For every plant, flower and tree in the garden, rain water would have to be next best thing to sliced bread. When it started to rain at the beginning of last week I was thrilled with the idea of nature's magical raining down on my little garden.
But, while I expected light rain showering down I got cyclonic rain instead, pelting down relentlessly on our rood and garden hard and steady day and night all week.
Water mounted up during the substantial downpours, which thankfully for the sandy soil drained away fairly quickly once it stopped.
Getting out and checking the happy garden regularly has been my daily rain treat. I like walking in the rain, it became my bit of morning fun activity. All the plants and bushes seemed kosher with the constant rain..............
........... until this morning when I stood on the deck surveying the back garden. All was good until my eyes fell on the the big Orange Blood Grevillea bush in the corner! Oops, definitely too much rain had fallen and weighed too heavily on a big branch. The grevillea has grown enormously big over the last 6 years. We would have trimmed it more often but the birds are continually feeding off the nectar of the flowers so felt we could not as it was the reason we planted this bush.
No lazy Sunday with feet up this morning, a branch needed cutting off while the rain kindly hit the pause button.
It took no time at all for my hubby to cut off the big branch leaving a big raw wound look but at the same time opening up the garden showing the bountiful undergrowth world of plants. I imagine elves, goblins and fairies living here and have yet to see them. I am wondering if turning on my elemental kingdom eyes would work.
I picked as many flowers as possible from the fallen branch before all the pieces were dragged away to the trailer and garden bin. I much prefer to have the blooms sitting artistically in a vase inside than to have them wilting and dying outside.
My plan before my discovery of the broken grevillea was to write a post introducing my pretty garden on #hivegarden, but sometimes all good intentions do not pan out the way we intend. Instead the unplanned sharing of my big grevillea bush's fate in lots of heavy rain fall, is my first post.
To me the broken branch demonstrates how vulnerable plants, bushes and trees are subject to all kinds of weather, and how easily and quickly gardens are forever changing.
But, at least I get to enjoy the blossoms of this broken grevillea branch in the house for a little while and for that I am a grateful gardener.
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@adalger how much and how often, I am enjoying writing under your fabulous tag, and thank you for bringing the Amazing Nature Community to Hive.Although a busy active morning helping my hubby trim the Blood Orange Grevillea bush in my garden, I can still say that I enjoyed a beautifully sublime Sunday 
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I am finishing my #hivegarden post with a photo of some grevillea flower blooms in a little glass jar. As I arranged them in the jar I was surprised to spot two little entertaining water drops hanging from the lower part of a flower bloom.
How resilient are these water drops and how surprising they had not fallen off in the garden when the branch fell down from the bush?
Grevillea blooms are the most unusual but very beautiful Australian flower.
@dswigle, #alwaysaflower is a wonderful tag so am really grateful and appreciative you brought this tag to Hive.