It’s that time of year again! Don’t forget to move your clocks back 1 hour on Saturday night for the autumn time change (fall back, spring forward) to daylight savings time. And, while you are at it, change the batteries in your smoke detectors (and carbon monoxide detectors, if they rely on batteries).

As always, if I can be of service to you in any way, please do not hesitate to let me know. It would be my privilege to assist with any of your real estate needs.

Fifty years or so ago, San Jose was still a very agricultural area. The Blossom Valley and Santa Teresa neighborhoods enjoyed great open spaces, farmland and orchards. Today that’s nearly all gone. But there is still a large, undeveloped area there at Branham Lane and Snell Avenue (the border area for these two districts of San Jose), not far from the Vistapark neighborhood or the Hayes Mansion area. I wonder what it will become as the valley continues to fill. Hopefully at least some of it will remain open.

Below are a couple of photos taken of this agricultural oasis last weekend, by my husband, Jim, with the mustard in full bloom. It’s a beautiful reminder of Silicon Valley’s past as “the Valley of Heart’s Delight“.

The first view is looking west to north-west:

Same area, but looking a little up and to the left – and you see part of a barn…
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