N.C. Roadtrip 2010: Flora, Foliage, and Fruit

Bear with me folks. Work is a bit busy lately. Between catching up from one trip, preparing for the end of the Big J's fiscal year, and trying to get things in order for the NEXT roadtrip, plus being the only one in the office in my department, I'm a bit swamped AND I’ve got a blooming headache.

And so that is my segue for this post – the theme of the tropical flora, foliage, and the fruits of North Carolina.
Enjoy this photo assemblage. Textual ramblings one day soon.

l-r: Beach blossoms at Topsail Beach; The Bay at Topsail Beach; Carolina pines at The Farm; Strawberry harvest time; In for a landing on a Tiger Lily; Exotic Plants at a local nursery; Steel Magnolias? Nah, Soggy Magnolias; The bloom is almost off the Mimosa Tree Blooms