Well whose idea were these fragile things anyway? I don't know what to do with it, it's shiny and orange (my favorite color in the garden) but we have hail sometimes and wind a lot, and there doesn't seem to be a way to secure them to any of the display pedastals they sell for these ... starting to wonder if I should just display it inside the house? Has anyone gotten one of these to last very long outdoors??

Can you show us a photo? Not sure I have any suggestions though

Mine is purple and more than 20 years old. It stays out all year.

And in perfect condition

@pirl !! That's a glass one? I had one years ago, the neighbors kiddo broke it accidentally. My neighbor in Oklahoma had one and while she was at work, I was constantly running out to save it when we had wind storms. I guess you don't get hail there where you live? We get crazy hail sometimes.

You're right - it's something other than glass. The glass one I had was broken by a clumsy "helper".

and it was so beautiful. I'm so sorry

I have a few gazing balls secured to pedestals. Here's how I do it.
I purchase a "clay roll" which is kind of like fun Tac only more pliable and sticky.
Here's a link:
tiny.cc/nw27vz
you have to copy and paste the link
I take a long piece of the clay and roll it between my hands to form a long snake shape. I place the clay around the top perimeter of the pedestal and than carefully align the ball on top making sure I make good contact.
My gazing balls have survived a couple of hurricanes with no damage.