Oceans

When our plane dipped below the solid cloud layer over Shannon, I had my first glimpse of the Irish landscape and was struck by the intensity and pervasiveness of the green I saw below. That was 17 years ago. This time, in late May 2010 my purpose was to hike the Dingle Peninsula, Inn-to-Inn fashion, and see the landscape up close. I cannot understand why the landscape did not strike me as equally verdant.  Was it that we had 9 days of brilliant sunshine?