Taken around August, 1993
Tache is about 4.5 months

Wow, this takes me way back in my time with Tache. This was taken in the middle of the hot, California summer, 1993. We lived in a duplex behind another house in the worst part of town that I think existed. Pizza delivery folks wouldn't even come and the few that would charged a surcharge. The backyard was a field of tall weeds, nothing I would let my 4 month old pup play in, the fence wasn't even secure. But, we had a little "yard" that consisted of a dirt patch and a cement patch.

Tache always loved it when I filled her kiddie pool with water. She used to chase the hose while it was filling and troll the bottom with her nose. On this particular day she had been playing in the pool and then running around the mud patch and back and forth. We had such a blast together, the roommate was gone, her dog was gone so it was just me and Tache.

I miss that unbridled energy that both of us really had back then. That was definitely a very different time in my life from where I am now. I guess you could say we were both young back then :). I still miss Tache a lot, it has only been 3.5 months. Seems like eternity. This mud fun that we had is one of the most lasting memories I will have of our time together. Of the many, many adventures we had, this was by far one of my favorites.