Greensboro Daily Photo

First Lutheran Church of Greensboro

We took this Sacred Sunday shot of the First Lutheran Church before the the big snowstorm hit Greensboro on Friday. When the leaves are on the trees, the church is almost invisible-- even though it is in a prime location at Friendly Avenue near Holden Road. This view, taken across the street on Friendly Avenue shows the dramatic roofline. The church is dynamic, inviting, and busy every hour from morning into the evening, hosting everything from Girl Scout meetings to 12 step programs to prayer circles. 

Unlike Ebenezer Lutheran with its full history online, the history of the First Lutheran Church is not available on their website. Even more confusing is that First Lutheran doesn't appear to be the FIRST Lutheran Church built in Greensboro. One would assume that when a church calls itself First Baptist, First Presbyterian, First Lutheran that it is, chronologically, the FIRST of the denomination built in a given town. If anyone knows the date First Lutheran was built, please let us know. Since the snowstorm has immobilized the city, we probably won't get by to investigate firsthand!!!! 

 

International Civil Rights Museum Opening in Forty-Eight Hours

Two more days and the International Civil Rights Center & Museum will open. Greensboro, North Carolina is bursting with pride at the thought of this museum becoming a reality. We have waited for it to open for a long time. As stated on their website, "the International Civil Rights Center & Museum is an archival center, collecting museum and teaching facility devoted to the international struggle for civil and human rights. The museum celebrates the nonviolent protests of the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins that served as a catalyst in the civil rights movement."

If you ever come to Greensboro, this is a must-see museum. We're sharing this photo with Weekend Reflections in the hopes of bringing more people into our town and this new resource. Festivities centered around the grand opening are many. From Girl Scouts to local political leaders the ribbon cutting at 8am will be well attended.

 

FedEx Greensboro

Varooom...... FedEx Greensboro is a reality. Here is a photo of the New FedEx Mid-Atlantic Air Hub, operating at our Piedmont Triad International Airport. With the capacity to sort up to 24,000 packages an hour, it is the company's fifth major U.S. Cargo hub. So, even if you haven't visited Greensboro, NC, maybe your packages have!

We wanted to share this grey-albeit-sky for Sky Watch Friday today since the new 9,000 ft. runway, built as part of the deal for Federal Express selecting Greensboro for its southeast sorting hub, quietly opened on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010.

 

Old Salem Tavern

Old Salem Museums and Gardens is about 40 miles west of Greensboro in Winston Salem. Old Salem is similar to Williamsburg in that workers stay in costume and in character as if they part of the community 200+ years ago. Old Salem was founded by Moravians in search of a community in the New World. On a recent weekend, we ate at the Old Salem Tavern, located in the heart of the community.  The food was good and the atmosphere divine!

On the night we dined at the tavern, a fiddler's group was in town and they played old-time music upstairs for almost our entire meal. Hearing the acoustic music lilting in the background added to the back-in-time feeling. Truly, we were transported. We're linking to North Carolina fiddler Rayna Gellert as this is the spirit of the music we were listening to-- without the Celtic lilt.

 

Burn, Burn, Burn....

Burn, burn, burn! The other week, when we drove  past this GIANT flaming torch, we set about trying to figure out its purpose. The best we can tell, the torch is burn off from one of the oil pipelines on West Market Street. Colonial, Magellan, and Plantation Pipeline Companies (and perhaps others) are located located near this burning flame. If our research is correct, these torches are a safety measure. They ignite when the pipeline has a leak that might pollute streams or cause other problems locally. The pipeline contents igniter and fuel burning flames are the lesser of the two evils: uncontrolled pollution vs. controlled pollution. Here is our less-controversial pipeline picture  from last year. 

Finally, this post will be shared with ABC Wednesday. "B" is for burn, burn, burn. 

 

Round House on Walker Ave.

Living in the round gives new meaning to the expression, "I feel like I'm running around in circles." Seriously though, people have been living in round abodes for thousands of years. Those who sell round homes will tell you they are quite durable, wind resistant, and functional and, in many ways, better than traditional, square homes. This one, without many windows, resembles the cloth and felt yurts of the Mongolian steppes.  If there is ever an open-house at this residence at 2416 Walker Avenue, we'll be first in line. We'd love to see how they slice the pie! 

We've featured the round building on Holden here and Greensboro's Lustron homes, here and here. If you have an interesting home in your neighborhood, please let us know. We love to explore the different ways that Greensboro residents live.

