine stem nice and tight, they healed back to it within a week or two. also during flowering.
no worries!