Flores Silvestres/Wildflowers

November is wildflower season at Posada Escondida. We are at the end of the Monsoon Season and the land responds with an explosion of flowers. The flowers attract thousands of hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. Honey production increases exponentially at our conservation hives on the ranch. It is a time of abundance which we celebrate with prayers of thanksgiving.

El Jardin de Navidad/The Christmas Garden

In Spanish, the word for Poinsettia is Noche Buena. This year Mexico is selling the most beautiful Noche Buena I have ever seen. Since Noche Buena is my birth flower, I was inspired to plant a plethora of of these beautiful flowers in my garden. The Noche Buena has transformed my garden into a Christmas paradise. Enjoy the latest photos of my garden.

The Chiapas Sport Horse

For the last 8 years I have been breeding my Arabian stallion, Sultan, to the local Criollo mares. The result is a strong, beautiful breed I call the Chiapas Sport Horse. Sultan's babies are perfect for the rocky mountain terrain here in the Highlands of Chiapas. These horses are tough with high endurance. They are calm, sweet and take good care of their riders. The following photos are a training session of Cometa, one of my most promising colts.

Manos de Luz

On Sunday, November 8, 2015, Posada La Escondida hosted the first meeting of Manos de Luz, a new women's cooperative. The women will work together to produce baked goods for a new organic market opening in Teopisca on Sunday, November 29. The local government has donated a beautiful space in the new San Sebastian public park. La Escondida is sponsoring Manos de Luz cooking workshops to increase the repertory of the group. The women are highly motivated and enthusiastic about their new enterprise. You can see this in the following fotos taken in Casa Zodiaco, the communal kitchen of Posada La Escondida.