Meet a Bear and Down Memory Lane

~Hello, Bear Lovers~

I almost forgot again, so I guess

I am getting old!  Anyway, tonight

I have a Boyd's bear, of course....

 His name is Elmer O. Bearroad and

you can see why, he is dressed in his

striped railroad hat and bibs!  And I

can't forget his red hankie around

his neck.

Below is a close up of him...

He is 12" tall and he has black pads

on his feet.....I bought this bear because

my son loved trains when he was little...

I had a picture of him in his bibs for his

3rd birthday, I don't know if I still have

it, or if he has it....Anyway, I made him

a birthday cake, that looked like a train,

because he loved them, so much....We

lived in a small town, which had train

tracks and the train would come every day

 and stop at the Carnation milk company

to pick up a load of milk....Whenever he

would hear the whistle, at a crossing a

mile away, he would get all excited!  I had

a bike with a seat for him on back of it, so

I would hurry and get him on the back and

off we would go to the tracks!  We did this

quite a bit, so one day, while the engineers

were switching tracks, they asked us if we

wanted to get on and ride!  We did, and we

got to sit in one of the windows and ride

back and forth for a little bit.....Tony still

remembers that and he was only two,

I believe.  It is funny how a bear can bring

back some wonderful memories and a few

tears, at the same time!  He is my only child

and I don't get to see him much....I think I

will look for that picture, one of these days

so I can put it with this bear!  We bought

him a model train when he was 6 years old

and he still has it, it is an HO scale, plus

he has his Dad's train, that he had when he

was little.  It is a bigger one and I think it

it's Lionel, if I am not mistaken.

I didn't think I was going to go down

memory lane tonight, but I guess that I am

wanting to write more, instead of just

posting new treasures that I have found,

you know, some times you need a change!

Doing the same things can get BORING!

We got the back on the hutch tonight and

tomorrow I am going to be loading it up,

if I can keep Chum off of it!  I had a towel

over the base of it, and for some reason, 

he thinks we brought it in the house for him

to sleep on......Ya gotta love kitties!  I gave

him a pipe cleaner and he has been playing

with it for hours....I love it, now I don't have

to hold him so much!

That is it for tonight, I need to iron a shirt

before I go to bed....

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen