Yesterday I was showing homes in Almaden (San Jose 95120) to one of my buyers for that area.  A house in the Shadowbrook neighborhood had a really spectacular view of the hills from the upstairs bedrooms – could not resist snapping the picture to share.

If you are not familiar with this part of Silicon Valley, that’s Mt. Umunhum with the squarish building on top.

A few months back, I took an image of these same hills from the campus of Valley Christian High School.  You can see it in this post on this same blogsite:
View from Valley Christian High School: Santa Teresa Foothills & Coastal Range On that one you can spot Mt. Umunhum as the area with the flat top along the crest of the hills.

Want to learn more about this upscale, scenic part of San Jose (in Santa Clara County)? Read an intro post: What Are the Advantages of Buying a Home in Almaden Valley?

More posts on Almaden Valley, the Almaden real estate market etc. here.

Last week my husband, Jim Handy, took a few photos from the parking lot os the Church on the Hill in San Jose’s Willow Glen district. He was taken with the clouds and thought they’d make great photographs.

This first view looks across Silicon Valley toward Los Gatos with the view of the Santa Cruz Mountains ahead.  The low point in the hills on the right side is where the town of Los Gatos sits (it’s where Highway 17 goes through the mountains to the coast).  These areas near the coastal range are often referred to as “the west valley”.

The next one is a view toward downtown San Jose and Silicon Valley generally. The hills on the right are the east foothills.