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The Lessons in Water

September 16, 2018by Robyn Haynes 47 Comments

I think I’ve mentioned before I live in a small coastal town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales where I have both town and tank water at […]

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Water

Forever Temporary

March 10, 2018by Robyn Haynes 26 Comments

I need reminding. Nothing is forever. This is never more evident than in my garden – a deep repository for life’s important lessons. It takes a gardener like me time […]

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Change, Perspective

An Ill Wind …

October 7, 2017by Robyn Haynes 61 Comments

… blows nobody any good. Or does it? Like many people, the wind is my least favourite weather ‘character’. And we seem to have had our share of windy days […]

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Perspective, Wind

New Growth from Old Wounds

June 11, 2017by Robyn Haynes 29 Comments

It happened early one morning, weeks ago now. But the angst lingers. I had chosen not to go on my morning walk and was still in my pyjamas when a […]

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2017, Autumn, Trees

Once Bitten, Twice Shy

May 21, 2017by Robyn Haynes 31 Comments

  Walking the neighbourhood in my quest for gardening ideas is not without its perils. When I advocate ‘getting one’s teeth into it’, I don’t mean literally. But that’s how […]

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2017, Autumn

Berry Challenging

May 13, 2017by Robyn Haynes 25 Comments

  Trawling the local plant nursery the other day, I spied some blueberry plants. I’ve seen them on sale before but haven’t wanted to risk a purchase for two reasons: […]

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2017, Autumn

Distance

March 30, 2017by Robyn Haynes 22 Comments

I was hunting around trying to find a word this morning. Have you ever had that experience? Not so much a word I’d lost or forgotten, but one which would […]

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2017, Connectedness, Distance, Family, Weather

Morning Musings

January 14, 2017by Robyn Haynes 26 Comments

  There’s a hush in my early morning garden, hot and oppressive even before the sun appears. I stand here in my pyjamas wilting with perspiration. In the space of a […]

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Summer

Does Size Matter?

February 6, 2016by Robyn Haynes 31 Comments

  And by whose measure? When I hear this question posed I think of what is often inferred – that somehow bigger is better. Yet, we all know that isn’t […]

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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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