Nostalgia

Most of the antiques I own sat around in my mom's basement and attic, out of the public eye. I like to have them on display instead of hidden away. And on a dark, gloomy day, they are something to photograph.

I doubt young people even know what liquid bluing is anymore. This bottle has been around as long as I can remember. Liquid bluing had several uses. It's primary marketing was for laundry to make dingy, yellowing whites bright white again. But have you ever heard the term "blue hair" used to refer to seniors? (No offense, seniors.) Well, liquid bluing was also supposed to turn yellowing hair bright white again. The bottle says you're supposed to add "a few drops to rinse water." Well, I guess most people didn't read that part, because there were a lot of ladies with blue hair! My grandma was a blue hair. I grew up thinking it was normal for grandmas to have blue hair. Now kids color their hair blue on purpose. Go figure, grandma would be a trend-setter now.

Techie Corner
I took this in dim light, so needed lots of post-production.
Shot at 1/3 Sec @ F2.8, ISO 200