I put up strawberries with the girls yesterday. It got me to thinking about Mamaw. Strawberry picking with Mamaw and Papaw was a special event.
29 Apr 2023
Carolina Anole
Beside our patio is a big ol' cast iron plant. Axl loves to squeeze in behind it and flush all the lizards out from their…
28 Apr 2023
The Devil’s Courthouse
If you take NC 215 from Lake Logan onto the Blue Ridge Parkway, you'll come across the Devil's Courthouse at mile marker 422. The Transylvania…
27 Apr 2023
Year of the Trail: NC Trail Days
North Carolina has many nicknames, but one of my favorites is the Great Trails State. We got that nickname in 1973 when the general assembly…
20 Apr 2023
Granny Women
A note on my Ancestry family tree for Mamaw Cochran reads: was she a granny woman? That's her up above with Aunt Pansy. She certainly looked…
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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