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Finding the Bright Spots

June 6, 2020by Robyn Haynes 24 Comments

It’s winter in the Southern Hemisphere. Despite living in a subtropical climate here on the east coast, mornings are chilly. Traditionally a less colourful season, winter in my tiny garden […]

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Sense and Sensitivity

July 31, 2017by Robyn Haynes 25 Comments

Imagine my surprise when weeding  around some pots, I touched what I thought was a weed (what is a weed anyway but a plant growing in the wrong place?) And […]

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Connectedness, Perspective, Winter

Imagining Banksia Generations

July 23, 2017by Robyn Haynes 29 Comments

I love banksias! An ideal plant for coastal areas, they just keep on giving. With dark leathery leaves and silvery undersides, they flower from late summer through to winter. Nectar […]

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Cycle of Life, Winter

Breathing Space

July 15, 2017by Robyn Haynes 26 Comments

It’s a common enough expression, but just what is meant by ‘breathing space’? Could it be a physical space or place? Or a space in time to reflect? Perhaps it […]

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Winter Blues …

June 24, 2017by Robyn Haynes 21 Comments

  … purples, pinks, whites and especially greens. In fact, most any colour you can think of. While those of you in cooler climes enjoy the brilliant colouring of leaves […]

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Winter

‘Tis the Season …

December 7, 2016by Robyn Haynes 30 Comments

… for family. I’m travelling to northern Queensland to see mine for an early Christmas, so will not post this weekend. See you next week!          

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Family, Winter

The Gift of the Unexpected

July 30, 2016by Robyn Haynes 24 Comments

I’m apprehensive about leaving my tiny garden, even for a couple of weeks. Aaah! Human hubris I’ve caught you peering over my psyche wall. What will my garden do without me? Will it […]

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Absence, Winter

Loved, Lost and Found Again

July 9, 2016by Robyn Haynes 23 Comments

I’ve always coveted the lacy maidenhair fern although I’ve had mixed success growing them. Adiantum spp, or maidenhair is a sought after variety. The word Adiantum comes from the Greek adiantos, which means ‘unwetted’ and […]

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Web of Life, Winter

The Way You Hold Your Tongue

July 3, 2016by Robyn Haynes 25 Comments

  Some plants just seem to grow well despite what you do or don’t do to them. The zygocactus or schlumbergera is one such hardy plant. Everybody seems to have magnificent […]

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Winter

Erode

June 26, 2016by Robyn Haynes 46 Comments

The stones that were part of my entry path have migrated. Recent downpours swept them up in watery torrents  and washed them away to colonise adjacent garden beds, exposing an underbelly of pipes and […]

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Robyn enthusiastically pursues a green and writerly life on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia, where her background as a doctor of social anthropology equips her with an interesting slant on the human condition. She spends much time indulging a passion for her garden where she ponders life and attempts to stave off existential angst. In her more reflective moments she makes wry observations on courtyard gardening and its parallels with life.

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