San Augustin, Puebla - Mexico

The small town of San Augustin, Puebla sits at the foot of one of the largest volcanoes in Mexico - Popocatepetl, or "The Sleeping Woman". The town's saint festival is August 28 through 29. I took these images during the festival while visiting family.  - Sally Morrow

The town is decorated and a carnival takes place at night.

Nadia lives in a tiny room with her mom, dad and sister.  You may recognize her from photos I took of her and her sister years ago.  She is now 5 years old.

Breakfast consists of fried pork, tortillas, tamales and coffee.  Iris and Adrian sit around the table and gossip about other townspeople.  

Ulises' uncle has an orchard with peach trees, plum trees, flowers and more.  

We picked fresh plums right off the trees - I must have eaten at least 10 in one morning.

Mi chango - Ulises hits nueces from a tree in his uncle's orchard.  See the result below.

Nueces are a type of nut that only grow in this region of Mexico during this time of year (middle to late August).  Although they may appear like the common walnut, they are not walnuts.  Their taste is very unique and delicious.

In order to eat the nueces, you must peel off the shell and the skin.  It is a tedious process and usually turns your fingers dark brown or black, but the reward is worth it.  They taste "like butter".  

For some reason the kitchens here astonish me.  You just look at them and wonder, "How would anyone actually prepare a meal here?"  We are so spoiled in the US.

I love Adrian's look.  He walks through the patio to pick fruit from a tree.