A Good Friday at Buzzy’s

Even with it being a Friday the 13th last week, it was a Good Friday at Buzzy’s Country Store as many folks dropped in to say hello and relax.

Several of my Leonardtown friends made their way south for some camaraderie and hospitality Buzzy-style. Ernie Bell, Al Gough, Wayne and Glenn Guy, Tom Russell, Christine Senese and Steve Raley all made the trek to Buzzy’s following their lunch at SALT. My good friend Billy Fitzgerald also made the trip down from North County. (Note that not all of these folks are technically “Leonardtown” but I always tend to refer to anyone north of Callaway as such.)

Here are some photos taken by Kim Wiley. (Thank you Kim!)

Ernie
Pat Woodburn, Billie and Tom in Background
Steve
Glenn and Keith Raley
Come on Wayne – Smile! You’re in Buzzy’s Wearing a Buzzy Hat!
Christine, Steve, YT and Al

I took a couple of photos (such as this one) but do want to thank Kim for getting such nice pics of our visitors shown above.

Al, John Garner, Steve and Ernie

Unfortunately, the one person that we did not get a decent photo of was the organizer of this event Tom Russell. Never fails does it? The person(s) doing all the leg work and organizing seem to never get their proper recognition. And now that I look back, I notice that there are no photos of Kim either. I promise to do better next time.)

I was in the process of trying to get a photo of Tom when he turned just as I took this picture. Note in the background Al, Christine and Wayne are looking over a scrap book that Bob Wright brought in showing old photos of his family members with some of the Bells and other Leonardtown folks.

Kevin Adkins, Brian Barnhill, Tom and Gary Wood

I later took this photo of Dan wearing his “We all take turns” hoodie. Tom is seen in the background again.

Along with my Leonardtown crew, Rania and Luke Linderman rolled in with several of their friends and the Buzzy party continued. Big thanks to Karen Leach for taking this nice photo of them.

Andy and Deb Blackie in front, to the left Heather and Dan McGorry, Luke, Beth and Bob North and Rania.

Deb and Andy are from Scotland (as in the Scotland-over-there) and had been in Buzzy’s previously. As they had promised to do so, they brought me not just one, but two Scottish flags. As for why Scotland-over-there has two flags, click here to find out.

On Display Behind the Buzzy Counter

And speaking of smiling, check out Uncle Kracker’s take on the subject: