I snapped these photos of a flowering dogwood near my home today. Dogwoods–actually a shrub, not a tree–are a common sight in the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains and are so well known their beautiful four-petaled white blooms are the North Carolina state flower.
Click the images for more detail. (The closeup is a little blurry–sorry about that).
Lucky Otters Haven 
Beautiful! They were also adopted in 1956 as British Columbia’s floral emblem here in Canada. The Pacific Dogwood is a tree that grows six to eight metres high and flowers in April and May. In the autumn it is conspicuous for its cluster of bright red berries and brilliant foliage. It’s illegal here to pick them! 🙂
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Illegal, wow! Do you have any photos?
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I know…it’s crazy! lol I apparently picked one when I was a 5 and we were camping…my Father flipped out at me as there was a Park Ranger right there….I honestly think that he saw me do it but ‘turned a blind eye’ do to my age. That is when my Father told me all about the Dogwood 🙂 I still remember to this day. If I get some pictures I will certainly post! 🙂
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I doubt you would have been arrested if you were only 5 — but of course your father would have flipped out, because he was responsible for you and he could have got in trouble!
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Totally! lol
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We have one with white flowers in our front yard and there’s one with pink flowers next door. They are still not in bloom but I’m sure by next week they’ll have their flowers along with my lilac bush…which is really a tree.
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A pink dogwood? Can you post a photo? I love all the colors this time of year. I think it’s much prettier than fall (which i like too except it means winter is coming) and a lot less depressing.
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I don’t believe that I don’t have a single pic of that tree from past years. If you knew how many pics I have on my computer, you would say the same. lol
So I will have to wait until it blooms to take a pic.
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I’ve been stalling on doing some serious blogging of my own. The thing has been sitting stagnant and frankly I don’t want to make my deep recovery work public. (Not a judgment of those who are comfortable with it though).
However I have been working out an idea (so far just in my mind) to do something else that I would not mind sharing and making public. So your request may…perhaps light a fire under my keester (sp) to get it started.
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Now you’ve got my attention! I’m dying to find out what your idea is!
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Well it’s not fully formed yet. But it’s encouraging to me that you’re interested.
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Please keep us posted!
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Will do.
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