Sunninghill iconography update and different ways to reflect on VE Day

Artworks concerning the coronavirus pandemic have been supplemented in the last week with visual displays related to the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. The latter, as you will see have ranged from the simply patriotic to more thoughtful responses to our current predicament.

The window of one house in Lower Village Road has become an art installation that changes weekly.

The first iteration was painted directly on to the glass: rainbows, flowers, clouds and a pot of gold.

Next, for Easter, came a mixed media installation in the window, on the fence, and on the road was a hopscotch game. The iconography in the window is more complex: spring flowers and bees, Easter eggs, a rainbow and a cheery sun. The Easter theme continues on the fence, with another rainbow. The eggs on the fence include the words of  a song used to accompany a child's exercise session: "Heads, and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes".

A week later, the Easter eggs remain on the fence, but the window installation has changed. Spring has matured. The tree has all its leaves. There are still bees, and flowers, a rainbow and the sun, but now we have two hot air balloons.

A week later, the previous window display is gone. Now we have a large dinosaur.
I think the dinosaur may be included in the home schooling curriculum. He was replaced on VE Day by union flags, that were removed the next day. I am waiting to see what comes next.

On Oriental Road, two artists have used all four windows on two floors. This work is signed: Moe and Larry. Moe and Larry's theme is two colourful giraffes.

Friday 8 May was a public holiday to commemorate Victory in Europe Day. Some homes displayed purchased patriotic flags or bunting:

One displayed a dual identity, British and Scottish:

Another took a hand-made approach and showed more imagination:

A nearby neighbour avoided the risk of jingoism with a simply decorative approach:

This home had the navy on its mind. There is a symbol of remembrance (the poppy), and messages of thanks, but also expressions of a desire for peace (the logo of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament):

 Some windows express a more current concern:

For ten years the party currently in power reduced spending on the National Health Service in real terms, for several years froze the pay of health workers, and reduced their pension benefits. The current cabinet has suddenly discovered that it loves the NHS and has promised to increase funding substantially. We have been encouraged to stand on our doorsteps at 8pm every Thursday and applaud health and care workers. We do so because one of our neighbours is a nurse in a general practice and a niece is a matron in Ipswich Hospital. However, the rather slipshod management of the pandemic has undermined confidence in at least this household on Exchange Road. The slogan reads: "I can't eat applause. Maybe vote for someone sensible next time, eh?"

We in the UK are all told "Stay home, save lives and protect the NHS". Our neighbour, an NHS nurse, tells me that there are signs that she has seen signs that addvise Conservative voters what to do at the next election: "Stay home, save lives and protect the NHS".