Progress report!

Last weekend I decided that I would make the birds a new birdbath as the other one, which is made of cast iron, is getting very rusty.
Well, I had assembled all the things I needed and on Saturday afternoon, I took the tiles outside and placed some kitchen towel over them and broke them up with a hammer.
So far, so good. Then I started to stick the pieces in a random mosaic pattern into the flowerpot saucer with some waterproof mastic which is a little like doing a jigsaw puzzle. The going was fairly slow but I did make quite good progress and continued the work on Sunday, but by the evening I had to stop because I kept bleeding all over the place.
My hands, fingers and thumbs are covered in small cuts where I have been pulling the broken tiles from the backing and with the bottom of the dish three quarters covered I have had to leave it for a couple of days so that my hands can recover.
I don't see the point in rushing it as I want the birds to be pleased and I also want it to last for as long as possible. Hopefully, I will be able to do some more by the end of the week in between all the other things I've got planned.