What is that squirrel-looking thing?? My nephew asked me this with a deadpan face not so long ago. Kids ask the darnedest questions.
Outdoors
18 Feb 2024
False Spring
After Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring, temps in the Sandhills started climbing. We've already had some 70-degree days.
12 Nov 2023
The American Chestnut Tree
There's been a lot of talk about reviving the American chestnut tree over the past few years. An article about it came across my Twitter…
28 Oct 2023
Indian Summer
Indian summer arrived here in North Carolina a couple of days ago. This unseasonable warm snap has temps climbing up into the 80s in Cumberland…
25 Oct 2023
Virginia Creeper
"There's poison ivy growing in the yard." It's a sentence I hear ten times a year. I always go check - but nine times out…
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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