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I was over at my mom's on Sunday looking for some treasures in her photos and I came across this one.

 

Mom said that her brother had just come back from the air force and they went for a bike ride together. She borrowed his bow and arrow.

 

She said that her brother heard a guy whistle at her and was very surprised because she was his little sister.

 

So neat to hear these memories my mom has.

Way Back Machine

 

My dad's Gulf service station, on US Highway 70 in downtown Black Mountain, NC - taken sometime in the early 1960s.

Way Back Machine - 1949

 

My mom is in the ICU after suffering a heart attack earlier today. She had two stents placed in an artery, and is recovering this evening. This had been building for the past few days... but mom, true to her character, kept insisting that she was fine. Was she ever surprised to find out that she actually wasn't...

     

My dad gave me a bunch of slides of his tour in Vietnam.

This is one of him that I really like a lot.

Wayback Machine - December 1976

Photo by Robert Blankenship

Wayback Machine - Halloween, 1979

 

This is what happens when a nine year old carves the jack-o-lantern and takes the photograph.

Wayback Machine - 1940s

Black Mountain, NC

 

This horse is standing right in the middle of what is today a supermarket...

A picture of me and my mom on my 1st Birthday. This was taken in our home in New Jersey.

Way Back Machine - 1949

Photo by Joyce Parris

 

It truly amazes me that they all still get together on a regular basis today... 61 years later. All three of the other girls in this photo came to the hospital to visit my mom when she had her heart attack last month... one from Kentucky, and one from Alabama.

Friendships like that are priceless.

Since it's Wayback Wednesday, I found this photo of my family taken circa 1973. My dad must have been the one taking the photo. That's me wearing the bandana.

Wayback Machine - 1960s

Louisiana, USA

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Upgraded to Lr5 and was checking that the photos on the external hard drive were in the catalog as they ought to be, when I came across this one.

Way Back Machine - Summer, 1955

Sesquicentennial State Park, SC

Photo by Wilma Blankenship

  

Way Back Machine - My dad's 1974 Ford truck.

 

I took this photograph in 1979... it is the first photo added to the "Way Back" series that was taken by me. The rule of thirds is very loosely applied here.... which is kinda wild given that I had no idea what that was.

Way Back Machine

Special Snow Edition

 

I scanned some old photos recently in anticipation of Wayback Wednesday. This photo makes me happy as I know how happy my parents were.

Wayback Machine - Autumn, 1949

Downtown Black Mountain, NC

 

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - Moonlight Serenade

[flickr playlist] & [mood music]

 

decluttr...

Wayback Machine - August 1967

Cypress Gardens, Florida

Photo by: one of the wives..

 

Aside from "synchronized sitting", my dad and his friend Wilburn were pretty good at wrestling alligators, too.

This photo hung on the wall at my dad's service station for many years... hence the writing of their nicknames on the print. A testament to a couple of friends and good travels.

Wayback Machine - 1948

 

My mom (on the right) and her cousin at my grandfather's garage in Black Mountain, NC.

Wayback Machine - 1940s

Photo by Wilma Blankenship

 

Mom's friend's older brother... and his ride.

 

Wayback Machine - December 24, 1972

Wayback Machine - "A Very Wayback Christmas, Part 1"

 

Christmas morning, 1959 - My dad and mom open a gift at a gathering with her family.

 

Mom and her two sisters, and all of their husbands stayed overnight with my grandparents on Christmas Eve, and shared presents and had breakfast together on Christmas morning.

This was taken, most likely, by my grandmother... and is my favorite Christmas photo of any that my family has.

Wayback Machine - Christmas Morning, 1964

Wayback Machine

 

Stone Mountain, GA - 1959

Photo by Wilma Blankenship

Wayback Machine - 1934

originally uploaded may 2005.

Way Back Machine

Lake James, NC

  

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a friend my dad made in Vietnam

Wayback Machine - December 31, 1966

Wayback Machine - July 1974

Photo by Wilma Blankenship

 

Some of the best memories from when I was a boy involve times that we got together with mom's sister and her family. I looked forward to these gatherings so much.

 

Dad and I are on the left, with Dave in the back. Then my grandmother (standing), and Dave's sister and parents. Mom, of course, is taking the photo.

 

I notice here that my dad is wearing his Gulf shirt. It was not uncommon at all for him to come straight from work to these events. I liked that he smelled like engine oil, tires, and gasoline. I always wanted to smell like that when I grew up , too.

Way Back Machine - Spring, 1940s

Photo by Wilma Blankenship

 

A scanned photo for Wayback Wednesday.

 

I had just given birth, probably the day before to Tamara, and Jasmine was visiting me at the hospital.

Way Back Machine

 

May 1962. Somewhere lost in Suburbia, USA

Photograph by Robert Blankenship

When I was over at my mom's recently, I scanned a photo I found of her parents. I met my grandfather but did not know him well and we lived in a different city much of the time while I was growing up. I never met my grandmother as she passed away when my mom was only seven years old. My mom told me that they met eat other through a match maker.

My mom used to teach ballroom dance many moons ago at an Arther Murray Dance studio. Here she is posing with another teacher. My mom is on the left. I think the list on the board is of the students in their class(es).

By leaps and bounds, my favorite photo of my grandpa. It's a crime that my uncle doesn't shoot (photos, not deer) much anymore.

Way Back Machine

 

This is the only photo that exists of my dad with his motorcycle. This was taken around 1949 or 1950... I'm not sure.

Behind him here is a gasoline pump.

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