Dreaming of far-off shores where plant perfumes waft on the evening air

Peter Dowdall is dreaming of holidays on far-off shores where glorious plants perfume the warm evening air.

Picture: Augustus Binu / www.dreamsparrow.net / Wikimedia Commons

Balconies dripping with Bougainvillea blooms, sunshine and summer holidays. Every time I think of trips to the holiday destinations of Portugal and Spain I immediately think of the flora and in particular Bougainvillea.