Cherokee Country Club – Oh, the Places We See . . .

The tulips at Cherokee: Dogwood Arts 2015

Knoxville’s Dogwood Arts Festival isn’t only about art. It’s about the beauty of the area, too. And sometimes it’s right under your nose. We pass by Cherokee Country Club on Lyons View Pike almost daily. And sometimes, not all the time, we note what’s planted in the flowerbeds by the street. Last year, a profusion […]

Redbuds first, then dogwoods.

Although the highly anticipated white dogwood blooms (stars of Dogwood Arts Festival 2015) are making progress, they’re still in the half-open, pale green stage. Lovely, but not in full bloom. That’s just the way it is here in East Tennessee. You’re blessed with redbuds sporting their characteristic purplish blooms first. And then the dogwood show […]