I’d forgotten that nowadays you can get all kinds of gaudily decorated, ugly ceramic or bright-colored glass ones…and the Pennys probably had one (or six) of those.
But in their original, simple, mirrored, Christmas-globe form, usually resting on a plain concrete pedestal….they were a staple of the Illinois neighborhoods (not far from Crustwood) where all the aunts and uncles on my mother’s side of the family lived.
They’re called “gazing balls” cos they’re supposed to reflect the the sky and inspire gazing into.
Pacopuddy….
I’d forgotten that nowadays you can get all kinds of gaudily decorated, ugly ceramic or bright-colored glass ones…and the Pennys probably had one (or six) of those.
But in their original, simple, mirrored, Christmas-globe form, usually resting on a plain concrete pedestal….they were a staple of the Illinois neighborhoods (not far from Crustwood) where all the aunts and uncles on my mother’s side of the family lived.
They’re called “gazing balls” cos they’re supposed to reflect the the sky and inspire gazing into.