Water Gardening: Gazing ball needed to buy or trade, 1 by MrJohn

MrJohn wrote:
Equlib, Your generosity is overwhelming! Let's see what transpires on this end before you go the trouble though. Also, I want to make sure we're talking about the same item.

What I refer to as viewing or gazing ball is a clear plexiglas sphere about 16-18 inches in diameter. It's filled with water and placed on a stand in the pond so that it sticks up out of the water as far as possible. Fish swim into it thru a large hole in the bottom. When they do, they are clearly visible thru the plexiglas. It's like a glass bottom boat or goggles. And it magnifies them! So, you see, it's a fun toy.

Also, I want to clarify the "inner-city" term - I really try to avoid stereotypical terminology. We are in a metropolitan area of almost 1/4 million (20 miles form George Bush's vacation home, by the way!). Our neighborhood is perhaps better called "at risk" than "inner city". I've lived here for 20 years. We have areas of extreme poverty owned by uncaring landlords, but we also have areas of wealth. And we have everything in between. Our school is about 70% "Hispanic", 20% African-American. All of the teachers live somewhere else.

That's probably more than you wanted to know! But please tell me about your viewing ball so we know if were on the same page. Here is a poor photo of ours before it was broken. In the picture it is in need of cleaning and repositioning.

Again, thanks for your concern.
John Herbert
Waco, Texas