The Kiss

My Facebook friend Quinn posted a picture a couple of days ago, saying "I was trying to take a selfie of the crankiest bookseller on the block, but my tiny dog ruined it by being so friendly and adorable."

Quinn had never had a dog before Cha Cha (I don't think), and she agonized over whether or not to adopt her. She asked people all kinds of questions about human/dog interactions, she had a few play dates to be sure, and then took her little lady home, albeit with a fair amount of trepidation. The pairing has worked out beyond her expectations: Cha Cha has become perhaps one of the most pampered (and best dressed) dogs on the planet.

Quinn, as previously mentioned, is a bookseller, and during quarantine has established a nightly online story hour in which she reads aloud to Cha Cha. Cha Cha also deigns to deliver an occasional book review, her latest discussing The 101 Dalmations, by Dodie Smith. Quite a perspicacious review for such a tiny dog.

Here is the review.

"More bitches in charge," is Cha Cha's primary conclusion. Who wouldn't agree?

I found the selfie similarly irresistible, and spent my afternoon turning it into a portrait. Here are Cha Cha and her person Quinn, sharing a kiss.

Uniball pen, Jackson watercolors, in Bee Sketchbook.