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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

Change

March 12, 2016by Robyn Haynes 17 Comments

  If I have learnt anything it is this: nothing remains the same. My garden is changing its face all the time. Plants grow and encroach on their neighbours, while others begin by […]

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Autumn, Change

Beauty and The Beholder

February 20, 2016by Robyn Haynes 22 Comments

I never tire of seeing how other people garden. I’m curious about their perception of beauty, whether they care about gardening beyond having a tidy yard or indeed, whether they […]

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Other-People's-Gardens, Perspective

Number Our Days

November 22, 2015by Robyn Haynes 24 Comments

The exciting thing about travelling and living in unfamiliar environments is the tendency it has to challenge your thinking and perception of ways of ‘being in the world’. Having to adapt to different ways of doing […]

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Perspective, Spring, Uncategorized

Soil Sisters

November 15, 2015by Robyn Haynes 13 Comments

There is nothing quite as special as having a sibling to share one’s passion with. I am presently visiting one of my sisters in southern New South Wales. It’s beautiful country, one of my […]

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Other-People's-Gardens, Spring, Stories

The Idea of Elevation

October 3, 2015by Robyn Haynes 14 Comments

I don’t know about you but I like the ‘idea of elevation’. I like the way the phrase dances off my tongue and makes my synapses sing. It brings to […]

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Other-People's-Gardens, Spring, Stories

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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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