Thanks for the explanation Guy, a simple reply from me is Oh! Don't you just hate it when someone else just doesn't see it, which, I still don't. If I might make a suggestion though, would it be clearer to the viewer if a hole were cut in the spherical objects, sort of like a slurpee lid.
You guys are just awesome in what you are doing with Blender. I just hope that if I keep working I too will get close (but may not ever equal). Right now I have other irons in the fire so can't devote any time to it.