An older man with sun-weathered skin, a white linen shirt...

An older man with sun-weathered skin, a white linen shirt and dirt under his fingernails kneels in a vegetable garden, holding up two enormous red tomatoes and grinning with pure pride. Behind him, a wall covered like a living scrapbook: seed packet illustrations, faded botanical watercolors, handwritten growing notes ("planted May 3"), polaroids of past harvests, raffia and dried herbs tied in bundles. Afternoon sun, long shadows across the soil, the lush garden green visible all around. Photographic realism for the man and garden, tactile paper-craft textures for the decorations. Warm palette of garden green, terracotta and aged cream, proud joyful mood. 4:5 vertical.