Where The Dogwood Blooms

Outdoors

11.12.23 2

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 feed a few days ago and got me thinking about the following entry in Roy Clifton Parris’s memoir.

Language

11.10.23

Piss Poor

Money is tight right now, y’all. We’re not piss poor, but Lord, it feels like it. This is the roughest year we’ve had in the WTDB household in a long time.

Garden

11.2.23 2

Bringing in the Houseplants

I spent yesterday afternoon bringing in the houseplants. It’s a ritual I perform every year on the day before the first frost.

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.