We were looking for somewhere friendly to kids, when Emily had the idea of visiting Hidden Villa. It's a small farm nestling in the folds of the Los Altos Hills, part of the coastal range south of San Francisco.
The attraction of the location is the contingent of cuddly (?) farm animals which kids can see and sometimes walk among, if not actually touch; the lovely scenery; and historic farm buildings. The area was, I gather, first settled about the time of the 1849 gold rush. Apart from the animals, there were small fields of organically produced vegetables, though those did not overly interest two kids aged three and one. Anyway the flavour of the place is provided by the following pictures. The young chicks, lambs, adult chickens - truly free-range and pecking at the dirt, pigs and goats all got a lot of attention.
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And many of the historic buildings were attractive to the three adults. The barn is a little over a century old, and we loved the Spanish style mansion at the heart of the farm.
Flynn was carried around the farm and clearly enjoyed the ride, while Ella did most of the journey on foot.
This low-key venue with its reverence for past practices sits oddly with its neighbouring region - the heart of everything modern and new. And my final picture brings this contrast into sharp contrast. Overlooking the farm are the mansions of Silicon Valley glitterati. Look at the hillside full of creations straight out of the BBC's hit series Grand Designs. Money and modernity rub shoulders with the past.
AS
The attraction of the location is the contingent of cuddly (?) farm animals which kids can see and sometimes walk among, if not actually touch; the lovely scenery; and historic farm buildings. The area was, I gather, first settled about the time of the 1849 gold rush. Apart from the animals, there were small fields of organically produced vegetables, though those did not overly interest two kids aged three and one. Anyway the flavour of the place is provided by the following pictures. The young chicks, lambs, adult chickens - truly free-range and pecking at the dirt, pigs and goats all got a lot of attention.
And many of the historic buildings were attractive to the three adults. The barn is a little over a century old, and we loved the Spanish style mansion at the heart of the farm.
Flynn was carried around the farm and clearly enjoyed the ride, while Ella did most of the journey on foot.
This low-key venue with its reverence for past practices sits oddly with its neighbouring region - the heart of everything modern and new. And my final picture brings this contrast into sharp contrast. Overlooking the farm are the mansions of Silicon Valley glitterati. Look at the hillside full of creations straight out of the BBC's hit series Grand Designs. Money and modernity rub shoulders with the past.
AS
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