After four weekends with trips to beautiful Ventura, we found ourselves with a full weekend at home. Softball and baseball games will start in another week, but this Saturday was very open.
We took advantage of that to head up the hill in Newhall to William S. Hart's mansion, where the docents are setting up crafts for children every Saturday.
We made the short hike up the hill, pausing to say hello to the bison on the grounds, behind the fence.
Then we found the craft table, where blank CDs, straws, stickers and markers were put out so that children could make a clock.
Our girls came up with their own idea, turning the the CDs into bunnies, with straw ears and sticker eyes.
When they finished, it was time to take a tour of Hart's mansion. Stace and I have taken this tour numerous times, but it's been a few years, and I don't think Violet has ever been inside.
Our tour guide was a former teacher, and you could tell, with the way she engaged the girls and made the history come to life for them. Stace and I also learned a lot, and he was impressed enough to send an email to the county commending our docent on a great tour.
After we walked back down the hill, we visited the animals in the barnyard, before heading out for lunch. It was a lovely few hours with my favorite people.
(You can see the effect of the four-year California drought on the lawn, as government agencies have stopped watering various grassy areas that are deemed merely decorative.)
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