April, 2001. About a year old at the time. She was supposed to be a Labrador retriever, but somewhere along the genetic line, there was something else introduced. The brindle markings were quite striking in a dog that was in every other way a Lab. I've hunted over some great field dogs, including her predecessor, Star, and as a young man Pete, a grandson of King Buck, the first to grace a U.S. postage stamp, who belonged to my best friend. Daphne was right up there with them, and she hunted until she was past 13. I miss her and Star every day. The colors in this slide, which I scanned this morning, were fairly intact, though the magenta channel had to be adjusted. This is as close as I could get, as I am by no means an expert technician:
Daphne, April 2001 by
tombarry975, on Flickr