Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Blue-footed booby!

I've really enjoyed stitching up my little avian tributes (like the red pileated woodpecker, the black capped chickadee, and the little owl). I originally planned to focus my stitching on our local, Hudson Valley birds. But recently I was introduced to the blue-footed booby, and now I've decided to make a little detour to the Galapagos Islands, where the blue-footed booby lives.

After watching this video, I was convinced that the blue-footed booby is highly stitch-worthy:



I made the blue-footed booby as a bookmark; he's a gift for a friend.



Here's a close-up of my booby (come on! you had to know that was coming):




Since the booby is such a serious romantic, I thought it would be fitting to include some love song lyrics on this piece. I chose Louis Armstrong's "We have all the time in the world," because the friend I'm giving this to chose it as his wedding song.

We have all the time in the world

Time enough for life to unfold
All the precious things love has in store
We have all the love in the world
If that's all we have, you will find
We need nothing more

Every step of the way will find us
With the cares of the world far behind us

We have all the time in the world
Just for love
Nothing more, nothing less
Only love

Every step of the way will find us
With the cares of the world far behind us

We have all the time in the world
Just for love
Nothing more, nothing less
Only love

Only love


Isn't the blue-footed booby so much fun? Which little birdy should I turn my attention to next?

6 comments:

  1. Hi...Love the booby bookmark....I'm working on a couple myself...if you have time, I'm lanie at stitchingwithlanie.blogspot.com
    Follow me if ya likes!

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  2. Uhm....wait...that didn't sound good...LMAO!
    Sorry...I hope you knew what I meant...I'm not a freak or anything. LOL!~

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  3. Hee hee! Thanks for coming by-- I'm on my way to check your blog out now!

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  4. I think you should make a possum next. And yes, I know that's not a bird! :)

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  5. i love it! i really like his little dance - you captured it perfectly!

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