At first glance, when I saw this tin dish atop a tree-stump in the woods, it played tricks upon my eyes and I mistook it for an impressive piece of fungi. It has obviously been there for some time as the ivy is doing its tenacious best to bind it to the stump until the last piece of rust has crumbled to red dust.
I wonder who put the dish there in the first place. A forgetful camper, perhaps? Or someone kind enough to leave the birds a bath? Maybe a litter lout? Who knows?
Whatever the answer to these questions, I’m glad to note that Nature is winning the battle with this particular piece of junk.
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Sarah Potter Writes 
I think in time nature will win many battles. I like the idea that someone left it for the birds. It would have gathered plenty of water for a time.
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I love watching birds taking a bath. They look as if they’re really enjoying it.
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I think so too.
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Love the way it looks as though the bowl is cradling the ivy, when actually nature will be breaking it apart.
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That’s true, Andrea. I hadn’t quite gone that far in my thinking about it.
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Well spotted, Sarah. I can see why you mistook it for fungus. At least the ivy adds some beauty to it. 🙂
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Yes, I agree, Sylvia, that the ivy makes all the difference.
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I always wonder about things like this left in the woods and the reasons why. Nature is having the last laugh though. Although it is nice to think that it was used as a bird bath…
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I hope that Nature continues to have the last laugh, as I’d hate for it to be humans putting in the last word at Nature’s expense.
We must always look after our birds. Even my dog knows not to chase birds off her territory!
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We can but hope…and yes, so important for the birds. That’s lovely about your dog 🙂
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Oh I too mistook it for fungus! Another ten years and it will crumble and mix with forest floor duff.
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With some decent iron crumbled up in the soil, someone could plant a hydrangea there and get beautiful blue flowers! I live in an area with chalky soil and all the hydrangea flowers are pink. Even if you buy a blue shrub, it ends up turning pink. The only solution to this is to put a load of iron nails in the soil around its roots.
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I didn’t know that. I thought there is some liquid they buy and add to the water… How interesting!
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There might be some liquid. I don’t know, but you’d have to keep watering and watering with the stuff, knowing how thirsty hydrangeas are, so it might prove quite expensive to keep your flowers blue!
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Never had them but admired. Now I think different about that old rusty dish. Something beautiful might grow up in that spot.
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me too!! I’ve seen old bathtubs used for planters and even an old toilet in a yard with a shrub growing out of it!! – as opposed to St. Francis and garden gnomes etc.
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Oh, those pesky garden gnomes D: Give me a bath or toilet as a planter any day!
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