 

WRANGLER

For today, Monday, the beginning of the work week, we feature the Wrangler Building on Elm Street. Wrangler, and parent company VF Corporation, are headquartered in Greensboro. The Wrangler name, known for authentic western jeans, was introduced to the consumer in 1947; however, the company's seed was planted in 1897 when Mr. CC Hudson relocated to Greensboro. Mr. Hudson arrived from Tennessee, seeking his fortune in our emerging textile town. His first job here was sewing buttons on overalls, earning 25 cents a day. 

In 1904, Hudson opened Hudson Overall Company above Coe Brothers Grocery on Elm Street. The company expanded and became Blue Bell Overall Company. Big Ben Manufacturing Company purchased Blue Bell in 1926. The merged companies remained in Greensboro. Blue Bell continued to merge, acquire and grow; eventually evolving into Wrangler. A great timeline with photos of this important piece of history is provided on Wrangler's website, here. Hopefully, Greensboro social studies teachers share this timeline with their students. For over a century, the textile industry has been an important part of our city's history and Wrangler has been a part of Greensboro's history since the 1940's.

 

Gran Poder

Just down from Fanta City-- yesterday's GDP post-- at 4516 West Market Street, you will find the store "La Vaca Ramona." This grocery store caters to the large Hispanic population in Greensboro. For today's Sacred Sunday, we are featuring a few of the prayer candles sold at La Vaca Ramona. Here, we see various depictions of Christ and, to the left, San Juan Diego. In Mexican Catholicism, San Juan Diego was a Mexican who had a Marian apparition in 1531. Recently, in 2002, San Juan Diego became the first indigenous American saint to be canonized by the Catholic Church. In a different (unseen) shelf at La Vaca Ramona, you will find the religious candles with women on them (e.g., The Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Guadaloupe, Santa Barbara). 

For Greensboro's Hispanic Catholics, many of whom are thousands of miles from home, $1.69 must seem like a small price to pay for the comfort and culturally relevant tradition of lighting a prayer candle. 

 

Indu Convenient Store & Fanta City

Indu Convenient Store is located at the Fanta City, the Triad's International Shopping Center at 4925 West Market Street. Fanta City is a large complex for ethnic goods, foods and activities from saris to Colombian coffee, bubble tea and rice to Tae Kwon Do. Approximately 3 years old, Fanta City is one-stop-shopping for many different ethnic groups. The complex is truly a pan-global conglomeration of cultures. Additionally, Fanta City is a place to gather with family and friends and holds many different meetings and events. The red roof, arched doorways, and light stucco walls remind us more of Florida or California than Greensboro. 

We will feature other photos of Fanta City at a later time. Today, we chose this outdated calender at Indu Convenient Store to share with our Weekend Reflections friends and our friends over at Camera Critters (see the parrots?). The cars in the reflection were waiting patiently for Indu Convenient Store to open the day we were there! If you are from elsewhere, likely, you will feel a little nostalgia when walking through Fanta City!

 

Sky over Elm Street

We're heading uptown on Elm Street this weekend to enjoy our thriving downtown. This photo reminds us that the terrain in Greensboro is a little bit hilly. In 1808, Greensboro was selected as the county seat because it is geographic center of Guilford County. However, the city's website says the area is so low, ducks were actually swimming where they were going to start building the town!

The car in the road in the middle of our photo is about to drive down and over the railroad tracks that cut through the city. The track is not fun to cross, nor are the trains fun to wait for, but we must keep in mind that the railroad has been transporting goods to and from Greensboro since before the Civil War. The railroad brought us Cone Mills, denim, and, among other things, the US Army's Overseas Replacement Depot in the 1940's. (More on that later......).

If you just stopped by for Sky Watch Friday, WELCOME!

Art at Harper's Restaurant

Harper's Restaurant in Friendly Center is part of a chain of 10 restaurants all located in the Carolinas. They describe themselves as "polished casual." Has Harper's coined a term or have you heard it before? The diners in the photo above do, indeed, look polished casual! As feasible, Harper's uses regional food and monitors their carbon footprint. In short, the food is great and their recycling efforts encouraging.

We decided to feature this photo today because the artwork at Harper's reminds us so much of Haitian art. Haitian artists love to paint bright, bold "slice of life" scenes. Since 1974, Bill Bollendorf at his Pittsburgh Galerie Macondo has been selling Haitian art, dealing directly with artists in Haiti. Since 1977, Boris and Ruth Kravitz have been going to Haiti to bring great art to the world via their Haitian Art Company in Key West. Peruse both online galleries and you will get an idea of the scenes that will be painted depicting the horrors of The Earthquake of 2010. It is just a matter of time. Haitian artists will tell quite a story with canvas!

