So the second satellite dish finally got turned into a bird bath.
Before:
After:
I used thinset to set all the glass beads on the dish.
I am still debating on whether I would like to grout it or not.
I wont be sealing it, because I don't think there is any sealant safe for birds out there.
Remember the cinder block bench I constructed last year? Here is a link.
I made another one today, but a little different looking. This time, I used no capstone, just 4 cinder blocks and two posts for the bench.
All I did was to stack one cinder block vertically over a horizontally placed cinder block and insert the two posts through the holes. Of course, I do need to work on clearing up the area near and around the bench.
So what do I do?
With a chimney top that flew
Right off the roof?
First, I suggest you replace that chimney top! Phew!
Now that you have taken care of business, let's see what we can do with that old chimney top, shall we?
First: stare at your chimney top for a bit:
From all angles!
Wow! Isn't that rust soo beautiful? If only I could "fix" it and then simply hang it from something. Something very heavy and sturdy.
I could do that, but I was too hungry to do anything heavy.
So...
I could pad up the sides with cardboard from old packing boxes
Then dig up some soil from the yard. In may case, it was Earthworm Central and I couldn't insert the trowel without catching a good number. Here is one of them that did not want to quit! And he was the thinner ones too!
Now, to find a plant. Not hard. Several of my plants have not yet made it to their permanent homes, thanks to my unparalleled procrastination skills.
This guy, in a pot too small for him, is one example:
Every bend in the plant corresponds to when it got too hot and I neglected to water it!
And here is the "chimney pot" after I watered the poor thirsty plant! It would look lovely sitting on something concrete, but I am too tired now to haul it up to the front yard and set it up all pretty!
