Wildflower meadow is nature at its photographic best

The Castlehaven wildflower show was displaying in glorious Technicolor last Sunday, only better than any camera lens or Photoshop could contrive, writes Damien Enright. 

It was an impromptu and unpublicised performance, in a modest field, down a modest byroad. I heard about it from a reader, to whom I must, again, express my gratitude. I learn much from readers: I am an echo-chamber of their observations and insights. Some contact me at intervals of years to alert me to another gem or perception. I would be much at a loss but for readers.

A learning curve is a wonderful sleigh ride, once one passes the golden age of 50, and, in this wildflowers meadow, I found a wealth of education amongst the vegetation. Some of it I still have to sort out. I took pictures and am consulting books. And the internet, too, of course, although one has to be cautious with it. I once read that the Bandon River flows into Courtmacsherry Bay.