 

Guilford College Co-ed

This photo was taken on Sunday afternoon around 12:45 pm along the Friendly Avenue entrance of Guilford College. If we had to guess, we would say that this co-ed, dressed in her Sunday best, was walking home from church. If she is a Quaker, she was walking home from "meeting."

The Quakers first came to the area in 1750, naming their settlement New Garden. The land was described as "this majestic wilderness." By 1837, they opened a co-educational New Garden Boarding School. As explained on the Guilford College website, the campus was even a station on the Underground Railroad. In the 1800's, the school evolved into Guilford College-- the fourth oldest degree-granting institution in North Carolina. Guilford College is designated a National Historic District by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Students can't help but feel that they are part of something special.

Except for the asphalt road, this foggy, wet, winter scene could have been a photo from a hundred years ago. We will share it on Watery Wednesday.

 

Bank of North Carolina & Hardin's Florist Supply

Bank of North Carolina is a great name for a bank. In 1991, the bank opened with significant financial backing of five men: Groome Fulton, Bob Burleson, Lenny Peters, Lloyd Higgins, and Carl Hoffman. Here we see one of the sixteen branches, specifically, the one on Elm Street in Downtown Greensboro. Our State bird is a cardinal so the logo is befitting for a bank named for the State. We got tickled when the Hardin's Wholesale Florist Supply truck pulled up, creating a sort of flower garden for the cardinal to admire!

Hardin's Wholesale Florist Supply is another homegrown North Carolina business. Hardin's is a third generation North Carolina business that traces its roots to 1934 when Myrtle Hardin began making flower arrangements out of flowers grown in her yard. By 1940, the Hardins opened a retail shop and, over the years, the business has grown to a state-of-the-art 100,000 square foot headquarters in Liberty, NC with an inventory of over 14,000 items. We wonder if the florist was delivering flowers to the bank or making a deposit! We'll never know. However, we do know that both businesses are great examples of what North Carolinians can do when we put our minds to it!

We're sharing this one with Ruby Tuesday.

 

I Have a Dream

Martin Luther King had a dream and today is the holiday set aside to remember his dream. Regardless of ethnicity or belief system, we owe it to ourselves to reflect on Dr. King's message.For the first time ever, we are publishing the same photo twice. As we looked through our photographs, we simply could not find another one more appropriate than this one to feature on the Martin Luther King Holiday. Besides, we have so many new readers with whom we would like to share this photo.

The bust, made by Wilbur Lee Map in 1994, is located on the southeast corner of South Elm Street and Martin Luther King Drive. The plaque on the statue reads, "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was scheduled to speak at AME Zion Church in Greensboro (a few blocks from here) on April 4, 1968. He canceled his visit to remain in Memphis where he was assassinated on that day." As we watched this 55 second video clip of Dr. King's final speech, we are struck by how exacting this bust captures his facial features in his final hour of life.

Finally, Seattle Daily Photo has a great tribute to MLK today! 

 

Wells Memorial Church of God in Christ

Wells Memorial Church of God in Christ is located across the street from Bennett College and just west of North Carolina A&T University, between East Market and Lee Streets. To help you orient to the location, notice the round  "Aggieland" smokestack on A&T's campus in the background.  Wells Memorial does not have a website so we can't tell you much about it other than it is a beautiful facility. Notice the angular facade is filled with chunks of colored glass that glow beautifully when seen from the inside. The church has at least three activity vans so we're guessing that fellowship and outreach are important parts of the church's mission.

On another note, today, on Sacred Sunday, we are trying to decide how to spend the Martin Luther King, Jr.  holiday tomorrow. If you, too, are looking, may we recommend this extensive database of activities, searchable by state. Secondly, we are re-watching Dr. King's historic "I have a dream" speech. Over eight million people have viewed the speech here.  Regardless of ethnicity, we can all benefit from remembering Dr. Kings words, especially the following, "I have a dream that one day...... the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood." What can we do to enhance the table of brotherhood? Finally, if you follow this link, you can see the church where Dr. King was to speak on 4/4/68 but cancelled his visit to stay in Memphis where he was shot that very day.

