A pot of life

[rurounitriv]

So, managed to nearly kill the ferns on my porch while I was out of town. Bought some new ones on sale, and was planning on putting them in front and moving the old ones to the back, but I figured I'd water the old ones before moving them. I took one off the hook on the front porch, and noticed something small and gray fly away. I start spraying it... and realize that there's something grey in the fern, in an area that's been kind of matted down. I look closer, and there's a pair of beady eyes and an open beak blinking up at me.

The old fern is still on the porch, hanging from its hook. Maybe the fern will live, maybe it won't - but it'll be a pot full of life either way.