Skippy’s travelogue

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

A trio of blind musicians play for tips along a street in Puebla, Mexico.

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

A stone mill grinds the pigment of the distinctive blue glaze of Uriarte Talavera, as it has over the past century in the Puebla, Mexico factory.

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

A potter crafts a large planter in a mold at the Uriarte Talavera factory in Puebla, Mexico.

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

A painter decorates a vase with the distinctive embossed blue glaze at the Uriarte Talaver factory in Puebla, Mexico.

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

Colorful glazes are a signature component of the ceramics at the Uriarte Talavera factory in Puebla, Mexico.

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

Inspectors evaluate the quality of tableware and tiles at the Uriarte Talavera factory in Puebla, Mexico.

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

Vendors, lovers, friends and family gatehr in a mall near the zocalo in Puebla, Mexico.

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

A potter works on a vase at his wheel at the Uriarte Talavera factory in Puebla, Mexico.

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

A woman selling cinnamon apples waits for customers in Puebla, Mexico.

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

Puebla, Mexico: Mole & Talavera is Good Enough for Me

People work through the night in Puebla, Mexico, making deliveries and making a living.

Skippy Sanchez

Skippy Sanchez has been a member since 7 November 2007 and goes by SkippySanchez.

Currently in limbo.

Subscriber since May 2008!

I like to take pictures, and (to paraphrase Elliott Erwitt) I particularly like to take pictures I like.

Lately I've been taking the pictures I like in Mexico and Honduras, but plan to expand my horizons as finances and opprotunities allow.

I have been a photographer for the largest newspaper in the flattest state in North America - circulation 148 an falling -- for 26 years. Most days I can't believe they pay me to do this, some days they couldn't pay me enough.

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