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    Second to Nature

    May 05, 2020 3 minutes
    TEXT BY Deborah Bishop
    PHOTOS BY | @JOEFLETCHERPHOTO Joe Fletcher

    At night a full-throated chorus of frogs lulls Krista and Ian Johnson to sleep in their Los Altos, California, bedroom, and at dawn they’re greeted by a symphony of birdsong—interrupted by an occasional off-key quack. For the couple, being immersed in the sights and sounds of nature is a radical corrective to their highpaced jobs in the tech industry—one that their previous home never quite provided.

    Sitting atop a nearby hill with killer views of Silicon Valley,

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