Cast off Direct TV Dish Becomes Yard Art

Some things can become other things if you just think outside the box.  When my son had a new roof put on his house the dish left behind by the previous dwellers was removed in favor of cable (even at the risk of winding up in a roadside ditch.)
When he asked me if I wanted the dish (it was metal, and my new favorite paastime is welding junk into different junk) I said sure, not knowing what I would do with it but surely I could think of something. 

I originally thought I'd find a use for everything but the dish...then it rained, and the rest as they say is history.

I mean what is a birdbath besides a shallow dish on a pedestal.  Add a custom paint job to appease the wifey and...