 

iPod, You Pod, We All Pod

The Apple Computer Store at Friendly Center is quite the destination. People of all ages love to hang out here. For teens, no trip to Friendly Center is complete without going to the Apple Store, taking your picture, and showing your Facebook world who is hanging out with whom. Since February 2009, we in Greensboro no longer need to drive to Southpoint Mall in Durham to buy, try out, and learn about 21st century technology.

Technology has the power to bring us together and to pull us apart. Here's to our knowing when to use these rainbow gizmos and when to  communicate the old fashioned way-- by knocking on doors for a good dose of person-to-person. Today, we're sharing this photo with the Weekend Reflection Group.

Purple Haze

To quote Jimi Hendrix in his 1967 song 'Purple Haze', " 'scuse me while I kiss the sky." Some days Greensboro's sky is so beautiful we could just kiss it and publish the photo straight from the camera. Other days, it is so dull, we have to play around in iPhoto to enhance the visual appeal. Today's psychedelic sky is reminiscent of the black light posters so popular with the Hendrix crowd. 

Greensboro of the 1960's is remembered for its involvement in the Civil Rights Movement-- from sit-ins to economic marches to protests and sermons. However, with seven institutions of higher education between here and High Point (UNCG, NC A&T, Guilford College, Greensboro College, Bennett College, High Point University, and GTCC), it is highly likely that some folks were listening to Jimi Hendrix songs and knew the lyrics to Purple Haze by heart! Here's to then, now, and everyone in between!

The photo was taken at a local golf course. The silhouetted sunset is reflected in one of the water features and is shared with the world on  Skywatch Friday.

 

International Civil Rights Center & Museum

Greensboro is realizing a dream. The opening of the International Civil Rights Center & Museum is a mere three weeks away. For over a decade, we've been walking past the former Woolworth Five and Dime at 301 North Elm Street lamenting the fact that this historic place looked like all the other abandoned, boarded up, urban buildings. Not for long. When we walked by today, cameramen were inside taping a preview for the public. Hopefully, the planners have set a realistic goal as the space is renovated but empty. February 1, 2010 is the 50th anniversary of the Sit-Ins that "(l)aunched the national drive for integrated lunch counters (History marker J79)."  

Follow the above link and watch the February One Trailer, a 1 minute 43 second trailer of the February 1 documentary. To date, the fanfare seems to have remained rather local. Hopefully, the center & museum will receive the international recognition that it deserves. James Weldon Johnson had it right, "Lift every voice and sing, 'Til earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty.......

 

Carlson Farms Lake

This vista is from a vantage point on Tory Hill Drive, Near Carlson Dairy Road. As you can see Carlson Farms Lake is still somewhat frozen and the Bermuda grass on the golf course is brown, brown, brown on this quiet, winter day. 

The silo and hidden barn across the lake are leftover from the pre-golf course days when this property was a working dairy farm. Now these rolling hills are part of the Greensboro Country Club's Farm Course. During cold weather when golfers have retreated indoors, one can sit on the banks of the small lake and imagine the time when cows would meander down to the watering hole for a drink and back up the hill for food. While on this photo shoot, we did see a herd of deer, an Eastern bluebird, and a big yellow tabby cat hiding in the leafless bushes. Peaceful-- for now.........

View Watery Wednesday here.

 

Little Red Mill House

This little house near Spring Garden and Merritt Drive, likely, was a mill house. Recently, Pamona Cotton Mill, within view of this little red house at 3707 Melvin Place, was torn down after 110 years. For nearly a century, people worked the mill and walked to nearby homes like this one. Back in the day, people gathered on porches and shared stories about working in the mills. Barbara Presnell captures these years in her poem, "Piece Work." We like the snipet Steve Summerford, Assistant Director Greensboro Public Library, shares on a News & Record webpage:

Ten years he's worked that same machine,

and not one time complained........

He gardens on the lot beside his doublewide.

Corn, tomatoes, beans. His wife works nights

at the nursing home, changing diapers, giving baths.

Some days she comes home crying, another one gone,

and another.

-- from "Velma and Bud on First Break at the Mill"

It takes a confident person to paint one's little house red. Do you think maybe Bud surprised Velma and painted it her favorite color...... just because? Bud, Velma, and the mill have moved on. The little red house on Melvin Place remains. 

Here's to sharing with you guys over at Ruby Tuesday.

