Great pictures, sad story! Darn it!
Looks like you have a little cutie to snuggle with tho.

Oh wow, what a surprise this must have been. I have been following your turtle walk. How sweet to have friends like thiese.

Kat

I love it when a plan comes together! ;-)

Wow that is beautiful! What a wonderful surprise at a much needed moment!

HEH HEH HEH !!! That was the perfect cure for a bad hair day ! LOL

****** High 5'n Marlene !!

Wow! That is beautiful glass...just like your deck turtle!!!! That Marlene and Kathy (aka Toomuchglass) are pretty special and creative ladies! We're so blessed to have them as part of our Garden Junk family! Thanks for sharing, Big Deck!!!! Kirk

It's perfect! What great friends you have! I've enjoyed seeing the TurtleWalk progress! Carol

Hope November comes quickly and all gets settled. There is nothing worse than a theif. The girls did a great thing. It is a beauty of a turtle.

I've watched the turtle walk progress along way before I finally came out of lurking. An Amazing!!! project indeed. Such creativity!!
Absolutly stunning gift you recieved. A perfect accompanying piece I say.
It's a good reminder that there are indeed still lovely people out there , especially considering the issues with the "thing",sorry, can't bring myself to call him a man. I hope Nov arrives in speedie fashion and he gets the book threw at him and you get your money back. What an awful thing for someone you trust to do. :( Shame on him!

What a beautiful piece Toomuch! What perfect timing you and Marlene had in sending this gift and brightening Big Deck's day--hooray for all of you. Good luck on the other thing Big Deck. Luvs

Gosh, you guys have me all weepy eyed tonight! First minnesotamaggie's post about Linda's garden and now this! My heart goes out to you BigDeck for having the heart wretching experience of encountering a heartless thief. It's bad enough to steal from someone but to do it when they could be dying ... you can't get more despicable than that. Like milosmom said, it is great to be reminded that there are kind and compassionate people out there to offset the swindlers of the world. And Marlene and Toomuchglass, you gals are great! Not only creatively speaking but in your compassionate hearts too. Toomuch, that turtle is just gorgeous! Great job ladies!

P.S. BigDeck, Oscar is still as adorable as ever!

TooMuch! AWESOME job, love the colors! You make me wanna grab some glass and solder it together!!!lol! And that Turtle walk is REALLY something else!!! WONDERFUL job! Aren't you a lucky Grampa! I lost my dear little granddaughter 1week before she was born ;( So enjoy Oscar everytime you can get your hands on her/arms around her!!!
You have a life/friends/talent/wife/cutest GD!!! You will get thru this too!!!

Nothing like a "Day Brightner" when you are feeling down, and I'd say this is one pretty amazing surprise. (WOW, Toomuch, that is gorgeous. Marlene, you are a GOOD friend indeed). The Turtle Walk is so wonderful, it certainly deserved this special piece to be part of it.
There sure are some terrific and caring people in our GJ family!

I'm so sorry about the problems, Big D. Just try to concentrate on your dear friends and darling Oscar (and Mrs Know of course) and things hopefully will get straightened out soon. Keep us posted over on Conversations about this jerk when he gets his 'due'.

hugs, Karen

Sorry about your trouble with guy at work.Hope he has to pay it back!! The turtles are wonderful!! They really compliment each other! Well, if whittling out a turtle would be too much than find a nice rock & paint 1 on it so you can use your artistic talents. Patio Paint from Michael's comes in lots of colors & you can get a very realistic looking 1 especially if you have artistic talent. I've got a fawn about 2/3 done & I did it just from a picture in a book. How sweet the ladies were to arrange for you to get the pkg. What a day brightener!! Beautiful work!! Congrats on 22 yr anniversary!! Your little GD is a sweetie & she has your eyelashes!! Think "somebody" loves to be with her grandpa!! Jan

I've always believed that Prayers Go Up and Blessings Come Down. I have to go back so I can catch up on the Turtle Walk. I Love It and also the new Turtle suncatcher. WooHoo. May the ending result be what we all know you deserve. You girls just rock, how sweet of you and perfect timing. Punk

I am so sorry to hear of your troubles, I hope they are resolved soon.
Your Turtle Walk is amazing. I love what you've done with the deck too.
Now you have a lovely turtle to add to it. That is one pretty piece of work!
Oscar is adorable :)

So sorry you had a scumbag looser use you like that ... Hope when the time comes you can "lien" him to the dirt ... So happy to see you have wonderful friends that band together to give you a great surprize like that ... Toomuch, the turtle is just too much fun .. and perfect.Your work is always so beautiful.
Big Deck, Love how your lettering turned out on the walkway ...Your whole project is just turning out amazing.

** Coming clean *** >>>>

I was just speechless that she remembered that I did stained glass and asked me to do a piece. It was an act of friendship on both our parts . Dontcha love our "family "? :\-) I'm happier than anyone could be ,that I could contribute to this amazing gift ! PS .. Brian .... You are loved by all !!!