Bobby and Luana! Too much cuteness...

I did find a pic this month I hadn't seen before!  Actually I found it last month, or maybe longer ago even, but who cares about these details? :D  I was hanging on to it to post on here at some point.

Who else thinks this is beyond adorable?  They both have such serious little faces!

Notice how perfectly coiffed Bobby's hair was, always.  That was a product of his era, but also, can't you just imagine how, as a little boy, he probably stood stone-cold still in front of his momma for her to gunk his head up with product so she could sculpt it so well?  At least, I always assume he went for his publicity appearances with his hair fixed already.  I'm not sure they spent quite the money and time back then on trussing up child stars for their pictures as they do now.

I know this may feel a little like an extension of the post I did on Isabelle to bring this up, but who else thinks she was absolutely FIERCE when it came to teaching Bobby manners?  I just have a feeling -- especially based on how strict she was said to be with him.  I also know from my own grandparents and stories from people older than me that those mid-century mommas could be a force to be reckoned with.  I'm betting his rules went something like this:

Don't bite your nails.  And by the way, go clean under them. (His nails were always nicely trimmed too... and I recall Clet questioning their cleanliness before one of his teen interviews).
Don't ask the adults to stop filming for you to go to the bathroom.  Hold it! (Ugh...)
No sass-mouthing.  Ever.  (I wonder if he felt a certain amount of excitement when he was neck-deep in that altercation with the surfer guy he ended up hitting with a pistol?)
Treat ladies better than you treat yourself.  (He was quite the charmer, and he always had long-term relationships to show for them).

And probably a ton more.  It polished him up quite well, at least... until he grew tired of perfection, as we know, and turned to a helper.  Anyway... hope you enjoy this one! 

I really wanted to do a post at some point discussing Bobby's artwork and more of his poems, but I have trouble sorting through his symbolism.  Anyone else who thinks they have a corner on this, please speak up!  We'd probably all love to hear from you.

A Break in the Silence!

Happy summer Sunday afternoon, Readers!  Where the heck have I been?!

Well... working alot of hours.  And truthfully, being thoroughly unable to find new material to blog about.  I typically have to tunnel down into the depths of the internet to find "new" Bobby info, and often I luck up and do come across something.  Or sometimes I'll commentate on stuff that's already general knowledge.  But lately I've just had some serious writer's block.  I had wanted to do a Father's Day post talking about Clet as I had done for Isabelle, but let me tell y'all a secret you probably already know:  there is precious little I can find on Cletus Driscoll.  He seems to have been a quiet figure that went about his daily work as a salesman and business owner and let Isabelle do most of the Bobby-ing in terms of his career.  Therefore.... guh, I just don't know what to say about him.  Then I'd wanted to do a segment on Bobby as a father, but I would need to interview one or two of the kids for this, and that's not really a viable option right now, so I let that go too.

So I'm sorry to say I don't have too much for us this week.  I will continue to try harder for my next post, which I'd like to have up sometime later in the month, but for now?  I will share with you all a background I made on PicsArt a couple weeks ago!  It is an amalgamation of some of Bobby's grown-up pictures, along with two quotes that express my personal feelings about Bobby -- and that I imagine might express some of yours!  So feel free to take it and use it, if you like it.  I had to crunch it down to fit on this page, but hopefully if you click on it you can get the full size...?

Anyway... that's all I've got for now!  By the way I'm open to take any suggestions if anyone ever wants me to feature a specific Bobby topic. 

Oh!  Good news is, www.bobbydriscoll.net is back up and running!  This makes me happy.  Finally we can access those sound files again from Bobby's radio work. 

Hope everyone has a good month.  Please stay cool!