 

East Market Street

Here we see some relatively new construction at the corner at Murrow Boulevard and East Market Street. The photo was taken between Bennett College and North Carolina A&T University. We're always surprised that there is so little traffic here-- vehicle or pedestrian. It is a very convenient route connecting Elm and Lee Streets. Additionally, a full-service post office is located nearby on Murrow Blvd. 

This photo was taken on a warm fall day and, oh, how we are missing the warmer weather. We bought tulips at the Fresh Market yesterday and the cashier commented, "Seeing these flowers makes me hope that spring is on its way!"  With a low of 16 degrees last night, it is hard to believe that this cold weather in Greensboro will be over any time soon.

 

Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church

Our Lady of Grace (OLG) Catholic Church is beautiful on the outside as well as the inside. This photo of the interior was taken after a recent wedding service. The interior is constructed of brick and limestone. Vaulted ceilings and decorative woodcarvings add to the beauty of the church. The chiaro marble sanctuary and side altars, imported from Italy, are breathtaking. Greensboro owes the construction of OLG to Ethel Clay Price, a devout Catholic married to Baptist Julian Price. As a memorial to his wife, Mr. Price donated the money for its construction. 

The Prices were married in 1897 and the funding for the church was made available in 1946. World War II delayed construction efforts until 1950. More about the fabulous church history is available here. Today, on Sacred Sunday, we dedicate this wedding photo to the wedding that started it all!

 

Antique Market Place

The Antique Market Place is a great place to visit if you are looking for somewhere to spend time inside and escape the unusually cold winter we are experiencing in Greensboro. Actually, it is a fun place to shop regardless of the weather! Prior to 2001, the Antique Market Place was located downtown on Elm Street. Now, they are located near the airport and I-40 in a building with over 45,000 square feet of antiques and collectibles. We love to spend time there learning about bygone eras and hunting for antique glass, furniture, old postcards, and things that we don't know we need until we see them! 

 

Market Street @ PTI Airport

Market Street stretches from one end of Guilford County to another. At the intersection in the above photo, Friendly Avenue has joined Market Street and we are at the back end of the Piedmont Triad International Airport. Recently, we learned that, according to the airport's website, no local tax dollars are used to operate it.

This photo was taken on a very cold January day when the sun managed to shine and brighten the terrain.  We fell in love with this view because of the blue and ochre pigments and the single puffy cloud hovering behind the stop light. We're sharing it with our Sky Watch Friday friends who always appreciate a pretty sky. Don't get the idea that this is a sleepy little dirt runway venue. The airport is actually quite nice and there is a side with airplanes, terminals, passengers, runways, metal and pavement.

 

Nathaniel Greene

Here we see a painting of Nathaniel Greene on a building in downtown Greensboro, overlooking the Center City Park. Greensboro, established 1808 was named after General Greene. In the Revolutionary War, Greene pursued Cornwallis at the Battle of Guilford Court House on March 15, 1781. Greene and his men lost the battle but  Greene's generalship and good judgment contributed significantly to the outcome of the war. The casualties inflicted on the British Army by Greene's forces caused Cornwallis to retreat from North Carolina. In his own words,  "I never saw such fighting since God made me. The Americans fought like demons." Lt. General Charles Earl Cornwallis

Public art is always a good thing, particularly on these cold, gray days. As we write this, the temperature is 26 degrees and dropping. We need to read up and try to find out the temperature during the Battle of Guilford Court House!

 

On the 12th Day, Tom Clark

Today, on the 12th day of Christmas, the Epiphany, we are sharing Tom Clark's Holy Family and nativity scene. Clark was a professor of religion at Davidson College in Cornelius, North Carolina. He also received art training in several countries. While best known for his gnomes, equally impressive are his religious figures and his scaled miniatures of historic people like Davy Crockett and Thomas Jefferson. We are proud to feature Madame M's collection, which she displays alongside her now-famous Santon collection.

Unless we decide to feature Eastern Orthodox Christmas, which falls on January 7th, this photo should be Greensboro Daily Photo's "swan song" photo for the Christmas season. However, we are continuing the tradition of posting something spiritual on Sunday (Sacred Sunday) and will present more on the Paschal Mystery as we approach Easter. For now, enjoy the gnome-like faces on the Holy Family and google "Tom Clark gnomes" if you would like to learn more about his art as well as the value of the pieces. They are even available at Replacements, Ltd.!

 

Go Page Pirates

Continuing on the back to school theme: If you are local to Greensboro you know that one of our biggest high school rivalries, dating back to the days of the Greensboro City Schools, is between Page and Grimsley High Schools. Here we see an SUV supporting the Page Pirates. The side of the car had a picture of the Grimsley mascot (a Whirlie) X-ed out and the numbers of two athletes.

