7 Swans

Thanks so much for all the love for yesterday's rather magnificent Cow in a Tree. I've found out a little bit more about it which makes it even more wonderfully bizarre. They were based on the work of Bill Dobell:

When World War II broke out. Bill [Dobell] served first as a camouflage labourer, later as an artist recording the work of the Civil Construction Corps,, which built airfields and other defence projects. As a camouflagist, he was one of a group of several, later famous, artists who had been ordered to make papier- mache cows and move them around the base in the hope of fooling Japanese pilots. (said Bill, “I think the authorities underestimated the eyesight of Japanese airmen”.) For almost a year he shared a hut with fellow-artist Joshua Smith.’
Extract from Unforgettable “Sir Bill” Dobell, Dr Edward McMahon, first proof

I don't think the Japanese were fooled. And I think the first cow up a tree was papier mache.
Another scorcher. This is 9am - 7 swans a swimming and I followed them in shortly. Cloudy enough to do a bit of much needed inside work - now follow that logic!