People always want to know what inspires creativity, and it’s really hard to pin down. Lots of things can be inspiring - a conversation with someone, a beautiful piece of art, something in nature, and too many other things to list here.

I recently got inspired looking at what’s growing in my backyard.

A plum, not much bigger than a cherry, and still green. There are others that are bigger, but I don’t know how big they will get, or what color they will be when they are ripe. There is one plum tree in our yard, and another in the neighbor’s yard that hangs over our fence. I’m curious to see if they are the same kind of plums.

A little tiny pear. It will probably be a lot bigger when it’s ready, but right now, it’s about the same size as the little plums. There are hundreds of these on the tree right now.

Two walnuts growing together. A lot of people don’t know that walnuts grow inside a green pod, but there was a walnut tree at the house I grew up in, so I am familiar with how they look. We have two walnut trees at the house we live in now.

I’ve never been much of a gardener, although I would like to be one, so it is really fun for me to have these trees at the house that are already established and producing so much fruit. It’s like a mini farmers market in my own backyard!