I wanted to find something for her to wear for her Harley excursion and since I can't sew worth a darn, I looked at doll clothes at the dollar store. The top and little jeans are attached. I had such a blast with her. She was a great excuse for taking pictures. I just wish I could share the pictures with my mom, she would have loved them! Of course this isn't my first time taking pictures of odd creatures. Here are a couple of pictures of the corruption of Winnie the Pooh. The first one is of Moose and Blackie getting Pooh to try a beer. Notice how sweet and innocent Pooh looks in this picture. Here is the complete corruption of Pooh including three girlfriends for the guys. I had an MSN group for people in Wisconsin and we used to have roadtrips where we would meet somewhere for the weekend. A few of us rented a cabin on a lake and I brought along Blackie, our group mascot. Then I found Moose at a rummage sale nearby. (Am I the only one who goes to thrift stores and rummage sales when I'm on vacation?) I actually bought them child size Harley tee shirts and a Harley visor for Moose and a biker kerchief for Blackie (notice the feather earring in Blackie's ear too). At the cabin we rented, someone left behind a Winnie the Pooh toy. He hung around a little to long with Blackie and Moose and was never the same again! Apparently I'm not the only weirdo who rummages on vacation. My friend, who collects cat stuff, got the three cats at rummage sales and had them in her car. They became the biker chicks for this photo op. he-he

Don, I've got plenty of ones that haven't done so well too, but my camera refuses to look at them. And Mary, since Sun Power was one of the last four on your wishlist, you might want to give it some room. But this thread is supposed to be about Choo Choo Train. A bit smaller but seems to have a slight lighter edge than it's supposed to.

Carol, have you taken a white plastic bag and stuffed it to the size of the Possini Chandelier I posted, and hung it to see visually how it will look? It's 28" high. If your ceiling is 11', and you hang that chandy with approx 20" of chain, the light itself will be between 7 and 7.5 ft off the floor - a good height for an entry chandy. The fixture takes 6 60watt bulbs - more light than your old fan put out for sure. You definitely want to have a dimmer on this fixture. And I agree with BusyBee that sconces in this area will be definite overkill. I'd save the sconce budget for places that you'll want other lighting. If you're still undecided you can have the electrician run the wiring and bury it in the wall where you would like sconces, and not put a hole in the drywall. If you find later that you still want the sconces you can add them without any more trouble than opening up the hole in the drywall and accessing wiring.

I don't just disdain flying, I hate it, and now because of vertigo, I can't fly. Thank goodness. I've been traveling by trains all my life and love it. True, it's slow. Aside from that, for me it's very relaxing. I don't get sick and I can read and do crossword puzzles, plus meeting so many very interesting people at mealtime. There are amazing people with fascinating stories on the trains! A year ago I took the CA Zephyr from San Fran to Chicago and back, and in another week, am taking the Coast Starlight up to Oregon to visit DS and DIL and DGS. The most beautiful scenery I've ever seen by train was last December, as the Starlight crossed through the Cascades. Millions of trees, all covered in snow. Incredible. The Zephyr's route through eastern Utah and southern Colorado is also lovely. I travel by roomette if the trip is overnight. It's expensive, but it's our only luxury. If I can't sleep, I turn off the light in the compartment, pull open the curtains and watch the lights. Have never had a bad experience, knock on wood, and the sleeping car attendants are wonderful.