Greensboro received its first snow on February 16th. When this photo was taken on Tuesday, it was 36 degrees out and the sun was shining. The main roads were navegable by daylight, but not when the sun went down. Where trees blocked the sun, ice remained. Locally, school has been cancelled for students since Monday afternoon, so traffic is greatly decreased and families are getting an unanticipated vacation.
The above photo was taken on the golf course of the Greensboro Country Club, the course at Carlson Farms. Needless to say, nobody has been out golfing this week. If you have a chance, find some open space in Greensboro and get out and enjoy the winter weather. Remember, it will be spring in less than a month!
****** News alert, just in!! Andrea Cooper, Promotions Director for KISS 100.3 FM, iHeart Media, called to inform us of the winners of the longest kiss contest. As it turns out, it was the couple featured in the front of our photo-- which was the back of the line in the contest. Their sustained kiss lasted from 10:10am- 1:28 pm, earning them several great gifts, including a $500 gift certificate to a jewelry store, a SPA package, flowers, and more. Local sponsors were very generous in supporting this competitive kissing event. Even the runner-up couples received gifts. The radio station is not allowed to publish names; however, here is their photo of the happy couple and here is our photo of their kissing in process. A big thank you to, Daniel, a faithful reader in Wisconsin, who tracked down the iHeart Media phone number for us to call. And a big thank you to Andrea, in High Point, for returning our call. Mystery solved. Case closed. Maybe Daniel and his lovely bride can fly down from Wisconsin to participate next year. Maybe I can even recruit Mr. GDP to compete. Perhaps they can add an "over 25" category. Those kissing couples were young! Surely, that is a competitive advantage!
looks like here! we were already out of school mon/tues because of pres day and conferences but ended up with snow days on wed and today...wondering if tomorrow will be one as well since the temps won't warm up today at all...stay warm!!
Posted by: Tbreese823 | Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 09:22 AM
The blue sky is such a beautiful contrast to the snow!
Posted by: EG CameraGirl | Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 09:36 AM
Enjoy your snow cover. If you need more, you are welcome to any or all 85 inches now that has fallen here since December. I like to share.
Posted by: Birdman | Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 10:13 AM
That certainly is pretty!
Posted by: William Kendall | Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 05:16 PM
That's very pretty, especially with the blue, blue skies.
Posted by: Kay | Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 09:49 PM
Beautiful shot of the snow.
Yes, I am still in NC. In the triangle are we had a little snow followed by a lot more sleet and freezing rain on Monday night which left us pretty paralyzed because there was a thick layer of ice on the roads. Then Wednesday night we had a short snow shower. It was so cold for a while that even with temperatures above freezing yesterday, there were still icy patches on the road yesterday. I think it will be warm enough today to melt the rest and it's also raining today.
Posted by: Carver | Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 07:06 AM