The Seamstress's Hidden Kiss

https://www.wattpad.com/story/70193383-the-seamstress%27s-hidden-kiss

In honor of Bobby’s heavenly birthday, I really wanted to repost a link to the story I wrote about him (as bad as I hate the term "fanfiction," I guess that would accurately describe it, though I like to think of it as HISTORICAL fiction, since it involved a person and time period that's now gone). I wrote this last year and it’s quite frankly the story I’m proudest of to date. I like to think Bobby would at least have appreciated the effort, even if I might’ve made a few errors “representing.” 💙💚💛💜

Bobby's Dad's Possible Appearance in a Photo Shoot...

So who else thinks it is HIGHLY POSSIBLE that the guy to the right of Bobby and Kathryn – not the one who got kicked, but the other one – is Bobby’s dad, Clet?



Look at the face, the profile, the hair, and then….



Plus….





And...



Don’t you think the one at the top looks exactly like Clet Driscoll?  I wonder if he was the one who’d taken Bobby to the photo shoot, and when an extra was needed, he was called upon to step into the photo…. or if he volunteered?  

Thoughts?

For Bobby

Hi!  So I did this the other night, inspired by my whole “Bobby would’ve made an amazing Alternate Universe Jack Dawson” thing.  This is my favorite rendition of the Titanic song (”The Portrait”) along with my favorite pictures of Bobby.  It’s horribly PlainJane though, so if anyone would like to take it and truss it up for us, if you have video experience, be my guest!

Happy Sunday!

Brown Eyes

So I am blogging this because I feel those top couple pics are the very best I’ve seen for showing off the exact shade of Bobby’s brown eyes.  I’d always wondered, were they dark, inky brown?  The color of toasted coconut, as I mentioned once before?  I’d had a yen they were lighter, because in his black and white pictures you can still see his pupils in contrast.

And now, here they are!  I’ve seen these pics a handful of times, I don’t know why I just now got hit with an “Ah ha!” moment on this.

UPDATE
Actually, since doing this blog post originally, I've come to read Bobby's daughter Aaren's poem which claims her father had sea green eyes.  As I'm sure we would all agree that Aaren would know, I've come to wonder if Bobby most accurately possessed hazel eyes -- that could be green and brown in turns.  Certainly all of the pictures I've seen have shown his eyes with more of a brown hue than green, but at the same time, none of these pictures is a close-up.  Maybe if we were to sit across from Bobby, or to be on his lap -- as Aaren was -- we would see that beautiful, elusive green.  Either way, hazel and green eyes are certainly in the minority, as are brown eyes this light.  So that tells us how unique Bobby's eye color was any way you slice it.

Lost Boy Update

Guys, this is EXCITING!  I’m so glad this guy’s finally giving us updates!

I have to also admit, I nearly cried watching this.  Seeing George Herms and Connie Stevens talking so animatedly, knowing they were discussing Bobby, just gave new life to him all over again.  These people KNEW Bobby, they had been face-to-face with him.  They were part of his story.  What a gift for us to be able to listen to them talk!

Just had to share this today.

Ó hEidirsceóil.

Hi All!  Happy Sunday to you.  I hope everyone’s had a good first week of March!

I have a couple of Bobby blurbs for us today, but firstly, might I draw your attention to the title of this post – some of you might have figured it out, but that is the original Irish spelling of Bobby’s last name.  What a bored, obsessive person might I be to look such a thing up, you may ask?  Well let me assure you, I came upon this quite accidentally, so don’t judge :P  I was strolling BehindtheName.com looking for an RPG character name in the Irish category when what pops right up at me from the screen?  This!

I love it, so I had to share.

Also, Hank, aka yourgrandpop on tumblr gifted us with an awesome addendum to the Natalie Wood/Bobby spread he found!  Thanks so much for sharing, Hank!  This is Bobby and Natalie in what is presumably Bobby’s car at Tiny Naylor’s, a California diner.



How adorable is this?  Btw, going back a few lines, I do like to assume this is Bobby’s car because I know he was crazy about cars, and enjoyed working on his own.  That leads me to believe he might’ve pushed hard for this photo shoot to happen in his own vehicle.  

If only we might ask Natalie what her memories were of this sweet photo shoot from the early 50′s – but she’s dead too.  I’m pretty sure I’ve lamented this way before on here, but slowly those who knew Bobby and can tell us these little things are disappearing.  Soon, a good deal of firsthand knowledge about him will be lost.  This is why I wish someone would write a book, but it might already be too late to assemble alot of information.  

Anyway, I digressed to something depressing, sorry.

My second bit is to talk some about So Dear to My Heart, which I FINALLY saw this past weekend!  I would have to say this is my favorite of Bobby’s “little boy” movies along with Sunday Dinner for a Soldier.  Bobby’s acting ability once more outshines everyone else’s, and his facial expressions are unparalleled.  My ultimate favorite was the one he wore during the after-dinner scene with his grandma, uncle and cousin (I think that’s what Luana was in this movie??) when his Uncle Hiram first mentioned the County Fair.  The little sidelong glance he gave Luana was absolutely priceless.

I do remember reading in a newspaper article from way-back-when that Bobby did have a “job” on set of actually feeding the lambs.  I bet he greatly enjoyed this, as I recall reading later that he’d considered being a veterinarian when he was young.



That must be where this pic came from, which I’m sure most of us has seen before.

So there we have it!  A brand new pic and an elaboration on So Dear to My Heart, plus a new Irish word for us all to memorize the spelling of (ha!).  I’ve been nice and productive this week, haven’t I?

80th Birthday

Happy birthday, sweet Bobby.  You came into being 80 years ago today.

May you, from where you are, be met on the horizon by a thousand balloons floating up to you… see a thousand stars twinkling in the sky… and feel the warmth of a thousand kisses.