52 in 2014 Challenge – #2: Sentimental Journey

First, I have to give credit for my inspiration for this post. Another participant in this challenge – Bobbie – gave me the inspiration with her posting for this week’s challenge.  You can see Wolfgang the Rabbit here.

This is a Mickey Mouse fire truck from the 30’s or 40’s.  Mickey is driving, and that is his head that is missing. That is Donald Duck riding in the back. This toy belonged to my father, who had apparently saved it from his childhood.  He had kept it for purely sentimental reasons, I think.  My mother (long before the days of the internet and eBay), thought it was an incredibly valuable antique and seemed to prize it for its potential value.  It wasn’t something I got to play with.  I never knew what it looked like new – but I knew it wasn’t in good shape and probably had zero value.  But Mom thought it was valuable.  Only in researching for this post did I finally see what it looked like (it is worse than I thought – check this site).  My family laughs at me, but I’ve kept it all these years because it does have sentimental value to me.

This was taken with my D90 and my 50mm 1.8 prime.  It was edited only in Lightroom, starting with the onOne Light Mocha preset.