The Mad Hatter !!

I have more than a few hang ups and collecting hats is one of them....... fun though !! In fact , in early life one of my " reasonably acceptable " nicknames was " Cappy ". These trophies are  hanging from pegs on the walls throughout  the house.... mostly  mine , some oldies that belonged to my Mom. Each hat is blogworthy...... has a story of its own worth telling. In above pic I am wearng my Breton merchant seaman's cap , offered to me by  Skoazell Vreizh  or l Équipe de Sauvetage en Pleine Mer de la Bretagne  ( Brittany Sea Rescue ) when they made me an honourary member in 1994.I spent the better  part of  the last four years of my active career working on the language and culture of the Breton people in Western France........ another Celtic tongue struggling for survival , etc

P.S. I think that the American government should oblige all " illegal aliens " from south of its border to wear mariachi sombreros  ( photo in top lefthand corner ) when out in public so as to make themselves easily identifiable to Homeland Security !  ( No hate mail , please... just kiddin g ! )