The weekend project

The weather has been very stormy with dry and windy spells interspersed with very heavy showers which has made everything in the garden grow at twice the speed. As the forecast for the weekend is for some of the same but without the wind, it doesn't seem that I will be able to get out to do much tidying up so I have got myself a few things to keep me busy inside.
The bird bath that I bought for the birds back in the early part of the year is made of cast iron and it has become quite rusty so I have to give it a good clean every day. I did think about removing all the rust then giving it a coat of primer followed by a few coats of paint, but I don't think that will work because the combination of water and strong sun will soon have the paint peeling again and besides, it will take me far too long to do.
Then I looked in the garden centre to see what else they could offer but all they had was a rather expensive painted dish that could be put on the ground or hung in a tree with chain hangers. As I don't have any trees in the garden and I don't think putting it right on the ground is such a good idea, I decided to make my own.
I bought a large terra-cotta flowerpot saucer and a shallow terra-cotta flowerpot for the base. Then I went into the tile department and bought some small tiles which were very cheap, (the manager's specials), some grout adhesive and a small pair of tile nibblers.
What I am going to do is break the tiles and stick them in the saucer in a random mosaic pattern, I might get artistic and make a picture or geometric design, I shall just see what happens. When it is finished I can put it on the upturned flowerpot then the birds will have their very own designer bird bath!