Daphne

[Tom Barry]

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

[Urbanflyer]

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

lots of good memories I bet!

[Tom Barry]

You bet. I find going through my old files triggers memories of people, dogs, places and things, and events. It also corrects my memory's distortions of what actually took place long ago.

[lovelife65]

Sweet story Tom. Brought tears to my eyes. It is amazing how much of an impact dogs have on our lives. She is beautiful, thank you for sharing.

[Tom Barry]

Sweet story Tom. Brought tears to my eyes. It is amazing how much of an impact dogs have on our lives. She is beautiful, thank you for sharing.

I was in a deep funk after Star died, and our son brought me right out of it when he surprised me with the 6 week old pup as a birthday present.