I decided I'd come up w/the perfect subject matter for the Euryscop, namely my 'Gable' style Stetson.   I don't think of 'Gabe' as just my hat, but as a member of the family, and I was concerned because Gabe seemed to have become depressed lately, prompting me to talk with him to try to find out what was wrong.  My question to Gabe about 'what's wrong', started a rant, it seemed there was an anger in Gabe that had been building for a long time, and he let loose. 

'Listen Jonathan, you go around here ignoring me, looking for things to photograph, yes, always something else, never me'.  'I guess that's because you think these things you've photographed are much more interesting than me, and you've done this for years............... NOT ONCE, have you asked to take my picture!!!'.   Gabe really let me have it that night, and I had to admit that a lot of what he said was true.....so I decided I'd do my best to make it up to Gabe.

I told Gabe that I'd do both a color and black and white portrait of him, just like I'd do for a client, and would take him down to Village Hat in Long Beach this weekend so he could socialize some w/his lady friend 'Fedora'.  Gabe has been all smiles, and I promised Gabe that from now on, that I'd never leave him hanging.