A Farmhouse with a Tree Inside

A farmhouse under a shingled roof, ringed by apple and pear trees, with a whole orchard tree growing through its attic. Up in the loft a farmer with a magnifying glass and a woman with a clipboard study the trunk, which has gears set into it. The middle floor holds three rooms: a blossom parlour in pink where a woman and boy sort petals, a laboratory where two people in white coats use a microscope beside a potted tree, and a kitchen with a stone oven, jars and herbs where a cook and a child prepare a pie. On the ground floor are a fruit shop with scales and baskets, a root workshop where a mechanic tends a great iron machine above spreading roots, and a sorting bench for fruit. Warm colour changes room by room, giving each part its own look.