Today I planted flowers in a yellow roasting pan. It wasn't my roasting pan. I've never owned a pan this big nor have I ever cooked anything big enough to fit in this pan. I bought it at St. Vincent de Paul for $2. The bottom doesn't have any holes in it so the dianthus can't drain but they should be okay. I turned the top upside down and filled it full of petunias. Both are sitting at my back door.
I wonder who owned this yellow pan. It appears to have been well used and possible well loved. I wonder if it was just tossed or donated after a death. I wonder what has been cooked in the pan. Roast beef. Thanksgiving turkey. Pork roast with potatoes, carrots, and kraut.
I bet it cooked food for a lot of people every Sunday. The scraps were probably dumped in it and then tossed in the weeds at the back of the yard. Or maybe the pan was just put in the back yard for the cats. Hot soapy water would make it fit for the next meal.
Now the yellow pan is a flower pot. I'm sure it never thought that this would happen.
1 comment:
Your dianthus and petunias are beautiful. Hope they live without having a means to drain the excess water after a rain. Using the bottom and top of this cooking pan for planting pots was a great idea.
Altoona
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