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Posted: Jun/19/2005 3:22 AM PST
I got 2 old bowling balls at the resale shop for $3 each last year. They look really pretty, and if you put the holes at the bottom, no one knows what they are! I got the stands at a Big Lots, a kind of dollar store. |
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Posted: Sep/23/2005 5:48 AM PST
I covered a bowling ball in mosaic mirror tiles and it is beautiful and nothing can knock that baby over. You dont need a stand, just leave the thumb hole empty and then stick it onto a metal rod stuck in the ground. Looks like a colored Tootsie Pop in the garden. :o |
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Posted: Sep/23/2005 12:16 PM PST
I have one that isn't just round...it has a little "loop" formed out of the glass so it looks more like a Christmas Tree ornament. I have it hung from my maple tree. It looks so pretty! When it gets to about the middle of October, I bring it indoors and hang it in my kitchen window. I guess it is not really a typical gazing ball, but since I have kids and a dog I figured anything on a stand would not survive so I went with this instead. |
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Posted: Sep/24/2005 1:54 AM PST
Quote: Originally posted by ajlikesworms Now don't laugh, but I am going to use my old purple bowling ball. Ever since I broke my wrist (back in '98) my fingers won't fit into the holes & I really don't think throwing a 19 pound ball w/ my elbow problem is such a good idea anymore  !Great idea. At least you won't have to worry about it getting broke. The only thing that could possibly get broken is someones foot it they were standing near it and knocked it off. 
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Posted: Sep/24/2005 2:42 AM PST
did i say i'd never had a gazing ball break? well, i can't say that anymore. in a wind storm we had earlier in the week my 12" gazing ball was blown off it's cement...yes, cement pedestal and smashed into a gazillion pieces! AJ's idea of using old bowling balls is looking better and better! |
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Posted: Sep/24/2005 2:46 AM PST
Quote: Originally posted by fozbot3 did i say i'd never had a gazing ball break? well, i can't say that anymore. in a wind storm we had earlier in the week my 12" gazing ball was blown off it's cement...yes, cement pedestal and smashed into a gazillion pieces! AJ's idea of using old bowling balls is looking better and better!But a bowling ball wouldn't reflect the garden. Isn't that the whole purpose of a gazing ball? 
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Posted: Sep/24/2005 2:57 AM PST
i don't care, BB. that ball wasn't cheap!  it was blue and didn't really reflect good anyway. i bought it for the color and to put in front of my delphiniums when they start looking bedraggled. and now it's in the dumpster.
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Posted: Sep/24/2005 3:06 AM PST
Quote: Originally posted by fozbot3 i don't care, BB. that ball wasn't cheap! it was blue and didn't really reflect good anyway. i bought it for the color and to put in front of my delphiniums when they start looking bedraggled. and now it's in the dumpster. Oh, ok. You were using it as an ornament, rather than to reflect the garden. I see. That's why I never got one. Too many kids in the neighbourhood, yards are small, so balls are constantly flying into each others yards. |
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Posted: May/26/2008 5:01 PM PST
 No breaking those bowling balls! Mine are posted also,I lov mine,buy the metallic paint for a better glimmering shine..have mine on bottom bird baths,,
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Posted: Jul/12/2008 7:07 PM PST
I saw a gazing ball with mirrors that looked like they had different color lights in them anyone know what kind of mirrors they are. |
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