Old Buddies - and it is almost like they are my buddies, too, yet I've never met them....

When I drive out of Putnamania every morning I drive along the River Walk.

There are always some folks walking on it by themselves, with a friend, or with a dog or two...

BUT, guaranteed there are always 2 older men in the last parking lot. One backs his car in, and the other drives in head first. This lines them up so they are sitting side by side. They roll their windows down and have a morning chat.

I look for them every morning. I feel like they are my old buddies, too. I wonder what they talk about and if they look forward to their morning visit as much as I look forward to seeing them there.

This is not a picture of them, but it sure is a good representation of their morning friendship, overlooking the Quinebaug River and solving the world's problems.

I hope someday I am backing my car into that parking spot and having an early morning visit with my good friends, too!

I am a Putnamaniac because I have some buddies that I have never even met!