Day 7 - Throwback Thursday

Over the last several weeks, I've noted that

Throwback Thursday has been happening on Facebook.

Several friends have posted old photos

they have and shared them with a little back story.

I recently came across a box I had at my mother's house

full of negatives, slides, photos and proof sheets...

I can't tell you how many, but I have literally

hundreds of photographs here.

From journalism subjects

to travel

to family events

through high school and college.

The picture I posted at the top of this post

is of Tio Blas.  He lived in Guadalajara

and owned a stand at the local market.

This was on one of the last trips I took there,

and he's in his late 80's, still working at the stand.

 Everyone in the neighborhood knew "Don Blas."

His brother owned the neighborhood store,

and I can remember as a kid sometimes working the counter

when we would go visit.

I've bought a slide and negative scanner,

and over the next several months, as I get my office set up,

I plan to start going through this pile and finding more hidden treasures...

I can't wait...!