Illustration Friday—Asleep

With Ellie Mae, a hound who’s always on some critter smell, we often say, “Nose on, brain off” because there is nothing, and I mean nothing—no amount of calling, bribes of red, raw meat, nothing— will distract her from the task at hand. But with such a busy nose, she falls “asleep” almost anywhere and what’s appalling to some, she’s allowed on any and every couch, bed, chair she desires…

For this sketch done in August 2010 (my apologies for nothing new for the IF venue) she chose the couch. Between wine consumed and constant movement (the hound keeps stirring with the boom of fireworks) it’s hard to finish a pose, but hopefully the gist is clear.