Okay, I have to admit that sometimes I help to pick out my gifts. I just love this Cooper Oaks needlepoint canvas. It's hard to see but the binocular lens have whales in them. I am planning to stitch this with an open background stitch. But I'd like to have the whales painted over and substitute birds for the whales. I'd still make them sea oriented - like terns or seagulls or ospreys. It's a great canvas for the nature lover