The wisteria is showing off with clusters of purple blooms around the culdesac. It sends my mind reeling back to dozens of springs here in…
Outdoors
28 Mar 2022
Catkins
The pollen has settled in a thick layer of dust that coats all of Cumberland County. The cars are tinted yellow-green, and dried rivulets of…
15 Mar 2022
Redbud Winter
Fayetteville temperatures started climbing into the 60s and 70s before the end of February. Thanks to the warm weather, daffodils, camellias, and Bradford pear blossoms…
27 Feb 2022
Velvet Ants
The recent warm weather has the creepy crawlies emerging from their hidey-holes a bit earlier this year. I spotted this little lady in Winnabow a…
21 Dec 2021
Spotted Dusky Salamander
Have you ever fished a dusky salamander out of a creek? My little cousin pulled this fella out of Soco Creek back in September. Ain't it…
Hey there! I’m Cassie Clark, a Carolina girl who grew up in two towns on opposite sides of North Carolina. My family has lived here for 8 generations, so my love for my home state is something I got honest. I’m passionate about sharing all the things that make North Carolina living so sweet – the history, the great outdoors, the culture, and the laidback lifestyle. That’s what Where the Dogwood Blooms is all about. It’s my love song to life in the Old North State; an ode to sunshine & hurricanes.
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