I've been working out this idea for a drawing in color pencil for the last few days. I really wish I had a scanner so I could post some of this stuff.

Anyway, the idea is to have it set during the Civil War. (I may have already mentioned this during another entry...it probably would have been last year though...) I haven't decided which 'side' to have her on but the subject is a woman who lives disguised as a man. Quite a few woman did that during the War ~ they weren't allowed to join the armies so they disguised themselves. At the point where many men were running away, women were running to join the battles.

She has managed to get time enough away from her unit (did she slip away? get furlough? did Civil War soldiers even get furlough?) and find a place with a genuine bathtub ~ it's even filled with (somewhat) hot water. He uniform lies in a heap slightly behind the tub and her gun leans into a corner with her hat perched on the nearby chair. Her tattered boots lie where she took them off.

She's managed to soak a bit and wash her hair ~ it's pretty wild where it's partially air dried. She looks over the edge of the tub where a cat sits. As she leans over a bit to pet the cat and talk to it, the cat looks over to the right as a light appears. Is the door opening? Has she been found out? Is she AWOL? Or does the owner know her secret and is simply giving her advance warning of someone approaching the house?

Ah....who can say? I'm only the storyteller ~ not the story. I can't wait to work on it again...