Lockdown continues to ease but we are not free of restrictions and probably won't be for some time. England has allowed bars and restaurants to open; Scotland has not but expects to in about a fortnight's time. Hairdressers will open in a fortnight's time... thank goodness.
In the meantime I have been taking photos of the countryside to use in publications locally should they be needed [see bottom of blog].
This item caught my eye in a recent Financial Times article.
During the Second World War artists were hired by the Air Ministry to paint some structures that were considered vulnerable (to being bombed) in daytime. The department was called The Camouflage Directorate and the people doing the work of concealment were called 'camoufleurs'.
Recruited solely from the foremost artists of their generation, the aim of the camoufleurs was the concealment of civilian installations, confusing “a pilot at a minimum of five miles distant and 5,000 feet up throughout daylight” using techniques such as dazzle.
One of these was a man called Colin Moss. He designed a number of camouflage schemes for installations such as Stonebridge Park Power Station, London.
The camoufleurs created designs that featured disruptive patterns, in a range of colours, painted onto buildings.
Their aim too was to break up forms and outlines, so objects were difficult to locate and detect even against a shifting background (ie when looking down from a plane). The patterns consisted of a mixture of dark and light colours being painted next to each other.
After the war ended he was given time to make paintings of the work he had done. This is an example.
A water tower camouflaged with a painting of houses and a street and surrounded by barbed wire fencing.
Camouflaged Cooling-Towers, 1943
[location is Stonebridge Park near Wembly]
* * * * * * * LOCAL MUGDOCK PHOTOS including POWER LINES * * * * * * *
On the edge of the city of Glasgow is lovely countryside. It is summer and the flowers are out. During Lockdown we are allowed to travel up to 5 miles from home and so many Glaswegians have access to this countryside until restrictions are lifted and normal travel is allowed.
While standing taking this shot a helicopter came into view.
I looked up to see if it was The Man with the Milk Tray coming with a box of chocolates for me ... but No! I related this old and rather silly observation to a man who was jogging past me at this precise moment. He said while it wasn't the Milk Tray (at least he knew the reference!) he rather hoped it was a pint of beer during Lockdown!
'Beauty and the Beast'?
Lastly, here is the final view without the power lines (thanks to Photoshop)
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