 Page High School, located at 201 Alma Pinnix Drive, opened its doors in 1958. The school is named after Walter Page Hines, a North Carolina journalist, ambassador to Great Britain. The street is named after Alma Pinnix who, according to their website, planted most of the flowers and shrubs lining the campus. Page High School has always prided itself in its academic rigor and in February of 2008, it earned the designation International Baccalaureate World School.

We aren't trying to show favoritism to Page; however, today is Ruby Tuesday and Whirlie blue just doesn't qualify! If you attend/ed Page and want to tell us why it is so great, leave a comment! Kind words only please!
 

Ready, Set, Wendover

The winter holiday season has ended. 2010 is well under way. For North Carolina's school children, today is back to school day. Here we are on Wendover Avenue, waiting patiently between I-40 and Bridford Parkway. Cars are lining up and people are ready to resume their normal schedules and routines. At this intersection, we see four lanes of traffic in each direction with additional turn lanes. 

Wendover Avenue is Greensboro's major east-west expressway. Extending eleven miles,  Wendover was completed in 1972 after a 15 year effort. If you are interested in learning more about North Carolina's road system, please have a look at Adam Prince's blog about transportation and travels. Oh, and beep beep, move over please, we're trying to get to work!

 

On the 9th Day, SANTONS

For today's Sacred Sunday shot, on this 9th day of Christmas, instead of bringing you 9 ladies dancing, we take you inside the home of one of Greensboro's many Francophiles and share her creche from Provençe.  Our friend amassed this grand collection piece by piece during her many decades of traveling from Greensboro to France.

Santons are terra cotta figures depicting the nativity. The first representation of the nativity, albeit life sized, was by St. Francis of Assissi in 1223. However, the French Revolution, with its closing of churches and prohibiting of nativity scenes, popularized miniature nativity scenes made from terra cotta figures. The making of santons has been popular in Provençe since the late 1700's and is a family craft handed down through the generations. The figures represent actual villagers-- shepherds, millers, woodcutters, fish mongers, a blind man, the wise men-- all marveling at the birth of Christ, whose figure is depicted with wax.

Every Christmas, our friend in Sunset Hills brings her figurines down from the attic and intricately places them one by one recreating not only the nativity scene but also her memories of trips to France and her selecting the 2" figures, all crafted by santonnier, Marcel Carbonel. As we pen this post, Madame M's voice resounds, "Bonsoir Joseph, Marie, enfant Jésus, fermier.......Ça va, rabassier?......... et les Rois Mages........comment allez-vous ce soir?" 

Only after she makes sure that all 50+ figures are in place can she step outside and enjoy the hundreds and hundreds of Christmas light balls hurled into the canopy of mature trees lining her street.
 

Grand Prix GSO

Grand Prix Greensboro, located near the airport at 302 Gallimore Dairy Road, is open to the public and is loads of fun. Young and old alike can strap on safety gear and race around the indoor track. Grand Prix Kart Racing makes even a mom and pop like us feel like we are NASCAR material. In the photo above, a red flag has been waived because a driver is stuck. As you can see, the other karts, all wait patiently until the path is clear. The fastest lap during our 8-minute session was 23 seconds. Unfortunately, that was not our time! Karting is a great activity, especially in bad weather. We may just book our next birthday party there! 

Happy New Year 2010 for those of you signing on today. This is post #366 and we'll make every effort to bring you a new photo of Greensboro every day in 2010! We've managed to post every day since we began last January 2nd-- even through power outages, funerals, and vacations! As always, WILL WORK FOR COMMENTS!!!

 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year GDP Readers! 

In this photo, we're in a car wash cleaning away the grime, cinders, and salt from a recent road trip. The rear view mirror reveals a new model jeep waiting patiently for his turn to scrub up-- and CHANGE his car from dirty to clean! The City Daily Photo Theme for January 1 is CHANGE. 

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Literally and metaphorically, we're rinsing away the 2009 grime and clutter and ringing in a clean and sparkling new year! We're getting the GDP-mobile ready for another year of driving around town finding photographs of our city to share on the blog. By the way, today is our 365th post. We're one year old and celebrating with a cheerful dose of Jimmy Sturr's polka music. Happy Birthday and Happy New Year all in one!  

(Pfeeew, we found a way to squeeze in a Skywatch Friday shot)!