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Maria · Cris
The little one · The animals · The family · The friends · The helpers · You
We make sure that our words are more beautiful than silence and music.
and we give thanks for all that we are and is given to us.
We are a small family, Maria, Cris and this little miracle of almost 2 years. We love each other a lot, we support each other in all our dreams, and we believe in what we do.
We love nature, culture and traditional and ancestral wisdom, and we have made friends with exquisite professionals (musicians, midwives, photographers, chefs, ceramists, bakers, singers, dancers...) of everything we love and we are happy to share all this cultural, culinary and natural wealth with you.
We live in the middle of the forest in communion with nature, with electricity only from the sun, delicious water provided by the spring and a small well, with animals both "domesticated" (not very much, we love that they keep their free spirit and do things with us only at their own pace, when they feel a beautiful and joyful natural motivation from the trust created) and wild (of which there are many, like wild boars, we eat them with all reverence and gratitude, and whenever we can from head to toe, and the others take care of us in another way, they visit us, they call us, we respond...) and with plants both "cultivated" (but very strong! with ancient, strong and surviving seeds from the region) and wild, from which we love to learn, collect and eat more and more.
And we are all those who have helped us and continue to help us so much to make our daily life and dream possible. Our (saintly) mothers, the rest of the family, including the one who looks after us from heaven!, friends who come as volunteers and volunteers who leave as friends, the mare and the cat and all of nature that give us joy and much more, local professionals who are worth taking off their hats to and other friends and acquaintances always willing to give their opinion from across the pond or other faraway lands.
We deeply believe in the magic that is created when several people put their gifts and joy at the disposal of the same project and build it with the same serious and fun energy of play with which children build their cabin... And so, after being a little seed that could only be seen "within the eyes"... the whole dream has been manifesting and becoming "flesh and bone"... or rather "bricks, plants, animals, exceptional people and mountains"... now everything is also visible outside the eyes, and beautiful and tastes delicious and caresses the touch in its noble and natural materials, and sounds like angels and smells like pure countryside, wonderfully!
And it feels like what we were born to do. It's purpose and calm and living life. It's medicine for the soul and the body. It's non-stop creating, inspiration and enthusiasm.
And now it's you.
Thank you so much for reading us and sharing this little moment together.
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The Wonderful Invisible Protagonists
It fills our hearts with life to think of all the people who have helped us and continue to help us. Without you this dream would still be in the world of dreams.
You are such a reliable caress that we are all one, that as a team we can do so much more than alone, that sharing with wonderful people is more enjoyable, of the interdependence that is continuously this great Universe.
First of all, Mom Maria, Maria's mom, for her life, for her understanding, listening and strength to create the dream in the tangible world. She lends her hand (when I ask for it) and is like a fairy godmother, miracle after miracle begins to happen... everything incredible happens as if by magic... what a woman's strength... and how her grandson adores her. Thanks mom too for taking such good care of him and giving us so much time like this.
And mom Angelita, Cris's mom, so nice and kind and with those hands that make birguerías in the kitchen and has fed us so much and thus given us time and rest and laughter. And the mutual love with her grandson melts us all too.
The families of both, always there to give ideas, impulse, solutions, hope and all the love in the world. Especially my aunt and uncle Eduardo and Mercedes, who since I was a little girl have encouraged me to paint, to dream, to imagine... to do anything that moved me, whether it was something inside or outside the pot.And to grandmother Angelines who rocks me with her calm and her experience, like the wise silence that gives you an ancient temple.
To all of you who participated in the initial crowdfunding, for your trust and your contributions: both things move mountains.
To Diego, always there for everything, and to all his family, who have allowed and supported us whenever he lent us a generous hand.
To Borja, with his enthusiasm and his love for this project and for nutrition, fertility and natural childbirth, he has accompanied us through a thousand questions and bumps and solutions.To Heidi, with her conversations full of wisdom and laughter all along the way of preparation.
To Pedro, for his good taste and expert eye and his great cable with design.
To Riene for her hopeful and very generous participation, her absolute confidence and joy and her thoughtful ideas wherever she is without a smart phone... with telepathy.To Gwen, for the amazing photos, her sparkling eyes and her absolute affection for the little one and for everyone.
To Freepik for the photos we hadn't yet managed to take at the farm.To Mark and Fay for lending your hands and souls to fix up the farm so much.
To Adam and Auntie Beckie for your absolute devotion and professionalism in adding beauty to it all.
To the lanky one and the little one, living example of unvaccinated health and your spirits so pure.To TarSam, for all your archeological discovery of precious paths and your infinite care.
To Madelaine and Julia for your driving, enterprising spirit and your great injection of confidence in this life we live “with so much intention”.
To Tonio and Maria who, without having come and without knowing us in person, are already giving and helping so much from afar.
And, last but not least: to the cat Bla, who with his purring and his thousand lives adds so much warmth to ours; to the mare Courage, master of how to guide with joy, listening and trust; to little Javier, our great gift from heaven, that little piece of God who teaches us tirelessly and with all the patience in the world to make the best of our calm, generosity and joy, and who has been the beginning of the manifestation of a dream we have been dreaming of for so long.
And the magic continues with you, who come to share your stories, dreams and illusions in this secluded little corner, and who give us motivation and sustenance to move forward.
