The meadows of the Dehesa are a vibrant living memory of the days when we were closer to nature.
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Here, there is no need to exclude wildness or to tame her within the ethnically cleansed monoculture of modern farming.
This is a place where man remains deeply participant within his landscape.
The beauty of these environs shapes the people who live here as much as nature shapes the people.
It is a joyous symbiosis and a true affair of the heart which has lasted down through the millennia.
Thus, there is no man and nature on this mountain. There is just life, a life that is rich beyond any concept of money.
This is the basis of the natural capital that sustains us all.
Photo: The meadows of Saladaviciosa. Courtesy of the author.